Hacker News Reader

I have both the GMail and Chrome apps installed on my iPad, though I mostly prefer Safari. When I open a link in the GMail app, it opens it in Chrome. I can find no way to alter this setting.

One might argue that it's not the same situation, but it's quite clear that no player wants us to step outside their dome, and it's equally sad - however not surprising in any way.

View on HN

well, the first search result I get for "gmail ios chrome" has a screenshot and mentions how to turn it off, but for more specific help, here's the help page on how to enable or disable opening gmail links in Chrome: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/3114652

(tl;dr: go to "google apps" in the settings)

There it was, thanks! That's commendable of them. While I hope everyone now disregards the specific example in my comment, I'm afraid it doesn't change my personal view of the involved companies and their intentions very much.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com