r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BumblebeeBuzz1808 BLUE • 5d ago
Snapchat now puts a watermark on saved photos
Have a great photo of my wife, the dog, and me. Then noticed the Snapchat logo as a watermark >:(
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u/tanjawheeler 5d ago
Ah yes, nothing like your photo getting a surprise autograph from Snapchat.
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u/AppleNatives 4d ago
They're just letting you know they own the rights to the photo now.
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u/freakshowmassacre 4d ago
Do they actually? Like genuine question, but that shit sounds scary
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u/Theory_of_Time 4d ago
Pretty much all social media has the same TOC when you sign up.
You own your images, but the platforms get broad, free, global rights to use them however they please. For some like Facebook, that includes any photo you have already deleted.
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u/patwm11 5d ago
I noticed this for the first time two days ago when I tried saving a photo. It’s such bullshit. I used the clean up tool on the iphone camera app and got rid of it no problem but like come on Snapchat… that’s just being unnecessarily cunty
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u/Spirited_Musician_30 4d ago edited 4d ago
Wonder if this is iphone only. At least for now. Same thing happened for some for screenshots on Twitter but was apparently iphone only.
Just tested my Samsung s22 ultra (android 15) and it didn't have a watermark. Twitter still doesn't do it either and it's been months lol.
Was the image saved to camera roll or screenshotted?
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u/KillaFellaSmella 16h ago
it’s when you save it to your camera roll, i also have an iphone and use the cleanup tool to counteract the watermark
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u/AcademicStandard4964 1d ago
Where is this clean up tool on the iPhone camera app? Can’t seem to find it.
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u/Termylinia 5d ago
Remove it, most phones have the feature and there arent many details in that area
Truly mildly infuriating though
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u/BumblebeeBuzz1808 BLUE 5d ago
I just took a screenshot instead of saving through Snapchat, which gets rid of it
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u/ArtistApart 5d ago
You took the words out of my mouth, all they did is teach people how to do a screenshot.
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u/Quizzelbuck 4d ago
Eventually they'll secure the app so it can't work on unlocked bootloader phones and can't do screenshots. Like banking apps
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u/Furdiburd10 4d ago
You can bypass that by enabled screenshots on restricted apps in the android dev settings - unless they start using a DRM like netflix to block screenshots
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u/tractorcrusher 5d ago
Can’t you ask the person who took the photo to send you the original photo? Or was the photo taken with Snapchat for some horrible reason?
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u/bananslickarn 5d ago
Some people take photos with Snapchat because their phone is already full so they can save them
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u/LeebleLeeble 4d ago
I only still have snap cause for some reason, that app is the only one who wants to use the full potential of my phones camera. Even just using the normal camera app makes any pics i take look like theres a filter of sand on top.
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u/Jacktheforkie 5d ago
iPhones have a major flaw where if the storage is full you can’t delete photos
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u/tractorcrusher 5d ago
wtf? Lemme just use this app to take photos that I guess I don’t care to keep because my potato’s memory is full.
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u/Tinbody 4d ago
Save the pic to ur memories. Go to your memories and click the share button, then save image. When saved this way it doesn’t have the watermark
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u/NullifyI 4d ago
I feel stupid, is there another way to save a picture?? That’s what I’ve always done
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u/Krybte 5d ago
Why Not Just use ur normal Photo App?
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u/WilliamPollito 5d ago
Well Snapchat was betting you wouldn't think of that...
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u/Krybte 5d ago
Sorry could you say it Like im 5? im tired stupid and Not a native english speaker
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u/WillingStan007 5d ago
the app devs at snapchat are assuming if you use snapchat enough, you'll just pay to remove the watermark rather than use your regular phone app
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u/Thebenmix11 5d ago
And some people will, which is why they do it. Sometimes I think I'd make more money as a scammer.
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u/Over-Ad-3441 5d ago
WELL SNAPCHAT WAS BETTING THAT YOU WOULDNT THINK OF THAT
Hope this helps ❤️❤️
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u/Quizzelbuck 4d ago
Maybe I'm not attributing your comment to the right poster, but are you saying you just yell at 5-year-olds?
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u/jdog7249 4d ago
It amazes me the people that use Snapchat as their camera app on their phone. After taking a photo you have to press an extra button to save it.
Or you could use the normal camera app and it saves every photo immediately (bonus points I am pretty sure you can still send it through Snapchat if that's your goal).
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u/_sabsub_ 4d ago
I learned that in this thread... Just makes me realise how different of a bubble we live in. I had never heard of that before or even had the slightest idea that someone would use that instead of you know your phone's camera.
