[fasj82]

Maybe it's me, but this is really, really bad. Probably because I come from an IRC background.

I had assumed these request were proxified, but I didn't realise that would go against E2E. Now I'd like to see an option to disable these previews.

[saurik]

The way Apple iMessages does this is to have the user opt-in to each preview (it shows a grey box with a button to build a preview).

[arbie]

Not much different if users learn to always tap to generate the preview out of habit.

[saagarjha]

Yes, but you get the benefit of getting to see the domain before deciding whether you want to show a preview.

[ryanlol]

You’d think that someone with an IRC background would expect this, rather than be shocked by it.

[fasj82]

I'm shocked that something this obvious has not been worked around.