>>3375164<header>The gear and platform used is more important than actual outcome</header>
<header2>How to obsess about things that don't matter, the post</header2>
Filters were always a thing and so were cameras, that gained popularity because they produced fairly good pictures and were easy to use. The fact that they can now make phone calls and people use them as a symbol of wealth doesn't matter much.
The mysticity and nuance you want is not on instagram, stop looking for it there, it's not what the platform is for. Go to a fucking art gallery