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This brings new meaning to the old quote, "history is written by victors." Today, the victors are Apple, Google, etc., and they are writing their own version of

• mc32 5y ago
  They are the means, but the "victors" are people's vanity. If people didn't want blemish free pictures, they wouldn't be offered --but airbrushing was a thing and old fashioned paintings also tended to skip the blemishes --unlike mirrors. So, today, this continues albeit more perfect and automated for our consumption.
  • noizejoy 5y ago
    Bad vision airbrushes even mirrors. :-)
• hughrr 5y ago
  Nope. Give me a 40 year old East German camera and a roll of Ilford and I’m still perfectly capable of corrupting reality intentionally.