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How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by Barbing »

fer wrote: post #10
3form wrote: post #2

Well, I have not once found a single case where an app reacting to screenshots and controlling the process in any way was anything to me but hostile and annoying. This one does not help. It somehow is perfect example of how modern software engineering feels to go astray for me. A feature in my device working completely in benefit of the one providing said software. I wish, and wish only I can, that this trend goes aw…

> hostile and annoying If someone from Google Maps or LinkedIn team is here, please, when I take a screenshot it's because I want to a screenshot, not share the friggin location/post. Not sure who got the idea that it was useful, it isn't.

Good thing if you have GMaps open to the directions list while driving and tell Siri to take a screenshot, it doesn’t throw up a full page of nonsense over your directions that only Voice Control (not Siri alone) or a [potentially nonexistent] passenger could close.

Oh wait it absolutely does.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by wolvoleo »

_djo_ wrote: post #4

X and Threads do this too. I wish they all wouldn't, messing with screenshots should only ever be done when preventing them as a security measure.

Even preventing them shouldn't be possible. It's just security theater anyway. You can easily capture it with another camera.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by CircuitSeuss »

thepasswordis wrote: post #38
3form wrote: post #2

Well, I have not once found a single case where an app reacting to screenshots and controlling the process in any way was anything to me but hostile and annoying. This one does not help. It somehow is perfect example of how modern software engineering feels to go astray for me. A feature in my device working completely in benefit of the one providing said software. I wish, and wish only I can, that this trend goes aw…

It is actually astonishing to me that this is not something which can be turned off at the OS level, or as a permission setting in the app permissions. The app knowing I took a screenshot feels adjacent to me to a keylogger. Imagine how many apps are capturing that information silently. To my mind, a screenshot is something that is happening outside of the app context, the app knowing about it is a security flaw imo.

> The app knowing I took a screenshot feels adjacent to me to a keylogger.

To my knowledge, this is a misunderstanding. The app does not know that you are taking a screenshot, rather iOS knows you are taking a screenshot (as it must) and is excluding an element on display that has been designated by the developer as sensitive information. This is the same technology that prevents you from accidentally screenshotting your password manager; the developer has simply performed a nifty trick to display a small icon behind where the “follow” button would otherwise be displayed.

There are plenty of instances where this sort of thing can be annoying, such as when you try to screenshot a streaming service app and DRM enforcement leaves you with a blank screenshot, but IMO this particular instance is actually very tasteful; seeing “follow” on every screenshotted post is just useless noise, but a small unobtrusive platform icon is a useful reminder that the post came from Bluesky and not another very visually similar service like X(cancel) or Mastodon.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by wolvoleo »

garyhasapoint wrote: post #18

has this guy lived on a rock? reddit/twitter/etc every social media platform does this already.

It's pretty likely that bluesky users aren't on other social media. Because it pretends to be better than them (this shows it isn't really, though)

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by dvngnt_ »

_djo_ wrote: post #4

X and Threads do this too. I wish they all wouldn't, messing with screenshots should only ever be done when preventing them as a security measure.

They shouldn't even disallow screenshots from a security measure. If the user wants to take a screenshot of their bank account info or a password manager they should. Maybe an additional permission for screenshare. No device has protection against a second device taking a recording so it's really just security theater

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by Mtinie »

internetter wrote: post #32

Nobody in the comments talking about snapchat where like one of the core pillars of what "sets their service apart" is the difficulty of taking a screenshot without notifying the other party

Wasn’t that the entire premise of the product when it launched? Disappearing messages and minimal footprint so you could be confident your communications were semi-private?

That was the expectation of using the product so it fits and isn’t anything like this discussion.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by dhruvrrp »

tchalla wrote: post #57
3form wrote: post #2

Well, I have not once found a single case where an app reacting to screenshots and controlling the process in any way was anything to me but hostile and annoying. This one does not help. It somehow is perfect example of how modern software engineering feels to go astray for me. A feature in my device working completely in benefit of the one providing said software. I wish, and wish only I can, that this trend goes aw…

Side note- The Screenshot culture itself needs to die, sorry. Many a time, a share button simply works. I don’t know why people would share a screenshot or a map instead of pin and share their location. Yes there are cases where a screenshot helps but majority cases simply is “come to this place” a which turns out to make more difficult because people apparently don’t know how to share locations with pin and share!

Screenshots are much better for archival. So many times you go back to a url/link you shared, and poof it's gone or the content has changed from when you sent it.

Screenshots allows you to get a point in time reference to what you are sharing.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by pfraze »

wolvoleo wrote: post #64
garyhasapoint wrote: post #18

has this guy lived on a rock? reddit/twitter/etc every social media platform does this already.

It's pretty likely that bluesky users aren't on other social media. Because it pretends to be better than them (this shows it isn't really, though)

I know you don't think it's bluesky, but which app do you think is better at putting its logo on screenshots?

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by Barbing »

umeshunni wrote: post #25
fer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> hostile and annoying If someone from Google Maps or LinkedIn team is here, please, when I take a screenshot it's because I want to a screenshot, not share the friggin location/post. Not sure who got the idea that it was useful, it isn't.

Today I noticed that Amazon Pharmacy decided to blank out my prescription info that I was screenshotting to send to my doctor. WTF.

Apple gave too much power to iOS developers. They can use DRM strong enough that when your iPhone is open in iPhone Mirroring on your Mac, and you record your Mac screen with a third-party tool, the iPhone screen is blacked out.

Re: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

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Post by AlexAplin »

skupig wrote: post #14
hmokiguess wrote: post #8

This sort of stuff to me is an example of fear within an organization. Whenever I see engineering resources allocated towards self promotion and branding rather than quality and features for its users it shows how leaders want control over narratives.

It's equally possible there was one engineer with some free time who thought it would be cool.

It's probably silly to make OP's judgement of any of these implementations in isolation, but you can sense a real fear about the growth (or lack thereof) inside Bluesky. Fiddling with the presented metrics (likes count getting moved ahead of reposts), promoting total user signups while being silent on collapsing DAUs. They are promising a lot at once with AI custom feeds from Attie and subreddit-style communities that smells like feature creep.
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