The Influencer Trap: An Evil Art of Selling the Latest as Greatest
I always say that never fall for the trap of buying something because your favourite influencer mentioned it on their paid collaboration with the brand and product. Most of the products are used for a short period of time and based on the bias of people, they’d tell you how good the product is, because they are paid to say it!
The truth, however, is told by the people who purchased it with their hard earned money and used it to for their own purposes. And most cases, things are identified after years of use. Biggest example is Hasselblad 500C/M, a Medium Format camera that was launched in 1957, but got fame in 1962 after it was sent to space and first pictures of Planet Earth were captured with it. It still is one the the best camera manufacturer along with coveted Leica Rangefinders in the photographers community.
I have been a hobby photographer for over 20 years now. Started with disposable film camera, then moved to different generations of phone cameras from 0.3 mpx Sony Ericsson w200i to current 40mpx Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Google Pixel 8 Pro along with dedicated cameras and DSLRs over two decades of time.
