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true for everything except photography. the truth is that smartphone cameras are better than old point-and-shoots. you can still buy a good camera if you want one.

@sun I bought a bridge camera after naively listening to fedi users and subsequently returned it (thanks Amazon!) after it became apparent that it couldn't compare to my 5yo smartphone that cost roughly twice as much back then. Never taking advice from people who claim $20 compact cameras can do better and then turn around and complain that you didn't shell out for a mirrorless and glass collection when you start comparing photos to a midrange smartphone.

@birdulon @sun were you using it to take photos of bridges or no

@hakui @sun do jetties count?

@sun no idea how exactly smartphones ruined music. They replaced players, sure. But that's it.

@birdulon @sun no

@hakui @sun then no

@sun that's not phones. Also, I've no idea where this sentiment is coming from. Most music I get today is still released as albums.

@sun @newt Interesting... I hadn't considered that about albums before.

@newt @sun Imagine all those people at music concerts recording instead of being there in the moment.

@sun oh...
i never paid for music, so this idea sort of escaped me.

@sun @newt The shuffle craze didn't help either, no longer could artists make gapless transitions in songs and make multiple songs connect to each other, because it would sound weird in shuffled playback.

@sj_zero @sun this was always the case. Also, loudness wars predate smartphones by two decades.

@sun @sj_zero yes, but for different reasons. A radio mix is sometimes shorter and doesn't have foul language. I can't remember a song where these would only differ in loudness or sound quality.

@sun @sj_zero hahahaha lmao metallica always delivers (not in a good way)