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		kkjjkgjjgg on Nov 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shirley Cards Was it really an issue before, though? The article mentions that digital cameras were already better at taking photos of darker skin. I never noticed that photos of black people were of bad quality on the internet.

pseudalopex on Nov 15, 2021 [–]

Better doesn't mean can't improve. And maybe Google and Africa's largest phone maker[1] know something you don't.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29224140

kkjjkgjjgg on Nov 15, 2021 | [–]

Presumably photographs got better all over the board, not just for black people. Technology simply got better over time.

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