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Well as a user, it helps to protect me against the tracking scripts which IG/TikTok/etc inject into their webviews. I bought my phone, I own it. I know that di

• iggldiggl 4y ago
  You are somewhat conflating Android's additional "custom tab" API and traditional webviews. To some extent both of them can be used for similar purposes (I need to display some web content in my app), but only the former allows the user to choose any arbitrary browser that supports that API [1], whereas the latter always uses an app-specfic browser profile and is always powered by Chrome/Blink. It's up to the app developer to choose which of the two implementations to use. [1] Though some apps still used to (or still do?) hard-code Chrome there.
• sgammon 4y ago
  What? Why don't you just copy and paste links into a browser you control? I don't understand why you would want to interfere with the developer's code. If you choose to open a link in Facebook's app, why is it their fault if they track you?
• sgammon 4y ago
  Also, webviews aren't just used for browsing. More often they are used for embedded UI. I don't see how an ad blocker could feasibly tell the difference between a legitimate UI script and an ad within the context of a webview; to the extent it can, it's simply creating threat space which defeats the entire purpose of the tool in the first place. A webview can't, and in my personal view, shouldn't, be under the control of the user. It's a tool for the developer. If you want to be safe in navigating to your links, you should paste it into a program you trust.