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handoflixueyesterday at 9:55 PM3 repliesview on HN

Alongside TV we had cameras, and families across the country filming birthdays and other special occasions.

Alongside newspapers we had 'zine culture and mail-order pamphlets.

There has always been the option to contribute - the Apple iPhone is quite possibly the first exception.


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account42today at 11:54 AM

And you can still use the camera app to post your pictures to social media. It's hardly the same level of creative participation that the PC invites.

testing22321today at 2:54 AM

You could film and put it on your tv, but you couldn’t create and distribute to the medium at large

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