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How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

Hacker News·2 months ago
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Sometimes I take a screenshot of a post I like, either to send it to friends/meme channel or to save a “durable” copy. Like this one (I’ve cropped out the rest of the interface):

Original , if you want to reskeet it

I noticed the Bluesky logo in the right corner and thought that it was weird that the logo doesn’t bother me when I use the app. Then I looked at the post in the app again—logo wasn’t there, replaced by the “Follow” button.

I remembered that a few apps hide their logo where the iPhone notch is, so that it doesn’t stick out, unless you take a screenshot. But here the logo is placed in the open, so how do they do it?

I tried to take another screenshot, this time mid-switching to the other app:

The “Follow” button is visible when I take the screenshot mid-switch.

Did they somehow set up a listener for two buttons I’m pressing to take a screenshot and do a switcheroo at the last moment?…

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