Comment by criddell
2 months ago
On modern mobile and desktop operating systems, you can always copy that portion of the screen to the clipboard and it will recognize the text so you can paste it anywhere.
2 months ago
On modern mobile and desktop operating systems, you can always copy that portion of the screen to the clipboard and it will recognize the text so you can paste it anywhere.
No you can't.
Even if you could (which you can't, at least on my, modern, phone), it would be a workaround, not a solution.
A solution would be allowing free selection like in the browser or, better yet, ditching "native" apps for web apps, as the person above suggested. As a bonus, this "exodus" will force browser makers to iron out any UX issues very quickly.
I’ve noticed that apps can tell when you’re taking a screenshot and often will pop up a little message first which appears in the screenshot.
Reddit on iOS was one that did it.