> don't actually allow precise editing or manipulation of content

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate-pocket/id916366645

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193

You can find full programming environments that run on phones and i amused myself for some time while waiting for a friend at a coffee shop by writing a simple C program in Vim with Hacker's Keyboard and Termux.

But just because something it is technically possible it doesn't mean it suited for it.

My washing machine or Minecraft redstone blocks may be Turing complete, but realistically they are the best interface to express what the mind intends to express.

These are mostly used as Ipad apps, and even then, they nowhere provide the tools that are available on a standard PC. Sure, you can use them to do cool things, but I can also create paintings with just ketchup and fries. That's not what 99% of people who have fries in their hands do/should do.

Are we really going to make the case that Garageband and iMovie allow for "precise editing or manipulation of content"? Last time I used either, they were like watered-down versions of real software that railroaded you through different pre-made templates.

Wanna make music? Press the chord buttons to play a tone on the synthesizer preset that you can't modify!

Wanna edit video? Drag your clips into this timeline with 3 transition effects and a half-dozen compositing themes!

Smartphones count as creation machines because people create content on them. If you take a look at Tiktok, Instagram or many of the other social networks, you'll see countless pieces of content that are created by smartphones each day.

I fail to see how you addressed any of what I said. The comment that I wrote this in reply to literally made the same point as your comment.

If you got that form that comment, I don't understand your first comment. It's clear to you that smartphones are being used to create content, but you still think they aren't content creation devices, because they lack precision?

If content creation devices aren't the devices that create content, then what are they?

> If content creation devices aren't the devices that create content, then what are they?

I think that's a very good question. It's clear that devices like that are useful for some form of content creation, but I'm don't know if the term to refer to them has been coined or not.

Intuitively, they don't seem to fit in the category we used to call "content creation", since that nearly always was synonymous with creation+precision, rather than "any kind of creation".

They can be used to create exactly three kinds of content: photos, audio recordings and videos. Yay.

Have fun writing a novel, designing a presentation, remixing a song or making a video game on a smartphone.

I hate to sound like a nostalgic fart, but remember when content creation meant making never seen before flash games and animations, or long video content instead of 5 seconds jokes and girls dancing half nakedly?

>Unfortunately, smartphones, due to their form factor, don't actually allow precise editing or manipulation of content

The precision of editing they do allow is "good enough" for the average Joe.

Good for the average Joe, but the average Joe also doesn't create long-form content for a living with any degree of precision.

Sources?