Not sure if this is the correct place to post, but I just wanna kinda rant a bit.

I’m not the only one that hates this, right?

An app can just do a “This App Does Not Allow Screenshots”? Like… wtf?

Like, its my phone, and some app can just decide to disable a fuction of my phone. It’s my phone and if I wanna take a screenshot, I’m taking a screenshot. I don’t care about whatever “security” the app developer wants.

Imagine if every online shopping app whether fast food or amazon, just used this to block you from taking a screenshot so you can’t save the records in case of a dispute.

Which android developer thought it was a good idea to let an app disable a function on your phone. Even iPhone doesn’t have this stupid concept.

Sorry for the rant.

Anyone wanna share your stories?

(P.S. I have a cheap secondary phone to take photos of the screen. “This App Does Not Allow Screenshots” my ass lmao, I’m taking the screenshot whether the app wants it or not.

  • Bezier@suppo.fi
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    14 hours ago

    The point of many of android’s “protection” features isn’t to protect the user from apps, but to protect apps from the user. I hate it.

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      Being able to block screenshots is “supposed” to protect users from having malware take screenshots of banking apps and other such information.

      If app developers were good, this could have been a good feature.

      But I agree with OP. It still should be the user’s choice.

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        10 hours ago

        My Banking App does have the option to disable this feature.

        It’s all fine if it’s a user choice, very annoying if it’s not.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      “Protections” are fine, as long as there’s an override for it.

      User doesn’t like potential malware from “sideloading”? Then don’t enable “Install from Unknown Sources”.

      Same thing with everything else, there should be an override switch.