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Yes but the joke is moot, because on the web, you can't really make text non-selectable (you can try, but it can be defeated extremely easily). In an app, undo
by bambax 1y ago
Yes but the joke is moot, because on the web, you can't really make text non-selectable (you can try, but it can be defeated extremely easily).
In an app, undoing that is pretty much impossible (or at least, above my pay grade).
This is one of a million reasons why apps are so bad.
- zahlman 1y ago"Apps" of this sort are absolutely "on the web", and generally use browser engines to display the content. The real distinction IMO is between using a locked-down mobile interface vs. a full browser on a computer with an OS and UI intended to let you have that control.
- IshKebab 1y agoI can pretty much guarantee that an app like Bumble is not a webview wrapper.
- blacksmith_tb 1y agoBut unlike Hinge, Bumble is usable on desktop (where getting the text would be a lot easier).
- aartaka 1y agoYou can never know nowadays. But yeah, it must be a native app, at least on iOS with its PWA-hostile policies.
- IshKebab 1y agoYou can know. There is always telltale jank in web apps. And there are things that are basically impossible to do in web apps, like reliable camera integration.
- spullara 1y agoon Mac/iOS you can just take a screenshot and then select out of the image.
- baby_souffle 1y agoGoogle pixel devices have had this for years. It's one of the few things that keeps me glued to this platform. Just push the button to go to the task switch view and as long as the window preview thumbnail isn't blanked out, I can just get the phone to OCR any part of the screen in real time.
- MangoToupe 1y agoYup, I've used this for years. See also: not being able to select certain text without clicking a link (say, in a search result).
- Vinnl 1y agoAlt+click avoids that in Firefox at least. Blew my mind when I learned about that, and I use it way more often than expected.
- tredre3 1y ago> In an app, undoing that is pretty much impossible (or at least, above my pay grade). In my experience it is above the average user's pay grade to work around it in a browser too. Even power users will probably give up if the usual ways don't work out (holding alt, browser extension, reader mode). The power-est of users might glimpse at the inspector, but they'll give up if the nodes are obfuscated. All this to say that with things like Circle To Search or Apple's built-in screenshot OCR nowadays websites and apps are finally on a level playing field when it comes to anyone being able to circumvent text protection.
- NetMageSCW 1y agoIt was pretty easy to get a Bookmarklet from Google and add it to my iPhone Safari and use it.