Tech products need to just fuck off and stay in their lane. Why are you, an app, deciding whether I can use an OS level feature or not? Why is my hardware deciding which OS I'm allowed to run?
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Is it still possible to spoof SafetyNet on Waydroid?
Unfortunately this is what you need to do on any rooted Android rn :(
So basically just like with DVD players.
That's illegal
can't screenshot my bank's app, but can't stop me on a browser
Also: apps that control your screen brightness.
Fuck off! If I wanted my screen brighter I'd do it, thank you very much.
Interesting. I've not come across something like this. Which types of apps do this for you? I'm guessing maybe something about banking or something????
Those that present a barcode or QR code for scanning.
Ohhh ok yes I have had that then lol. Screen goes to max brightness. I actually kind of appreciate that feature because I keep my brightness pretty low and sometimes things don't scan well like that.
I understand why app developers do it, and their motivations are often well-intended - like with making QR scanning more reliable as you mentioned.
It still makes me annoyed, because as far as I'm concerned things at the system level should be under my control, not handed to apps.
My complaint is ideological.
If anything I'm annoyed at Android (=Google) about it, because they could at least put it behind a permission and let the user decide whether to give apps the power, but no - apps can do it whether you consent or not.
It makes sense to bump up the brightness just on that screen that's showing the code for scanning, but doing it for the whole app is just plain stupid.
Ha, yes, I found it irritating very recently when trying to share my blood counts from the lab draw. My Medical app doesn't do screenshots.
Wow that’s some next level fake security bullshit. Right up there with “you aren’t allowed to copy and paste your long-ass bank number fOr sEcUrItY. Fuck you if you’re dyslexic.”
btw you can also root your phone and change this policy.
...then the app stops working because it detects root, then you find another app to hide the fact that it's rooted, and before you know it you're layers-deep schemeing how to use your own phone the way you wish and dreading common upgrades and new phone purchases.
Grindr has it so you can’t screenshot photos anymore. I can understand why, but I wish there was a way that you could turn it off. Sometimes I ask friends to take pictures of me and send them to me, I should be able to keep them!
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