Subscription Affliction - Everything is $10/month

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It seems like every business is now charging a monthly subscription, but, if done right, that’s not always a bad thing.
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@FutureNow 6 жыл бұрын

I love that the sponsor for this video is a subscription service.

@keithplayzstuff2424 6 жыл бұрын

S E G W A Y

@FutureNow 6 жыл бұрын

S E G U E

@Jellykrop 6 жыл бұрын

I saw it coming 50 miles away!

@cmarley314 6 жыл бұрын

WHY DOES BRILLIANT KEEP ON POPPING UP ON EVERY CHANNEL THAT I WATCH!?

@moustafamohsen 6 жыл бұрын

I think they understand that thinking won't hurt a company that advertise thinking

@Honeycomblife 5 жыл бұрын

Toilet companies are gonna start charging 10 dollars a month for unlimited flushes!!

@wupsje1 5 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that how, y’know, water already works? you pay for how much you use right?

@MCSre 5 жыл бұрын

@@wupsje1 r/whooosh

@jen_nice2059 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@seanmcdonald5859 5 жыл бұрын

PATENT PENDING "IFLUSH" . . . . .BACK OFF, I WROTE IT FIRST . . . . .

@FlorenceSlugcat 5 жыл бұрын

Lolno not im my country. We do pay electricity, but water is 100% free no mater how much you waste

@reasonabledoubt8133 6 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: Alaska no longer has any Blockbusters. Last one is in Oregon.

@davilimalol4612 5 жыл бұрын

@GaunletofDestruction But why though? Until Netflix had like 5 competitors and exclusivity became cringy it was way better than blockbuster, because you could have it from anywhere in the world.

@RealHankShill 5 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster had the options to purchase Netflix early on, they declined. They deserve to collapse, they said the equivalent of "the internet is a fad"

@yaj1v 5 жыл бұрын

@@RealHankShill Blockbuster could've killed Netflix with a bundle costing less. Carl Icahn had a grudge, so that didn't happen.

@micah4855 5 жыл бұрын

I live in alaska, have traveled around a lot, I can confirm, I haven’t seen one since I was a kid lol

@TheDoctor50 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this!

@PromethorYT 6 жыл бұрын

Subscriptions are everywhere now, I feel like im some kind of livestock getting milked to the bone, and it is going to get worse.

@SerTempleton 4 жыл бұрын

Then don't pay if you don't have to. Save your money for a holiday or invest it rather than signing it over to someone else for rubbish you don't need.

@arnox4554 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think the solution is to start getting rid of subscriptions en masse. Rather, I think there needs to be a new model. Something a LOT like what XenForo does. You pay once for a year of updates, but once your sub lapses, you can STILL DOWNLOAD all the builds you had access to before at any time. You only need to pay again if you want to get access to that shiny new massive content update or security update. I feel this both funds maintenance while pushing developers to still incentivize their product with new features, or at least improvements to old ones while still giving customers who paid access to the stuff that they already bought. This also relieves the pressure on new customers since they know they'll always have access to the stuff they've bought, which makes sales more plentiful.

@nathanjay4788 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird that some super dumb mobile apps think people will pay a dollar every day just to not have ads. That's like 4 times what Disney+ costs

@PromethorYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanjay4788 Yeah its getting worst. :P

@warmike 3 жыл бұрын

@@arnox4554 pirate. I think if there is no way to buy something once to own it, you absolutely have the moral right to pirate it.

@PolyMatter 6 жыл бұрын

If my voice sounds crispier, that’s the new mic! (Thanks Patreon supporters!)

@dhruvrathod94 6 жыл бұрын

PolyMatter dude! 🙌🏻🙌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@CartoonNetworkGlitches 6 жыл бұрын

It's fine, I like crispy food

@RBXTrains 6 жыл бұрын

Why would you do differentiation by choice?!

@horusthagreat1802 6 жыл бұрын

PolyMatter nice video are you going to do a video on the Syrian conflict

@JohnDoe-bm5lp 6 жыл бұрын

I like it

@sebastianelytron8450 6 жыл бұрын

The real question is why do you have to open Pandora's box, go through hoops and loops, into the hornet's nest and to hell in a handbasket to unsubscribe?

