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.

    • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
      101·
      4 days ago

      You can hit “take screenshot” but it results in a black frame iirc. Same for screen record.

      • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        I know Netflix has/had this if you video recorded. I thought I found a great way to download shows/movies until it was just a black screen.

    • Kitathalla@lemy.lolEnglish
      71·
      4 days ago

      I remember one (snapchat maybe?) that couldn’t block it so it just alerted the other person you took the screenshot. Maybe it’s changed in a decade.

    • ieatpwns@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      You can’t screen shot in streaming apps like Netflix and Disney. When you do the resulting image is just a black screen

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I find this shit hilarious.

        Who the fuck is pirating a damn thing by screen shotting their phone? Can I smash the buttons 30 times a second in order to be able to reproduce the movie? No, absolutely not.

        In reality, people will be taking a screen shot in order to share something, giving free publicity to Netflix. So what actually happens is that I torrent the thing I want to make a gif of, or share a frame from, thereby leaving an incentive for the people who provide the torrents to keep on keeping on.