Does nobody care about not being able to copy from Slack anymore?
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22 hours ago
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When using slack on iOS, I literally cannot copy anything from the slack app anymore. I can’t even copy the text I am writing in the compose window, much less random messages, links, links to messages, etc.

This is a massive handicap for being productive on the go. Why would they do that?

I first thought it was a workspace policy, but after talking to my coworkers it doesn’t seem to be that.

Anybody know something that would explain this product decision? Do you guys also experience this?

acytryn
22 hours ago
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That does not happen to me. Does it happen to your coworkers as well?
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neal_caffrey
21 hours ago
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At least the ones I talked to all had the same experience :(
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razingeden
17 hours ago
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Current slack app can copy and paste via app and contextual menus in 26.2

However safari does some of the same stuff you’re describing. I’ve found it difficult to edit a single typo in a URL or get to the end of it to add or modify a path lately. And then I can’t cut or copy characters in some fields unless I first add a few more— then the copy and cut options come back.

I’ve seen it groused about on HN ..and though I just had no problem cutting and pasting this URL from safari just now, I’m with you — this comes and goes anx I spend a lot of time swearing at this behavior

I can consistently reproduce it on WP editor in safari - seems like it starts leaking memory after two or three edit/saves and can only be cured by clearing cache and starting over. Even then it’s become unusable and I lose work so I have to use desktop

Editing HN comments hits it too.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256152068?sortBy=rank

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