Threads devs say that they don't down rank posts with links but they do something much more sinister.
There's no option to open links in default browser and every link essentially requires 2 very long clicks discouraging users from performing this action. You know what this is called - a dark pattern.
Creating UX obstacles is how apps can control users without actually imposing hard limits. It's very powerful stuff that everyone should he aware of 🙂↕️