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		Why your Instagram stories on Android look low quality as compared to iPhone (medium.com/macoclock)
		2 points by iqandjoke on Aug 18, 2021 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

josephcsible on Aug 18, 2021 [–]

tl;dr: Because Facebook Inc and Snap Inc can't be bothered to use the proper camera APIs on Android, so they take a screenshot of the preview window instead.

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