I’m pretty sure that read it wraps the picture in some kind of picture viewer thing. I imagine it’s an effort to keep you on the site or track your activity better.
And their stupid website prevents you from zooming in on the image. Or they disabled right click on it in an attempt to stop you from saving the image. It really is pathetic
Also F12 to open the developer panel, then check the “network” and “sources” tabs where you can see every single asset that is loaded (may need to refresh after opening the dev panel) and interact with them in a list
My absolute last resort is to disable breakpoints and watch network traffic for the image or video. I’m pretty sure there are still ways they can detect the developer console is open but it usually does the trick
For the zoom issue, social media type ones. Not sure if it’s Reddit or Imgur. The frames and text content gets larger but the image stays the same size.
For the right click hijack, usually photography and stock sites
Instagram. It’s impossible to save memes losslessly on mobile (least to my pathetic attempts). On desktop you can go into inspect element and yoink the png
edit: my pathetic attempts are indeed pathetic. Thanks folks -u-
I’ve never had an Instagram account because their Android app was so terrible that I was never able to sign up. I wasn’t going to get an iPhone just so I could use a single app, and the whole reason I wanted Instagram was so was something to look at while on the bus or the train there’s no point using the desktop version.
I’m pretty sure that read it wraps the picture in some kind of picture viewer thing. I imagine it’s an effort to keep you on the site or track your activity better.
And their stupid website prevents you from zooming in on the image. Or they disabled right click on it in an attempt to stop you from saving the image. It really is pathetic
Shift + right click will get your traditional right click options back
Also F12 to open the developer panel, then check the “network” and “sources” tabs where you can see every single asset that is loaded (may need to refresh after opening the dev panel) and interact with them in a list
Exactly, and pretty much everyone knows this. Which is why them putting effort into preventing it is stupid
Uhhhhh you overestimate the knowledge of the average user
Sincerely, anyone and everyone who has worked IT help desk
xkcd 2501
Of course
Didn’t know that, but those download protection things also have other tricks like a transparent image placed over the top.
My absolute last resort is to disable breakpoints and watch network traffic for the image or video. I’m pretty sure there are still ways they can detect the developer console is open but it usually does the trick
You can only do it on desktop but you can view all media on a page in Firefox
woah i didnt know that
What website?
It’s a general complaint, not one website.
For the zoom issue, social media type ones. Not sure if it’s Reddit or Imgur. The frames and text content gets larger but the image stays the same size.
For the right click hijack, usually photography and stock sites
Instagram. It’s impossible to save memes losslessly on mobile (least to my pathetic attempts). On desktop you can go into inspect element and yoink the png
edit: my pathetic attempts are indeed pathetic. Thanks folks -u-
AeroInsta
thank you
There’s an extension for Android Firefox called “Instagram Downloader”.
I’ve never had an Instagram account because their Android app was so terrible that I was never able to sign up. I wasn’t going to get an iPhone just so I could use a single app, and the whole reason I wanted Instagram was so was something to look at while on the bus or the train there’s no point using the desktop version.
Like what Reddit does so its impossible to view the image at anything other than fit to browser window (excluding the banner) or 100%