The UX is ridiculous but there're only so many 'operations' you can do on phones before you discover everything it does—swipe up/down/left/right, tap, double ta

The UX is ridiculous but there're only so many 'operations' you can do on phones before you discover everything it does—swipe up/down/left/right, tap, double tap, long press, pinch, drag etc, so eventually you get all the gestures. Plus, Snapchat only has 3-4 'pages' (Activity in Android), so there is not much to discover. I think the UX barrier is a post-hoc generalization. Of all places, people on HN would agree that we tolerate (and often even embrace) much worse UXs if we are sold on the functionality. The git CLI is a mess, but it's far too powerful and functional a VCS to just ignore, for example. Sure, if the UX were nice, everyone would want to try Snapchat on their own, but there's a good chance you are not on the app because your friend group is not active on it, OR you don't care as much about the stuff they post on it. After all, it's social app.