alt Hacker NewsFor what, to say "I was there"?
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Because I enjoy watching the videos later.
I don’t know why the techno-reactionary assumption is that the kids are just doing it for clout online, or that the kids recording aren’t enjoying themselves in the moment. To me, that viewpoint seems like an unsubstantiated assumption, and an embodiment of the “old man yelling at clouds” meme.
I am fully capable of enjoying myself while recording a video/picture.
You’d be amazed at the kind of video and audio quality modern smartphones are capable of taking in a concert setting. The audio quality might even beat the live experience, especially since I need special earplugs to be able to enjoy most concerts without them being too loud and washed out.
The smartphone doesn’t have the same problems that human ears have.
Modern telephoto lenses and video stabilization are incredible. My phone can literally see the stage better than my eyes can.
Why take pictures at all? Why did our grandparents bother to photograph anything at all, ever!
WE ALL KNOW THEY WERE THERE!
That's how you sound.