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I use share buttons all the time on social platforms, and apps like Amazon that don't have any other way of deep linking. Lot's of people use apps that don't e

I use share buttons all the time on social platforms, and apps like Amazon that don't have any other way of deep linking. Lot's of people use apps that don't expose a link, share buttons are great and even better when they use standards like your OS's share functionality.

catlikesshrimp 4mo ago
That is one of the reasons any publisher wants you to install yet another app in your phone. Be it fb, ig, goog, tk... Edit: Reddit :/
Zak 4mo ago
The article is discussing "share on [Facebook,Twitter,etc...]" type buttons on websites, not share via [OS functionality or other native app] buttons inside native apps. That said, I'm curious as to why someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN browses Amazon with a native mobile app instead of a web browser.
- subroutine 4mo ago
  You prefer to browse amazon using a mobile web browser over the native Amazon app? Why?
  - Zak 4mo ago
    I'll give the straight answer to what I think is a rhetorical question. Firefox for Android syncs with Firefox desktop so there's a shared history and I can easily send tabs from one to the other. It's also easy to copy proper URLs instead of shady shortlinks that often contain affiliate codes and trip spam filters. Finally, I don't want to give Amazon a foothold on my devices; the browser has a stronger sandbox than native apps do.
- 6510 4mo ago
  it was preinstalled on my phone
- mgiampapa 4mo ago
  Because using Amazon, one of the most popular e-commerce sites and an example of an app that doesn't expose a URL of content makes a great example of a wide class of applications and conveys the message I was trying to express. Why do you, as someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN, not understand the words? This is sarcasm, you don't need to answer.
filup 4mo ago
I have a hunch that amazon links do track somehow based on timing. Does anybody do that? There are so many products on amazon sharing a link to one specific product and having someone else open it shortly after sounds like a high enough confidence. Again just a hunch.

catlikesshrimp 4mo ago

That is one of the reasons any publisher wants you to install yet another app in your phone. Be it fb, ig, goog, tk... Edit: Reddit :/

Zak 4mo ago

The article is discussing "share on [Facebook,Twitter,etc...]" type buttons on websites, not share via [OS functionality or other native app] buttons inside native apps. That said, I'm curious as to why someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN browses Amazon with a native mobile app instead of a web browser.

subroutine 4mo ago
You prefer to browse amazon using a mobile web browser over the native Amazon app? Why?
- Zak 4mo ago
  I'll give the straight answer to what I think is a rhetorical question. Firefox for Android syncs with Firefox desktop so there's a shared history and I can easily send tabs from one to the other. It's also easy to copy proper URLs instead of shady shortlinks that often contain affiliate codes and trip spam filters. Finally, I don't want to give Amazon a foothold on my devices; the browser has a stronger sandbox than native apps do.
6510 4mo ago
it was preinstalled on my phone
mgiampapa 4mo ago
Because using Amazon, one of the most popular e-commerce sites and an example of an app that doesn't expose a URL of content makes a great example of a wide class of applications and conveys the message I was trying to express. Why do you, as someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN, not understand the words? This is sarcasm, you don't need to answer.

filup 4mo ago

I have a hunch that amazon links do track somehow based on timing. Does anybody do that? There are so many products on amazon sharing a link to one specific product and having someone else open it shortly after sounds like a high enough confidence. Again just a hunch.