I've made several apps that I'd classify as Wordle-like in the sense that:<p>1. They are tiny CDN served apps<p>2. They exclusively rely on localStorage<p>I've sent them to friends via chat and we had fun but they don't understand why they lose the progress/state when we stop chatting and they open Safari and Chrome but then get it back again when we chat. Not only it is difficult to make people open the browser manually but actually explaining what an in-app browser is... it's almost impossible.<p>Have you encountered something similar? Personally I don't hate the extra targeting or in-app time the social giants make from in-app browsers. It's the complete fragmented mess of web sessions across apps and the difficulty of explaining it to non-tech people that makes my blood boil.
Of course they do, but none of that matters to chat app makers because...<p>1. Forcing an in-app browser means users are less likely to leave the chat app, leading to <i>increased metrics</i><p>2. You can track everything users do in the in-app browser, and the more data you have, the <i>better</i> you can make the experience for users! (Obviously it's not actually better, but this is the rationale you'll find internally)