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Aren't the photos on Snapchat intended to be ephemeral? I'd be totally okay with potato quality if I was sharing something quickly because Snapchat isn't a phot

Aren't the photos on Snapchat intended to be ephemeral? I'd be totally okay with potato quality if I was sharing something quickly because Snapchat isn't a photography app. It's not as if Snapchat are a tiny company with nobody smart enough to notice there's a camera API, this is intentional. If you want to send a quality photo to a friend, there are apps for that.

distantsounds 9y ago
"snapchat isn't a photography app" you literally take photos and send it to people
- bitdeveloper 9y ago
  Sure, but it's a sticky note, not a novel.
- badnew 9y ago
  Snapchat is to photography as passing notes in class is to literature
squeaky-clean 9y ago
> Aren't the photos on Snapchat intended to be ephemeral? I'd be totally okay with potato quality if I was sharing something quickly because Snapchat isn't a photography app. This hasn't been the primary focus for years. You can now send Snaps that don't expire after a time limit, and can save your snaps to your storage or Snap's cloud storage (called "memories").
- Gaelan 9y ago
  The non-expiring snaps still disappear when you close them; they just don’t auto-close. I guess there’s memories, but I doubt most people take photos just to put in memories.
- tfuiih55 9y ago
  I get around this by taking pictures with my normal camera and sharing them on a site I control and only allowing certain people access Then I don’t worry about being “screwed over” by a private company that can make its app however it wants Welcome to HN, where the free market suddenly doesn’t exist, and you’re supposed do get what you want for free
  - tfuiih55 9y ago
    Oh no; downvotes! Muh fake internet points!
    - sctb 9y ago
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    - imiric 9y ago
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jcrei 9y ago
Snapchat (the company) defines itself as a camera company. This can be seen in their IPO and SEC filing documents. And I bet it has a lot to do with their snapchat spectacles.

distantsounds 9y ago

"snapchat isn't a photography app" you literally take photos and send it to people

bitdeveloper 9y ago
Sure, but it's a sticky note, not a novel.
badnew 9y ago
Snapchat is to photography as passing notes in class is to literature

squeaky-clean 9y ago

> Aren't the photos on Snapchat intended to be ephemeral? I'd be totally okay with potato quality if I was sharing something quickly because Snapchat isn't a photography app. This hasn't been the primary focus for years. You can now send Snaps that don't expire after a time limit, and can save your snaps to your storage or Snap's cloud storage (called "memories").

Gaelan 9y ago
The non-expiring snaps still disappear when you close them; they just don’t auto-close. I guess there’s memories, but I doubt most people take photos just to put in memories.
tfuiih55 9y ago
I get around this by taking pictures with my normal camera and sharing them on a site I control and only allowing certain people access Then I don’t worry about being “screwed over” by a private company that can make its app however it wants Welcome to HN, where the free market suddenly doesn’t exist, and you’re supposed do get what you want for free
- tfuiih55 9y ago
  Oh no; downvotes! Muh fake internet points!
  - sctb 9y ago
    We ban accounts that show up just to violate the guidelines. If you'd like the account to be unbanned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - imiric 9y ago
    Please follow the HN comment guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html .

jcrei 9y ago

Snapchat (the company) defines itself as a camera company. This can be seen in their IPO and SEC filing documents. And I bet it has a lot to do with their snapchat spectacles.