So this is how the instant app thing went down yesterday
1. Someone on here shared a link to a CBC article about a video of two lynxes being cute
2. This content is highly relevant to my interests, so I clicked the link on my Android phone
3. Instead of opening the URL in chrome, Android instead installed the CBC "instant app" and opened the article there
4. The article would not let me play the video it was about, saying I would need to install the real app to play video
5. Everything sucks
@srol How is that app install even possible? Did it prompt you to install?
Regardless, yes, everything does suck.
@craigmaloney no, it just happened. It took like 15 seconds. Just as soon as I tapped a status bar came up "installing instant app"
@srol Wow. That's some Grade-A level nonsense right there.
@craigmaloney @srol
That's beyond nonsense. That's installing unwanted software on my device withouty consent.