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> with Google Chrome handling clicks to URLs inside apps instead of opening the default browser

Are you sure about that? On Android my default browser is Firefox. If I email myself https://detectmybrowser.com/ and then open it in the Fastmail app on Android, it says I'm using Firefox.

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I believe it is a choice of each app developper (open web links in a WebView or in the external default browser)

Gmail will often try to prompt you to use Chrome _on iOS_. It's extremely agressive and just like... why......

Your personal data is valuable to Google. That's why they want you to use Safari with their Chrome trackers on top.

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