@komurohokyoji9169 6 жыл бұрын

because they want you to keep spending *m o n e y*

@LancesArmorStriking 6 жыл бұрын

It's called asshole design, or dark UI

@tenslider6722 6 жыл бұрын

easy way, just report that particular credit card stolen

@bedsheet11 6 жыл бұрын

i think thats more hassle than spending 2 minutes looking for the unsub button

@tenslider6722 6 жыл бұрын

not on my capital one app. one push of a button u turn off that particular card.

@indigo3796 6 жыл бұрын

uhh, dude, you didn’t finish the video, you focused so hard on making a smooth transition into the ad that you forgot the point you were making.

@uaenruotel 5 жыл бұрын

maybe he's aware that everyone will stop watching once they've realized he's transitioned into an ad.

@uaenruotel 5 жыл бұрын

maybe he's aware that everyone will stop watching once they've realized he's transitioned into an ad.

@charmyzard 3 жыл бұрын

0% integrity: Sponsored by: *KZfaq'S DEMONETIZATION, CENSORSHIP, BLACKLISTING AND BILLS TO PAY!! :DDDDD*

@nathanjay4788 3 жыл бұрын

@@uaenruotel Why did you write the same reply twice?

@slop123456789 3 жыл бұрын

This is a pet peeve of mine, when KZfaq video essays trail off into a promotion without finishing the final thought or having a satisfying conclusion.

@tgrules565 5 жыл бұрын

Problem with Spotify and Netflix is that if the record/film company pulls the rights to the film you're left with nothing. I will always get a physical copy of albums and film I love as they are yours forever.

@officialgazj 5 жыл бұрын

Elliott Henderson What I always find strange, is that Spotify’s (& other music streaming sites) library is MASSIVE compared to Netflix’s (and other video streaming sites) Pretty much every song, at least by a modern artist, is available on Spotify, indefinitely. Whereas Netflix, has a surprisingly small library of movies (when you think how many are out there, and have been made), plus, titles only seem to last a few months then they’re gone

@jjjoshiii6659 5 жыл бұрын

I love buying physical albums because you support the artist and get something in return

@deanchur 5 жыл бұрын

People looked at me weird when I told them I dropped $60AUD on a CD (not a widely available album). Told them I wanted the highest sound quality and to support the artist...and the warm fuzzy feeling of having it on the shelf instead of in a folder on a hard drive.

@How_To_Drive_a_TARDIS 5 жыл бұрын

Plus they can never rewrite your copy like Disney does

@LuizAlexPhoenix 4 жыл бұрын

@@deanchur Well... The audio quality part needs some source. Is it a special version or the usual burner disk?

@sellparadise 6 жыл бұрын

The graphics and animations of the video are just astonishing. I'm blown away by how good your videos look and how well-planned they are. Keep up the awesome work! ❤

@sellparadise 6 жыл бұрын

Also, I just noticed that EVERYTHING you talk about in the video is also quoted in the description in order of appearance and commented, which is just mind blowing! 🤯

@pratyushagrawal1410 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing all this so I don't need to.

@aria-tc7cz 6 жыл бұрын

Have you watched their video about Apple? It has changed many things for me.

@pratyushagrawal1410 6 жыл бұрын

wentaas that I did. Made me wonder why he doesn't have more subscribers. The graphics are really really good, the content is impeccable and WELL organised. It is very obvious that he puts a lot of time and effort in this.

@JS-ob2xt 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad now his audio quality has improved to match the video production quality

@Mirsab 6 жыл бұрын

Ad transition, too smooth.

@yusuf-5531 6 жыл бұрын

Bit illegal

@jon-unicorn-doxxer 6 жыл бұрын

its legal

@jethroescleto6400 6 жыл бұрын

There's a sponsor tag on the upper right corner tho so its legal

@RoraighPrice 5 жыл бұрын

yeah if it hadn't id have been mad bc that was a really smooth segway

@mustafam2078 5 жыл бұрын

yea the guy can trick you into it so much clevernes so smooth keep going

@oyuncumertingunlugu2295 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been using free word 2007 for 12 years

@danielferguson821 4 жыл бұрын

Who has not

@arnox4554 4 жыл бұрын

Free?

