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It's not just HackerNews. I can remember when Facebook rolled out their "in-app browser", and a huge amount of content appeared on how to disable it. That was

It's not just HackerNews. I can remember when Facebook rolled out their "in-app browser", and a huge amount of content appeared on how to disable it. That was partly due to websites being broken. You can still find some old discussions on Stack Overflow about features of their websites not working correctly in it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27000708/file-upload-control-not-working-in-facebook-in-app-browser/27610119 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27000708/file-upload-con...

Thoreandan 1y ago
Checking in - it's not possible to disable from the app anymore, is it? The preference setting is still there, but ignored, afaict.
- gizzlon 1y ago
  You still have the fb app? You know the spied everything you browsed, right? And if they didn't, it was not for lack of trying... What does it take for people to delete this shit?
  - RulerOf 1y ago
    > You know the spied everything you browsed, right? I remember that this "became news" some time ago, but it's always pretty obvious the moment it loads. App presenting an SFSafariViewController? "Convenience" that's intended to keep users in the app. App presenting a WKWebView? Assume it's loaded with spyware scripts.
    - gizzlon 1y ago
      no no, not in the fb app, in the mobile browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115 TBF it's "only" sites with a meta pixel, and on Android. But in my book this does not matter, it shows their intentions
      - RulerOf 1y ago
        Ohhh yes I remember that one. Diabolically clever. I'm sure there's also no user-controlled firewall to stop it on Android either.
- jefftk 1y ago
  That's right. Several times they sneakily reverted my preference, and I reset it. The most recent time I went to do that again and learned it's no longer possible.
- OptionOfT 1y ago
  I'm not sure the setting is even there in the FB app anymore.
- agluszak 1y ago
  Correct, it's ignored. I find it strange that the EU isn't looking into it.

Thoreandan 1y ago

Checking in - it's not possible to disable from the app anymore, is it? The preference setting is still there, but ignored, afaict.

gizzlon 1y ago
You still have the fb app? You know the spied everything you browsed, right? And if they didn't, it was not for lack of trying... What does it take for people to delete this shit?
- RulerOf 1y ago
  > You know the spied everything you browsed, right? I remember that this "became news" some time ago, but it's always pretty obvious the moment it loads. App presenting an SFSafariViewController? "Convenience" that's intended to keep users in the app. App presenting a WKWebView? Assume it's loaded with spyware scripts.
  - gizzlon 1y ago
    no no, not in the fb app, in the mobile browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115 TBF it's "only" sites with a meta pixel, and on Android. But in my book this does not matter, it shows their intentions
    - RulerOf 1y ago
      Ohhh yes I remember that one. Diabolically clever. I'm sure there's also no user-controlled firewall to stop it on Android either.
jefftk 1y ago
That's right. Several times they sneakily reverted my preference, and I reset it. The most recent time I went to do that again and learned it's no longer possible.
OptionOfT 1y ago
I'm not sure the setting is even there in the FB app anymore.
agluszak 1y ago
Correct, it's ignored. I find it strange that the EU isn't looking into it.