on the one hand, ok. on the other hand, fuck this shit, fuck basic dumb sensors having a whole nother chain of shit that comes downstream. cameras are an inter

on the one hand, ok. on the other hand, fuck this shit, fuck basic dumb sensors having a whole nother chain of shit that comes downstream. cameras are an interesting weird vanguard, an early indicator of the general-purpose-computint versus applicationized world. we greatly rely on and thank them for many of the things they do. but also flexibility & control & malleability along thr pipeline is highly desired, is a core restraint on creatibe flexibility. if so and so company wants to commercialize a value-add service on the physical hardware, we ought not begrude them that, but also there should be possible alternatives open. ultimately i feel like the camera makers are in some kind of accidental unintentional death pact, where they are competing & trying to own a slowly closing ecosystem, whereas the phone, controlled & intermediated & restricted though it may be, is still an avenue for innovation & competition, & these folks with multi-thousand dollar camera hardware are perpetually unwilling to open the doors of potential, are forever combatting & opposed to letting folks enhance the value & usability of the product. anti-competitve into ruin.