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socalgal2 23 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

They're just following Apple's lead.

When iPhone shipped, any time you emailed a photo it would append "Sent from my iPhone" to try to virally market. Same or at least similar slimey tactics

doublepg23 23 days ago | [–]

There was at least a fig leaf of “I’m typing on a mobile keyboard” excuse my typos”.

rmwaite 22 days ago | [–]

That’s just an email signature, configurable (or removable, if you prefer) by the user. This is completely different, in my opinion.

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