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Justin Searls Aug 22, 2023

something I've seen countless times over the years: someone offers to take a photo for me with my iPhone and "does me the favor" of disabling Live Photos in the process

then I go a month or more without noticing all my memories have been cheapened due to the lack of Live Photos and I want to throttle the dude at the grand canyon who insisted on taking a picture of me in my awesome "this place is the pits" shirt what the hell

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Justin Searls Aug 23, 2023

Yesterday I heard from a lot of people who hate Live Photos and think they're worthless.

Let me just say that as someone who's had a few friends and family members pass away since Live Photos launched that being able to go back to photos and get a few seconds of video and movement on either side of a special moment is transformative in bringing me back to that memory. They've become really precious to me in a way still photos can't.

I'm excited for Apple's 3D Spatial Photos/Videos as a result.

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pǝǝʌɐɾ s

@searls I only ever take Live Photos because of this. Although I just saw a picture of someone very close to me who passed away recently and she looked sad in the key photo. Holding down on it I saw that she really was sad at that time and my pain grows tenfold. I guess it’s worth remembering that they can cut both ways.