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wtf? Why would I ever want to be interrupted with someone's (even my friend's) stupid skateboarding video? I can't think of a single use for this product.
by maaku 15y ago
wtf? Why would I ever want to be interrupted with someone's (even my friend's) stupid skateboarding video?
I can't think of a single use for this product.
- melvinram 15y agoYou could be at Startup Weekend and live broadcast your Office Hours session to the world... if they had audio, which can't be that far behind. EDIT: Nevermind. They limit the broadcast to 30 seconds.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoI don't think audio was omitted merely because this is an MVP and they didn't have the time or resources for it - it's pretty clearly part of the main concept of the product. I can think of several reasons why this might be a good idea. For example, audio recording on mobiles can be really bad - maybe that makes regular video recording apps less popular. Audio makes the downloads heavier. Audio makes consuming the content require more focus from the user - it has to mute any music, phone conversation, etc. Audio makes 30s of video seem too short to say anything meaningful - omitting it makes 30s seem like a long time for a "moving photo". Etc. I can't say if any of these things really make for a good product that people will want to use - it still seems fairly ridiculous to me - but I don't know why everyone's so dismissive of the idea that there's any benefit to omitting audio.