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by detaro 2031 days ago
It's OAuth. The application can launch a normal browser for the OAuth flow and have the user complete it.
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bxk1 2031 days ago
For plenty of applications the whole purpose is not to run "a normal browser" and possibly not even have it installed.
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detaro 2031 days ago
You can also use a browser on a different device if your thing can't run a browser itself. OAuth covers a large space of options.
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Dylan16807 2031 days ago
They can spit out a url for you to copy into a normal browser, then.
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