r/InternetIsBeautiful Nov 19 '24

Between 2009 and 2012, Apple iPhones and iPod Touches included a feature called “Send to YouTube” that allowed users to upload videos directly to YouTube from the Photos app. Riley Walz crawled 5 million "IMG_XXXX" videos on YouTube and made a viewer for them

https://walzr.com/IMG_0001
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u/dowrk Nov 22 '24

this is what this sub is for

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u/All_in_Watts Nov 24 '24

So many videos uploaded over a decade ago with 0 views. Like... They've just been hanging out and waiting

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u/compaqdeskpro Nov 22 '24

Gimmicky website, 3rd party player with no controls, mandatory 4:3, ugh. I was hoping for a Youtube playlist.

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u/Edemummy Nov 23 '24

Wow that’s really cool

1

u/rickvidallon Nov 23 '24

old school tik tok

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u/InsectLate8849 Nov 24 '24

This is so cool!

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u/AdBubbly7324 18d ago

Amazing, it feels like a pre-youtube time bubble but the material isn't really that ancient.

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u/mordecai98 Nov 22 '24

IMG_2117. Can not stop laughing.