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

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

So, you go to "settings" and then start to search for terms that might match...

You scroll...and scroll..."Apps and Websites" sounds like that might be it!

...um, no...dead-end:

This is about Privacy, what about that?

Nerp. Zero. Zilch. Nothing about "browsers" here.

(scroll scroll scroll)

Maybe "News Feed Preferences"? I guess that's where I tap on links from...

Turns out that "links open externally" is the magic sauce.

But good fucking luck trying to figure that out or get there from search:

(part the second)

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.

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.