This question assumes that there is something valuable that Instagram does that Path is "copying" in some way. Instagram does a good job of quickly taking phot

This question assumes that there is something valuable that Instagram does that Path is "copying" in some way. Instagram does a good job of quickly taking photos, applying filters, and then uploading them to your choice of social photo sites. That's something any number of us here could code up in an afternoon with all the APIs and toolkits available on the iPhone/these services.