@divyanshsood3584 4 жыл бұрын

What do you use it for?

@danielferguson821 4 жыл бұрын

@@divyanshsood3584 To write things

@AshPikachu9 3 жыл бұрын

I use word 2010

@Alumnikiid 5 жыл бұрын

I was subscribed to spotify, then realized I only listen to the same 50-100 songs so in 2 years adding up to $10x24/months = $240. I realized it was better to buy each song or album and also not have to worry about Spotify losing licenses for certain songs or artists that I enjoyed over the years

@Iridescence93 5 жыл бұрын

Plus it doesn't stream them at CD quality. For the same price you can buy a few albums a year and listen to the forever with better sound.

@achromatopsic 5 жыл бұрын

in addition, your favorite artists get very little from spotify plays. if you really cared about funding the artist, you could buy their albums on bandcamp, DRM FREE, and in multiple file formats with the highest quality wavs!

@elizabethhouse6283 5 жыл бұрын

Only 100 songs? Wow. I listen to so many artists, Spotify is the only option for me, but yeah, I try to buy albums from my favourites.

@santoshpss 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I bought about $100 worth of songs on iTunes, now I can listen to them forever, without any commitment.

@sheinewannabe7950 5 жыл бұрын

@@santoshpsson android songs are free...

@NSLikeableHuman 6 жыл бұрын

I like the perpetual license subscription model, like used for some IDEs, and indeed Sketch. You pay for one year of updates (minor and major). When the subscription expires, you can perpetually use the latest version released during the subscription period, or pay for another year of updates. The benefit of the user is that they can choose to “buy” the software once (plus updates for a year) with a one-year non-renewing subscription and use it until it inevitably breaks (since operating systems evolve) or choose to continually pay the developers if they like the updates (and thus the work put in). This model is ideal for large apps that have room to grow, as is the case for most professional software. Small utility apps like an AR measuring app should completely stay away from subscription models.

@artski09 6 жыл бұрын

ya that is an ok midground it was the model used by crossover

@DekkuRen 6 жыл бұрын

I wish this was the predominant model... It's sad most comanies will never follow it.

@stephenvoncrven4319 6 жыл бұрын

it is indeed the best, because i can be a casual user and have a machine which stays with the same OS for 1 or 2 or even 3 years and just leave my programs there working and use it as a peice of hardware.

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

> like used for some IDEs The Jetbrains lineup? IMO by far this is the best system. So long they don't adversely damage performance, adding features that are still useful can go on for almost ever.

@BikeHelmetMk2 6 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite model as well. I have used some software for over 10 years. While using it I have seen competitors show up, take over, and then die completely as they were not updated for Win10 - meanwhile the oldies still function. It's odd. I'd like to support the tools that I like, but most don't have subscriptions, and most of the tools that do are not tools that I like.

@jeevad.tharan4179 6 жыл бұрын

That sponsor is so smooth that I almost become brilliant

@WielandTheKing 6 жыл бұрын

Actualy this is illegal. You need to make clear when you are advertising. "Sponsor" written in the corner is not enough disclosure. This is not my opinion, this was ruled by the FTC and ASA.

@theajayyy 6 жыл бұрын

Please stop this polymatter, it is ILLEGAL

@joelmiller2601 6 жыл бұрын

M W you’re cool

@mwbgaming28 4 жыл бұрын

I forgot sponsors even existed SponsorBlock is awesome

@shawniscoolerthanyou 5 жыл бұрын

It's funny that people are complementing the smoothness of transition to the sponsorship message. Some platforms/content (like Hello Internet and other podcasts) make the transitions obvious so that it's clear what is and isn't an ad. It's even a requirement for TV.

@samdunggawaxy7314 4 жыл бұрын

Native advertising

@GameyRaccoon 4 жыл бұрын

Ah a Tim!

