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long press -> save image/video is perfectly supported on a phone, it's just content diffusion platform that arbitrarily restrict it.

ajsnigrutin 1y ago
You can't even make a screenshot if the app doesn't allow it. Phones are broken. (well, the OS on them is).
- leshenka 1y ago
  There's a double edged sword here. Not even talking about DRM. I would love to be able, myself, decide if it's fine to capture a screen for an application but I'd also would love to protect me or my non-tech-savvy relatives from accidentally share sensitive info (e.g. banking) when screen casting. In my opinion there should be a waiver buried deep in the settings that allows me to disable such protections with a grace period of a week or so. Grace period is crucial because scammers are able to make people do virtually anything under stress and hurrying.
Tabular-Iceberg 1y ago
No, it's also iOS that's arbitrarily restricting it. I opened a bare .webm directly in Safari and got nothing on long press and nothing in any of the control widgets to save it.
- fragmede 1y ago
  Long pressing on https://www.learningcontainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sample-Webp-File-for-Testing.webp https://www.learningcontainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07... gets me https://imgur.com/a/bseFwX3 https://imgur.com/a/bseFwX3 on iOS 18, and https://imgur.com/a/Ksbz3zW https://imgur.com/a/Ksbz3zW on iOS 26 Maybe you're holding it wrong?
  - Tabular-Iceberg 1y ago
    I think you're holding it wrong, because that's a .webp image, not a .webm video.
    - fragmede 1y ago
      oh yeah totally. thanks!
- littlestymaar 1y ago
  It's not a “phone” problem, it's yet another Apple craziness that their customers somehow tolerate. Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans
- leshenka 1y ago
  Likely not really what you want but you can make a shortcut that saves the file to Photos. - Get URLs from (shortcut input) - Get contents from (URLs from previous step) - Save (contents of URL) to Photos Set to accept URLs and appear in share sheet.

ajsnigrutin 1y ago

You can't even make a screenshot if the app doesn't allow it. Phones are broken. (well, the OS on them is).

leshenka 1y ago
There's a double edged sword here. Not even talking about DRM. I would love to be able, myself, decide if it's fine to capture a screen for an application but I'd also would love to protect me or my non-tech-savvy relatives from accidentally share sensitive info (e.g. banking) when screen casting. In my opinion there should be a waiver buried deep in the settings that allows me to disable such protections with a grace period of a week or so. Grace period is crucial because scammers are able to make people do virtually anything under stress and hurrying.

Tabular-Iceberg 1y ago

No, it's also iOS that's arbitrarily restricting it. I opened a bare .webm directly in Safari and got nothing on long press and nothing in any of the control widgets to save it.

fragmede 1y ago
Long pressing on https://www.learningcontainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sample-Webp-File-for-Testing.webp https://www.learningcontainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07... gets me https://imgur.com/a/bseFwX3 https://imgur.com/a/bseFwX3 on iOS 18, and https://imgur.com/a/Ksbz3zW https://imgur.com/a/Ksbz3zW on iOS 26 Maybe you're holding it wrong?
- Tabular-Iceberg 1y ago
  I think you're holding it wrong, because that's a .webp image, not a .webm video.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    oh yeah totally. thanks!
littlestymaar 1y ago
It's not a “phone” problem, it's yet another Apple craziness that their customers somehow tolerate. Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans
leshenka 1y ago
Likely not really what you want but you can make a shortcut that saves the file to Photos. - Get URLs from (shortcut input) - Get contents from (URLs from previous step) - Save (contents of URL) to Photos Set to accept URLs and appear in share sheet.