[ArtTimeInvestor]

When phones started to have built-in cameras, I once talked to a guy in a camera store and predicted that phone cameras will become more popular than regular cameras.

He looked at me as if I was insane. And with some anger, he told me that if I consider those little pieces of junk with tiny sensors and lenses to become serious competition to real cameras, he just can't take me serious.

It's always the same story with software eating the world. At first, it is hard to believe that the software will play a larger and larger role and ultimately become more important than the hardware.

[callalex]

While software certainly has improved phone photography, the sensors have gotten much much larger, and the lenses even more so (phone cameras are thicker and heavier now than they ever were in the 2000s) which is where much of the improvement comes from. I wouldn’t really point to that as an example of software eating the world.

[ArtTimeInvestor]

I'm not very experienced in photography, but I would be very surprised if phones have caught up with cameras in terms of sensor size and lens size.

In regard to lenses, I can see that the phone lenses are still much smaller than those of standalone cameras.

And since cameras are less size constrained, why wouldn't they put bigger sensors into them?

And it's not only about lenses and sensors. All of the buttons and wheels are now pixels. And you can edit your photos right on a phone. And put them on social media. No teenager would ever swap their phone for a device without software to put the photos directly on Instagram.

[bin_bash]

What on earth are you talking about? Who wants a stinky car they need to pick parts off the car wash when they fall off?

[ArtTimeInvestor]

Well, phone cameras still have tiny sensors and lenses. But the software makes up for it to an extent that they are vastly more popular than old school cameras now.

When mobility is a service you use via an app on your phone, it will be 100x more convenient than having to maintain a car yourself. Tap, and the robotaxi arrives in 5 minutes. Leave the car without having to care where to park. You won't be around when the car is in the car wash. It will go there by itself. And if something falls off, Tesla will deal with it, not you.

[nradov]

This is a ridiculous take, totally disconnected from the reality of how most middle-class Americans live. Maintaining my cars is far more convenient than waiting for a mobility service to arrive. Parking isn't a problem worth worrying about in most of the country; people just park right at their destinations. And I don't want my car to drive away when I get out; I want easy access to all the stuff that I keep in it.

[bin_bash]

like, for example: car seats

[peteradio]

I'm right there with you and some day it will suck my cock. What a glorious Tesla future we all have to look forward to.

[ArtTimeInvestor]

That's Optimus, the Tesla bot. It is a separate product.