Ah so that's why they insist so much on opening every single link in their crappy in-app browser. I decompiled and patched Instagram for Android, and I did try,

Ah so that's why they insist so much on opening every single link in their crappy in-app browser. I decompiled and patched Instagram for Android, and I did try, among other things, to bypass that browser (and gave up because my approach somehow mysteriously broke navigation in the app), but the thought that they're using it to track you has never once crossed my mind.