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impulser_yesterday at 7:27 PM3 repliesview on HN

I think the opposite. It allows more people to be creative. Similar to how the DAW allowed more people to become musicians. You can produce a hit song with just a laptop now.

Now you can have people producing videos without needing a crew of people.


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LetsGetTechniclyesterday at 7:42 PM

You never needed a crew of people to make videos. This is just outsourcing people's creativity.

jplusequalttoday at 2:52 AM

>I think the opposite. It allows more people to be creative.

Why are you assuming that a majority of people don't already have the means to make videos? Many people have access to a phone, laptop, and stable internet connection. What else do they really need? What's stopping them from using their phones to shoot home movies, making animations with MS Paint, recording themselves talking about a subject they're genuinely interested in, etc.?

>Now you can have people producing videos without needing a crew of people.

This is conflating production values with creativity. Mr. Beast's videos cost millions of dollars to film and produce, yet they're creatively bankrupt.

criddellyesterday at 7:49 PM

The potential for harm is so much greater with video than creating an mp3. You can stoke hate and fear so easily.

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