Yes, they can.
But… how do they “magic tap” it in? Why is “scrolling” suddenly an act that makes the black box appear.
This is just confusing to end users, they have a workaround to a problem they should not be having.
I worry that this introduces visual noise everywhere, I am much more open with some sort of indicator that shows you can “expand” on mobile, but metadata on every single image always displayed feels very noisy.