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Alex Russell
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Chrome Project 🐡 & Web Standards TL; Blink API OWNER Named PWAs w/ @phae; probably making her ☕ DMs open. Tweets my own; press@google.com for official comms.

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    1. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      Alex Russell Retweeted Stefan Penner

      Here's the "fun" Hotel California of FB's In-App-Browser opt-out flow. Unlike many other settings, it does not sync across devices (wonder why that is?). (thread!)https://twitter.com/stefanpenner/status/1167547713765855232 …

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      As a user I wish I could opt out of these custom in-app browsers. They are a poor experience all around.
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    2. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      So you, a user, became aware of *just* how shitty FB's "browser" is because, as a woke user, you care. Lets say you installed a more privacy-preserving browser (Brave or FF, e.g.) and want it to handle *all* of your browsing...how hard is it to get that to happen? LET'S LOOK 👀

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    3. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      So, you go to "settings" and then start to search for terms that might match...

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    4. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      You scroll...and scroll..."Apps and Websites" sounds like that might be it!pic.twitter.com/SDVGXjo8MI

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    5. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      ...um, no...dead-end:pic.twitter.com/jRi7HrqiqZ

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    6. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      This is about Privacy, what about that? Nerp. Zero. Zilch. Nothing about "browsers" here.pic.twitter.com/ovWc12rz6H

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    7. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      (scroll scroll scroll)pic.twitter.com/BD8XONF63x

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      Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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      Maybe "News Feed Preferences"? I guess that's where I tap on links from...pic.twitter.com/gafQV1kw72

      2:33 PM - 30 Aug 2019
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        2. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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          Turns out that "links open externally" is the magic sauce. But good fucking luck trying to figure that out or get there from search:pic.twitter.com/ip7fpVYMqJ

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        3. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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          (part the second)pic.twitter.com/7HohvDx2LN

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        4. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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          Every single thing about this is intentional. Each of these choices was wordsmithed and perhaps even A/A-A/B tested. Nothing about how hard this is can be an accident.

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        5. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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          A product manager *absolutely* signed-off on these strings. They're unsearchable & unfindable + the behavior is unprompted/unconfirmed at sign-in, not because someone was "evil". Probably "just" a blindspot. The web is collateral damage.

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        2. Lucas Garron‏ @lgarron 30 Aug 2019
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          ...does this even exist on iOS? I was just resigned to Facebook being a bad citizen about opening links and not burying the native share action three layers deep. 😔

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        3. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 30 Aug 2019
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          Replying to @lgarron

          IDK. Wasn't happy to install their spyware on anything more than an Android I was gonna wipe in short order anyhow and I'm sure as hell not letting it anywhere near my iOS devices.

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        1. Rob Lifford‏ @roblifford 30 Aug 2019
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          "Links open externally" is not under "News Feed Preferences," though (for me, anyway) — it's under the next one, "Media and Contacts." What a shitshow.

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        1. Rafael Mendiola  🥑‏ @GroundControl 30 Aug 2019
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          Yeah I don't have that under News Feed Preferencespic.twitter.com/I6GzfgwaQ2

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