> The problem is that any app could register to listen to those addresses That's a feature, not a problem, and it's the kind of flexibility I expect from Andro

> The problem is that any app could register to listen to those addresses That's a feature, not a problem, and it's the kind of flexibility I expect from Android. Take the domain reddit.com, for example. There are several Reddit apps, two or three of which are very popular. If the app to open was controlled by the owners of reddit.com, how would my favourite third-party app be able to register to handle those links?