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Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by dleslie on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:31PM (#23278304)
This is a Play Store curation failure _as well as_ a bug in the app.

This sort of fault shouldn't have been allowed to pass.

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Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by dimator on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:22PM (#23278950)
It's funny how the chrome store has skewed so far the opposite direction (kicking out extensions that claim they need http://*), but any Android app can claim they're a http:// handler.
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Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by on_and_off on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:33AM (#23279917)
well it is a pretty transparent use case : the app declares it can respond to any http intent.

The user has to agree to use that app to open http links.

Sure Google could kick this dev butt and ask them to use a more focused intent filter but that's way less of an issue than an extension siphoning all your web browsing.

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Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by dleslie on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:26PM (#23278971)
The Play Store is a disasterous shit show; I don't trust apps on it at all.
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