I use share buttons all the time on social platforms, and apps like Amazon that don't have any other way of deep linking.

Lot's of people use apps that don't expose a link, share buttons are great and even better when they use standards like your OS's share functionality.

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filup 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have a hunch that amazon links do track somehow based on timing. Does anybody do that?

There are so many products on amazon sharing a link to one specific product and having someone else open it shortly after sounds like a high enough confidence.

Again just a hunch.

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Zak 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The article is discussing "share on [Facebook,Twitter,etc...]" type buttons on websites, not share via [OS functionality or other native app] buttons inside native apps.

That said, I'm curious as to why someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN browses Amazon with a native mobile app instead of a web browser.

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mgiampapa 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because using Amazon, one of the most popular e-commerce sites and an example of an app that doesn't expose a URL of content makes a great example of a wide class of applications and conveys the message I was trying to express.

Why do you, as someone with enough technical sophistication to be posting on HN, not understand the words? This is sarcasm, you don't need to answer.

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subroutine 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You prefer to browse amazon using a mobile web browser over the native Amazon app? Why?

	▲	Zak 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'll give the straight answer to what I think is a rhetorical question. Firefox for Android syncs with Firefox desktop so there's a shared history and I can easily send tabs from one to the other. It's also easy to copy proper URLs instead of shady shortlinks that often contain affiliate codes and trip spam filters. Finally, I don't want to give Amazon a foothold on my devices; the browser has a stronger sandbox than native apps do.

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6510 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it was preinstalled on my phone

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catlikesshrimp 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is one of the reasons any publisher wants you to install yet another app in your phone. Be it fb, ig, goog, tk... Edit: Reddit :/