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u/fusion_reactor3 4d ago
I mean, some people use third party camera apps that offer more features, but I can’t say I’ve ever heard of someone using Snapchat over the default app
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u/z6oul 4d ago
the app honestly has a lot of good filters (that actually don’t change your entire facial anatomy!) if you dig, so i usually take selfies on snapchat instead of my phone
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u/knavishkittyy 4d ago
I use it instead of my camera app cause for some reason tbe default app on my phone is incredibly laggy, so if I'm on a call or listening to something in the background—which I almost always am—everything crashes. Snapchat doesn't so it's preferable for me.
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u/passrevoked 4d ago
Sometimes pictures come out better with Snapchat instead of my camera app
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u/Character-Truth-7577 4d ago
My camera has filters that I have to turn off every time I use it. Snapchat, I have to turn the filters on. I want to remember my life as authentically as possible, not with filters!
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u/Yagirl27 21h ago
I use Snapchat because you can save pictures and back them up without needing more storage docs. My icloud hasn’t been backed up in over a year but Snapchat always backs up lol!
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u/Ekalips 5d ago
Never understood why people don't just use their phone's camera app to take photos...
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u/No-Poem-9846 5d ago
For photos I don't intend on sharing with people right away I use my phone camera. But my family and some friends use iPhones and, despite the fact I have literally seen them say they fixed the quality issue between iPhones and android, every media I send or receive via texts from them has like 4 pixels. Snap is faster to share with multiple people and when they open it there, there's no degrading of quality. That's just me personally. Haven't had this issue of a watermark yet, but won't bother me much since it's 90% cats lmao.
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u/D3ADFAC3 5d ago
The quality issue you speak of happens when the phone has to fall back on SMS to send pictures.
In order to fix it both parties need to have RCS messaging enabled. This requires the iPhone to have iOS 18 or later. It’s also possible the carrier doesn’t support it (unlikely if in the US tho)
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u/No-Poem-9846 5d ago
Oh that makes sense because they all have really old phones. My friend told me to make sure the RCS was enabled and I can't even disable it on my phone 🤣
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u/MonkeysInABarrel 4d ago
Wait why not just use a messaging system that’s not SMS ass? WhatsApp, messenger, ig, signal, etc. all support high quality image transfer
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u/D3ADFAC3 4d ago
Because I shouldn’t have to have an account with a company that sells my data to send things to friends. RCS is well supported by all major networks and can send full quality images and video.
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u/Ekalips 5d ago
Probably I don't have enough friends or/and don't share nearly enough photos for it to be an issue.
Also on (many) Androids you can open the camera app by double pressing the power button which makes it way faster than opening any other app, so for me personally I would rather get to the (full) camera 10 times faster than spend one less click on sharing. Also the camera app has more features than any in-app camera thingy, features that I use. So yeah, that's me.
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u/Roses_and_lillies7 4d ago
Sometimes I take a pic for snapchat and then I like it so I save it before captioning
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u/stinkiestredditor 1d ago
Some people take snaps to send to people and then end up wanting to save the photo I’m not sure why you’re stupid but please stop doing it
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u/TheHolyPopo 5d ago
Sounds like a great time to stop using Snapchat
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u/MesoamericanMorrigan 5d ago
I swear to god it only exists for nefarious purposes and anyone who asks me to install it wants to do something dodgy
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u/Justwantl0ve BLACK 4d ago
Weird. I just tried it cause I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before, and it didnt do it for me
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u/Beinghomoiskindagay 4d ago
I even pay for Snapchat Plus and I still can’t remove the watermark? What’s the benefit of throwing a watermark on there if you can’t pay to remove it
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u/jevans1111 5d ago
I never get why people use Snapchat camera over their phone's camera,
And with this now it will baffle me more
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u/spinosauruspecs 5d ago
Some people prefer the softer camera even without filters. Also many phone cameras will “flip” the photo after taking it while Snapchat does not.
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u/jevans1111 4d ago
The camera being flipped is a setting, on my samsung its save selfies as previewed
Or something along those lines
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u/Few_Library3961 4d ago
i use snap for pictures on top of my phones camera just cuz i take a lot of pictures and using my phone camera clogs up my storage faster than snap
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u/Silver-Performer818 5d ago
I think ots time to return to use digital 📷 to take photos and use ipods and radio for music
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u/Altruistic-Patient30 5d ago
Are you gonna carry a pocket dictionary and a calculator too while you're at it?
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u/IAmAQuantumMechanic 5d ago
The digital camera selection is slim these days.
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u/Silver-Performer818 4d ago
You'll be surprised if i told you something
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u/IAmAQuantumMechanic 4d ago
You use a system camera?
You still have your old digital point and shoot?
