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Text selection doesn't work in Firefox for Android.

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Tried to copy&paste a text from here: https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-in-a-day-on-average-worldwide?share=1 I'm only able to select some portions of text, in others, tapping and holding simply does nothing. I've noticed this. behavior few times on different sites.

Tried to copy&paste a text from here: https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-in-a-day-on-average-worldwide?share=1 I'm only able to select some portions of text, in others, tapping and holding simply does nothing. I've noticed this. behavior few times on different sites.

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Hi

I have tried this myself and I think this may be a site setting to protect the content from be used elsewhere and is not an issue with Firefox for Android.