Yeah, none of that is the phone's fault. That is like blaming fast food for being a fat ass.
this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2024
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Yeah it is totally the phone's fault that this person is unable to date other people, that is their biggest problem with smartphones, not the Internet.
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GPS, music, and I disagree about the camera. I’d love a dumb phone that could do GPS music and a camera and nothing else besides text and calls.
Ehh... I hate anal-locked phones. They are turing machines. They are mathematically proven to be as capable as any other turing machines.
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Ruined pointless but enjoyable arguments with mates in the pub. In the old days you could get a good 15 minutes of entertainment out of 'Was it Matt Damon or Mark Wahlberg in that Three Kings movie?'
Now some asshat with a phone will kill that argument in 5 seconds.
There's plenty of pub topics Google can't kill. For example Would you rather have hands made of chocolate cake or an armpit that squirts cream?
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They ruined clubs, too. The flip phone cameras were shitty enough to make it a non-issue.
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How does everyone everywhere having a really decent camera ruin photography? One of the things we had to do in photography class was use a disposable to take well composed shots (but also we developed the film ourselves). A phone camera would make those look way better.
Photographic art is drowned in a world of snapshots. That which we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly. Of course, there are a lot of awesome upsides and people can still do photography as a hobby, but there's a real "you can't go home again" feeling. You probably would have had to been into the hobby prior to the smartphone to appreciate the loss.
Snapshots can also have artistic value. Something that was also taught to me in my photography classes that I took before smartphones were a thing.
What do you mean "is there anything good about smartphones at all"? It made a ton of money for Apple and its shareholders, that's the only thing that matters. Who cares that it caused anxiety in a whole generation and ruined social life?
Ruined photography?
Professionals or hobbyists can still use a proper camera but the old maxim "sometimes the best camera is the one you have with you" often applies and cellphones do fairly well in that regard
And some phones have some excellent cameras. I've taken some pretty decent shots with my phone camera, like this one of a squirrel eating pizza. Without carrying around a camera literally all the time, I never would have caught that shot.
Same with many of the abuses that we've seen caught on camera recently. There are some problems with videos that lack context, but authorities can't just act with impunity in their face and expect to not have a camera in their face.
I think is more about how the smartphone and apps like instagram uses a bunch of filters and things like that.
That part I can agree with. Plus the "AI editing" bullshit.
The auto editing bullshit that you don't even know that is active
I hate that people have taken to filming/taking pictures vertically
We were so close to everyone knowing not to do that
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Yeah. I am a new-ish hobby photographer and at the moment I have a 50mm lens for my Canon R10 (I will buy a bigger lens soon). The camera with its current lens doesn't zoom well but my smartphone could sometimes take a better photo zoomed in depending on how I play with the settings, angle and lighting.