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Re:Snap launches its first drone by schimmy_changa on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:34PM (#31195494)
I think the idea here is that snapchat is trying to solve that user issue drones have. If they can make using a drone as simple as TikTok made posting a short edited video, then they succeed here. There are lots of people who want to take drone images, but don't know how to start / what drone to buy / etc. This could (I give it a 30% chance) solve the problem.

Another analogy could be the polaroid camera that 'democratized' casual pictures - this could be the equivalent 'democratization' for drone photography.

Re:Snap launches its first drone by foolfoolz on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:42PM (#31195628)
i don’t see any mass adoption of drones. the only time drone photos/videos will be common is when your phone can fly. bringing a drone around is a hassle. they are generally big (esp compared to a phone), extremely fragile, expensive, have short battery life. they are everything that made digital cameras hard and more. they would have to be so much better than what we have, but phone images and videos are already so good i don’t see it happening