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I can't stand that Instagram doesn't let you copy and paste (or save) content out of it, and I also can't stand when Threads also doesn't let you do the same thing. In the Threads app, you literally can't just select the text of a thread to paste elsewhere. To hell with that.


I don't know what you're using, but modern Android will let you copy text and images out of basically anything from the "Select" button on the bottom of the app switcher


If you don't happen to have that on your Android phone, Copy [1] works well.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weberdo.ap...


iOS. I guess that explains it. Apple apparently lets app devs cancel text selection


On iOS at least you can copy text from Threads. Just long press and select Copy.


Tried that, couldn't get it to work, weird


And the lack of direct url access or video control, drives me up the wall.




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