Yes, as example I'll use one of my friends, a mother. Several years ago, before smartphones, she bought a DSLR because she wanted to make better photos of her k

Yes, as example I'll use one of my friends, a mother. Several years ago, before smartphones, she bought a DSLR because she wanted to make better photos of her kids, in comparison to the crappy compact cams back then. And as I saw her work with the camera, it's easy to see why the exodus to smartphones was so sudden and swift. The truth is that a DSLR has the capability to create far better photos, and this is still true today, but it's not normie-proof. They just want to point at something, push a button, and magically have a great photo. Where the subject they pointed at is in focus, sharp, correct colors, the like. Next they see that focus is a massive problem, it's impossible to take a photo in the dark, some photos have weird color issues (white balance) and the whole thing just sucks. Perhaps most depressing is that one of the key features, shallow depth of field, is pretty much seen as a bug: why isn't everything sharp? They should learn how to use the DSLR, but they won't. Because they want high quality snapshots and aren't photographers for the sake of photography. The smartphone solves all of this for this particular goal.