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I have to imagine this is a bug, and not a feature. I'm not sure what the rationale for this would be.

• craftyguy 9y ago
  The rationale is preventing other apps, that have permission either explicitly or implicitly, from taking screenshots of pages you are viewing.
  • moonka 9y ago
    I stand corrected. Still seems like a bad idea to do so when explicitly requested, but I can see why they would want to restrict screenshots in some way.
  • daveheq 9y ago
    I guess I don't understand how Google restricting the user with hardware button presses from taking screenshots is required to fix an issue of other apps taking screenshots invisibly through software... this "fix" seems nonsensical and overly-restrictive to the user. If Google's Android really can't tell the difference between a physical user and a software app, there's something seriously wrong with Google or Android.
• veeti 9y ago
  Probably to stop incognito tab contents from showing in the app switcher. A side effect of this is that manual screenshots are blocked as well.
  • daveheq 9y ago
    I don't see why that requires this as the fix, especially for users who have disabled the Chrome option to show its tabs in Recents.