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by untog 4754 days ago
It's not based on a technology. It's based on this sort of idea of transient photography- compare it to Instagram where everyone carefully curates every photo and ensures it has the right filter, etc. etc.- people Snapchat photos of themselves making stupid faces to each other.

I'm not saying that makes it worth $1bn, but I think the criteria is different than you make out.