Comment by jpxxx | Hacker News Reader

Comment by jpxxx | Hacker News Reader

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This argument is correct, if a bit theatrical. The existing options aren't bad.

#1: Have patience. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230437150457740...

#2: Deal with the fact that Facebook won and all of your family is on it and go to iPhoto, select some photos, and click Share -> Facebook.

#3: Go to iPhoto, select some photos, and click Share -> Email and mail them to your relatives, all of whom most certainly have e-mail.

#4: Navigate to minus.com, drag photos onto page, done.

#5: Batch MMS/iMessage, and then call mom.

  * Buy latest iPhone.
  * Take photos and videos on iPhone.
  * Tap a couple buttons to select photos and videos to share.
  * Choose who to share them with, press Send.
  * My family gets sent an email link to a webpage with thumbnails of the photos and videos sent, with a one-click way to view each of them. Could even be a native app experience if the recipient is a Mac or iOS user.

This is not a Apple vs Android comment but isn't most of this functionality available on Android? I click a photo, it is uploaded in background and I share it. The recipients get a email with link to my pictures/a red notification in their Google navbar. Point is, it is not a hard issue to address; it is already being done elsewhere in a seemingly peaceful fashion.

Edit: typo

#6: Get an Android phone and do it in any combination of those ways or a million other ways.

In my opinion, one of Android's best features for years has been its extremely open "Share" button that developers can hook into for nearly anything, and all over the OS.

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