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Obviously they weren't the first mobile photo app. They were the first photo sharing app that let you ironically pretend to have a polaroid style camera like a
by JonnieCache 15y ago
Obviously they weren't the first mobile photo app. They were the first photo sharing app that let you ironically pretend to have a polaroid style camera like a massive bloody hipster. Polaroids became cool again just after the world's supply of polaroid film ran out. "New age fun, with a vintage feel." That's what they were first with, and that's ultimately why they're now rich.
- user-id 15y agoHipstamatic anyone?
- phil 15y agoHipstamatic lacked sharing, at least when Instagram came out. That was the thing that set Instagram apart -- it did this popular thing with photos on your iPhone but bolted sharing on.
- hartror 15y agoI think the low quality of the photos the original few iPhones took had something to do with it as well. The hipster filters hid that low quality and allowed an artistic bent to what was otherwise a poor user experience. I find myself using the filters less and less now I have a 4S.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoI believe they also offered better sharing options than Apple offered, unlike Android which allows you to hand off these task between apps which you can download to add filter options or uploads intents.