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Most of the usecases mentioned in this thread wouldn't suffer if the in-app browser had to be invoked with a whitelist of approved domains/urls. Perhaps apps could request permission to run an unrestricted in-app browser, and that could be used to facilitate parental controls.

As an aside, is giving parents the option to disable in-app browsers removing a capability or adding one?

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Yes I think in app browsers should still follow parental controls, and I don't see why that wouldn't already be a thing on devices. If I can use a VPN on my phone and have that block sites for me, it seems like it should be pretty trivial for the phone to respect parental controls across all apps, not just specifically web browsers.

That would be an additional capability. But having to force a website to give specific apps permission to display them in-app seems like a removal. Some people are also suggesting removing in-app browsers which also seems silly.

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