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Re:QUIC at Snapchat by RicoElectrico on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:58AM (#27628227)
Snapchat "takes a picture" by just grabbing a frame from the viewfinder instead of, you know, using the proper API.

This could have made sense back when Android imaging situation was more of a mess, but the current API obviates the need for this.

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Re:QUIC at Snapchat by IshKebab on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:38AM (#27628761)
It definitely made sense because Snapchat is only used for ephemeral photos, and taking a "proper" photo is extremely slow on many Android phones (or at least it was until recently).

That said they should have just implemented both solutions and let the user pick.

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Re:QUIC at Snapchat by overitthrowaway on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:10AM (#27628578)
It's likely just a case of "it it ain't broken, there's no budget"
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Re:QUIC at Snapchat by pta2002 on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:14AM (#27628598)
It is pretty broken though, since the image looks terrible because it skips a lot of the image processing steps.
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