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u/Silver-Performer818 4d ago
Ipods had inbuilt camera. And yes i have 2 point n shoot cameras. One uses reel and other is the cybershot.
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u/slick7studios 4d ago
Snapchat lost my business after it started essentially showing softcore porn after you finish viewing your friend's snaps
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u/co2gamer 4d ago
Before you started view your friends snaps, snapchats business was showing softcore porn. (Underaged softcore porn mostly)
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u/kennybrandz 5d ago
There’s an app you can download called retouch that will let you edit that small part out if it bothers you! I believe it’s free as well, was the last time I used it.
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u/JojoDasJojo 5d ago
you can try to download ALL things that they have in your account. in the eu it is mandatory that you are able to do that. maiby there are no watermarks on these then.
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u/Funny_Energy5240 4d ago
They have said they only do this on AI -generated images. Did you use AI to alter the looks in some way before saving?
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u/pereuse 5d ago
This only happens when you save AI photos to your camera roll. It doesn't have a watermark for non-AI edited photos that you download from Snapchat. It's a good idea because it's getting harder to spot AI edits in photos.
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u/keksivaras 4d ago
why do you even take important pictures in Snapchat instead of using the default camera?
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u/Bosmonster 5d ago
Unfortunately the Reddit app does the same thing (a lot worse actually..), trying to save an image. It makes sharing wallpapers and such useless if you only use native app…
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u/TheGrandNut 4d ago
Same with Insta if you try and save your OWN video from your OWN damn account
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u/Other-Cantaloupe4765 4d ago
If you’re comfortable, you can dm me with the picture and I will remove it for you. I do a bit of photo editing work as a side hustle.
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u/tinyplanet21 4d ago
I just take a screen recording of the image and then screenshot the recording in my camera roll.
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u/NeckRoFeltYa 3d ago
Got rid of Snap a while ago. If anyone does, make sure to login online and download your data then delete your account. That way none of your pictures are saved. I was very surprised by the number of pictures it saved. Had 3 GB worth.
Never want someone to go back and hack your online account and grab the pictures in 5 years.
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u/EyewarsTheMangoMan 5d ago
Not for me
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u/bonoetmalo 5d ago
It happens when you save to camera roll in chat, not when you snap a pic and save it immediately before sending it
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u/vladislavopp 4d ago
take your pics with the camera not a social media app?? you can post them after
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u/MrButtClap 4d ago
If you have any modern phone just make a copy and zoom in very closely to it and use the ai remove feature to get rid of the watermark, most Samsungs do a good job, if you have any experience with Photoshop try that, a quick tutorial will help you out or ask one of the Photoshop subreddits to help you out, most do it for free
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u/NighTraiN7804 4d ago
Took a ton of snaps today and didn’t get this. Maybe they are doing a b testing to see how people respond.
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u/FlowerCrowss 4d ago
Annoying; but spot cleanup tools are built-in to almost every photo gallery app now and easier to use than ever.
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u/witchybitchhh 4d ago
I don’t have premium and I don’t have this on any of my saved snaps? I just tested it and nothing happens, my app is completely up to date as well
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u/zidanerick 4d ago
If you use snapchat for items you don't want saved by whoever is on the other side then just don't send it. Screen mirroring and other methods can be used to capture the images without you even knowing, they could even be broadcasting it and you wouldn't even know! As for images that you do want to keep I wouldn't be using snap to do this either, if you have an iphone/android generally you can setup shared photo albums that can even sync to your widgets if you wanted them displayed on your chromecast etc...
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u/dangerdude132 4d ago
Haven’t updated Snapchat in forever. Cant give me a watermark if they don’t force me to.
Last time they forced me was to shove the AI chat bot down our throat
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u/Magic-Pastry 3d ago
Is this an iPhone thing? I saved pictures on Snap just this morning with no watermark?
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u/minitrott01 3d ago
I can always tell if I took a picture on Snapchat because their camera software is absolutely horrible! I have a Pixel 9XL that takes beautiful photos, but if I take it on Snapchat it looks like I'm taking a picture with a $50 phone from Walmart.
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u/wispyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 1d ago
that’s weird I barely use snapchat but wanted to check and mine doesn’t have a watermark, I even looked on the app store and my phone is updated
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u/BeginningLow 1d ago
I deleted Snapchat when I started getting notifications like "I crave you" and "last night changed my heart" from spammy accounts I had no interaction with and no mutuals with. It was relentless, multiple times a day. My good-natured, trusting partner and I had a good laugh over it, but that shit is going to get someone killed.
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u/Training_Barber4543 5d ago
Damn guess they realized no one wanted to pay to save their streaks or unlock a new AI filter