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Snapchat's definition of “camera”

2 pointsby daljeetvover 8 years ago

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daljeetvover 8 years ago
Some quotes that stuck out:<p>&quot;So being a camera company in an age of photo-taking obsession makes a lot of sense. And what’s the most important part of any camera? The lens! Snapchat’s Lenses, the technology which magically morphs and mixes your face with digital components, then, are the most important part of Snap Inc., the camera company.&quot;<p>&quot;When Steve Jobs said that Apple would be making personal computers, he did not mean that he was putting a mainframe in every garage. And similarly, when Evan Spiegel calls Snap Inc. a camera company, he doesn’t mean a Leica in every hand.&quot;<p>&quot;A Snapchattian camera understands itself as a device that captures and processes images for the purpose of transmission within a social network. &quot;