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Of course they do, but none of that matters to chat app makers because... 1. Forcing an in-app browser means users are less likely to leave the chat app, leadi

Of course they do, but none of that matters to chat app makers because... 1. Forcing an in-app browser means users are less likely to leave the chat app, leading to increased metrics 2. You can track everything users do in the in-app browser, and the more data you have, the better you can make the experience for users! (Obviously it's not actually better, but this is the rationale you'll find internally)

pyentropy 4y ago
Funnily enough, you also increase the app opening rate - since user sessions for that app itself are persisted! Let's say I send you tempemail.org via Messenger and you use it to create foo@bar. Then you close Messenger and forget about it but you realize you need foo@bar again. The only way to get it is through the Messenger app :/