maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

i didn't mean for this to blow up and with how activitypub works you'll never see this post but hey check out the stuff i do https://maple.pet

the above viral post was spurred on by not being allowed to send my friends doodles anymore, see: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/113553227480258257

using computers in 2024 as someone who used to use computers in 2004 is extremely frustrating and depressing

you can already copy images, they show up in the clipboard in gboard, and you can paste them into a text box to send that image on most messaging apps already. this flow already exists. just nobody thought to make something where you can draw on it instead

the only ways i can find now to send a quick drawing to someone else on a phone is by buying into a whole another messaging app and convince others to use it too. i don't want that! literally every other messaging app i already have is already perfectly capable of sending images, it's just that the pipeline of drawing an image and uploading it through to the app is way more convoluted than it needs to be! i should be able to just draw on my screen where the keyboard is and send it as an image!

i miss the times when we did more with a 128mb RAM windows ME machine than we do today with 8gb RAM ARM microcomputers in our pockets

it's fascinating how more boring, less creative and interactive, computing has been for the past 20 years. we used to be able to do this sort of thing (send quick doodles without having to open up 2-3 separate programs) in MSN messenger for crying out loud. now we're pocketing supercomputers that can barely open up and share an image without going through contrived pipelines

next year we'll have been on hrt for a whole decade waow...

the one thing i miss from wire (messaging app) is being able to doodle things and send as messages

is there anything like that for other apps on android? maybe something that hooks into the file upload (where you can already pick "gallery" or "camera")

now that i have a phone with a stylus more than ever i want to effortlessly send doodles to discord and telegram

hit myself a bunch again and now the constant pain in the base of my paw serves as a constant reminder i'm worthless

a lot of people seem to be misunderstanding what i meant by making this information publicly available

i'm susceptible enough to love bombing that it's a wonder i only joined one cult in my lifetime so far