User:JodyBruchonFan/Google software sucks: Difference between revisions
m wording |
m grammar |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
The thing that supposedly sets Android apart from iOS is user choice and freedom, yet Google decided that device owners are at the mercy of app developers to let them take screenshots and screen recordings. This is known as [[screenshot blocking]] or screen capture blocking, and can only be overridden with an unlocked bootloader and root access, which has complications of its own. | The thing that supposedly sets Android apart from iOS is user choice and freedom, yet Google decided that device owners are at the mercy of app developers to let them take screenshots and screen recordings. This is known as [[screenshot blocking]] or screen capture blocking, and can only be overridden with an unlocked bootloader and root access, which has complications of its own. | ||
While this was originally intended to prevent banking app content from being captured or | While this was originally intended to prevent banking app content from being captured or broadcast to external screens (miracast, MHL), there is nothing preventing it from being used outside of its intended scope. Consequently, it was only a matter of time before app developers realized they could use it arbitrarily.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/why-screenshots-dont-always-work-especially-in-secure-apps/ |website=How To Geek |author=Faisal Rasool |title=Why Your Phone Blocks Screenshots in Secure Apps |date=2025-08-23 |access-date=2026-05-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=konradkar |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/f3xk35/bookingcom_app_disallow_to_take_screenshot_can_i/ |website=[[Reddit]] |title=Booking.com app disallow to take screenshot, can I bypass this? |date=2020-02-14 |access-date=2026-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615071612/https://old.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/f3xk35/bookingcom_app_disallow_to_take_screenshot_can_i/ |archive-date=2023-06-15}}</ref> | ||
For this reason, Google should have provided a built-in option that lets the device owner override screen capture blocks at their own responsibility. An app deciding whether you should be allowed to take screenshots on your device is comparable to a guest in your home telling you how to behave. | For this reason, Google should have provided a built-in option that lets the device owner override screen capture blocks at their own responsibility. An app deciding whether you should be allowed to take screenshots on your device is comparable to a guest in your home telling you how to behave. | ||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
There is no option to turn off the one-hour clipboard time limit, which automatically deletes clipboard items older than one hour, even after users have asked for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en |title=Adjust Gboard clipboard timeout - Android Community |date=2023-04-03 |access-date=2026-06-04 }} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260514000953/https://support.google.com:443/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en archive])</ref> | There is no option to turn off the one-hour clipboard time limit, which automatically deletes clipboard items older than one hour, even after users have asked for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en |title=Adjust Gboard clipboard timeout - Android Community |date=2023-04-03 |access-date=2026-06-04 }} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260514000953/https://support.google.com:443/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en archive])</ref> | ||
The clipboard is not intended for long-term storage of course, but that's not an excuse for not giving the user the choice. Why not two hours? Why not one day? Let the user decide. | The clipboard is not intended for long-term storage of course, but that's not an excuse for not giving the user the choice. Why not two hours? Why not one day? Why not indefinitely until a certain number of items is exceeded? Let the user decide. | ||
In comparison, Samsung's and Xiaomi's keyboard applications (before Xiaomi ditched their native keyboard app in favour of GBoard) have no fixed time limit and delete the oldest unpinned clipboard item if a number of items is exceeded. | |||
If special character shortcuts are enabled, there is a shortcut for the backslash (<kbd>\</kbd>), but surprisingly not for the forward slash (<kbd>/</kbd>), a much more commonly used key. | If special character shortcuts are enabled, there is a shortcut for the backslash (<kbd>\</kbd>), but surprisingly not for the forward slash (<kbd>/</kbd>), a much more commonly used key. | ||