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> Photography and video making has never been simpler. Agree, but largely because their form factor allowed them to replace the camera. Cameras and photography
by buboard 7y ago
> Photography and video making has never been simpler.
Agree, but largely because their form factor allowed them to replace the camera. Cameras and photography are creative, and this carried over to the phone form factor, not the other way around. Cookie-cutter instagram filters and other prepackaged disney stuff is very lowly creative though.
And I wouldn't say it has enabled creativity for either sound or painting. It made sound recording easier yes, but it did not push the boundaries of what is possible to make with digital sound. The same with painting. IMHO, real creativity is always at the boundaries of what is available, and always pushes it a little further.
- yoz-y 7y agoMy point is that mobile had mostly positive effect on availability of tools for the masses. It pushes the boundaries in quantity, a lot more people now actually can record video at all. At the same time the number of people who can create wacky websites has not decreased, all of the tools are still out there. Phones may have simplified interfaces but they did not make the complex programs disappear.
- chriswarbo 7y agoMany people carry their phone everywhere, which was/is much less common for discrete cameras, dictaphones, etc. This also lowers the barrier to entry.