@LuizAlexPhoenix 4 жыл бұрын

"Authenticity" is a commodity nowadays. People know about mass media and propaganda. So they will pay premium for anyone that puts in the effort to manipulate them better.

@drazenmrkaljevic2936 3 жыл бұрын

@@LuizAlexPhoenix if you are a masochist yes

@petarkolovrat7973 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim!

@uiopuiop3472 4 жыл бұрын

1:26 Sorry, but we Bing users call ourselves bangers, thanks

@CavCave 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, you mean to tell me that you prefer bing over google?

@uiopuiop3472 3 жыл бұрын

@@CavCave yes, I prefer anything over Google. But I mainly prefer DuckDuckGo which is Bing-based.

@HeenaPatel253 3 жыл бұрын

@@uiopuiop3472 me too I use bing over google google collects a lot of information

@uiopuiop3472 3 жыл бұрын

@@HeenaPatel253 I can agree on that, but as I wrote it above, I use DuckDuckGo as my main search engine as it uses Bing results for searches and collects even less information Edit: Forgot that I wrote about the same thing before, so a bit of a clarification

@SdoubleA 3 жыл бұрын

@@uiopuiop3472 Avoiding Google is a tough ask. Even you being on KZfaq right now is enough for them unfortunately.

@kairon156 4 жыл бұрын

I just feel like that lamp. Just give me the choice of saying no, I like my old boring sockets and that I don't need the most up to date light bulb to brighten up a room. This old one is just fine thanks.

@remenencenda768 4 жыл бұрын

That’s me about windows 7

@Jonathan-tw4xm 4 жыл бұрын

@@remenencenda768 windows 8 was not good but 10 is better than 7. Sorry but windows 10 was an upgrade that stuck true to 7.

@kairon156 4 жыл бұрын

@@remenencenda768 I feel the same. I was a windows XP person until 7 came along which actually has functional upgrades to XP. I have personal issues with windows 10 and it having online features built into it.

@LizardVideoDude 3 жыл бұрын

I'm fine with software _adding_ a subscription option. It's when they _force_ you into a subscription that I have a problem. MS Word is a great example of this. It is _absolutely not worth_ buying the new version every year, hasn't been for a decade. Home users buy it once, use it for 5 years or longer without needing to upgrade. But when MS _only_ sells it as a subscription, users have to pay the cost of a new version in subscription fees every year, even though the changes are not worth it. Great for MS, bullshit for the user.

@kairon156 3 жыл бұрын

@@LizardVideoDude I like using LibreOffice myself but your point still stands.

@shawneevee7490 4 жыл бұрын

As a graphic designer it's so expensive to pay for Adobe and Office each month, but without those subscriptions I would be out of business.

@timothykalio157 4 жыл бұрын

Bro, you're not gonna convince me on the adobe one! It still doesnt make any sense

@detoxhealth 5 жыл бұрын

He says it in the video: "Over time subscriptions cost more." You were getting updates before they moved over to subscriptions and now you still get updates, but you pay more. Great!

@therobberpanda 4 жыл бұрын

The thing is that before subscriptions, those updates were unsustainable.

@callowaymotorcompany 4 жыл бұрын

TheRobberPanda “Unsustainable” depending on the company.

@dahorn100011 4 жыл бұрын

@@callowaymotorcompany if you worked on a project at work, signed and done, but the customer wanted you to work and support updates in your spare time for free after the contract is done would you be happy? That's the point made in the video

@callowaymotorcompany 4 жыл бұрын

Admiral_Awesome That’s not the point in the video. The people doing the updates were doing them either way. Now the company charges for it and I’d be very surprised if anyone doing the updates was being paid any more than they were before they started charging.

@dahorn100011 4 жыл бұрын

@@callowaymotorcompany Yes it is. People have got to be paid for their work, if you are a small company with the capactiy to be developing one software product at a time, you can't afford to sacrifice time on other projects to update for free. Again, I refer to my analogy, or better yet, you work somewhere full time, you change company to work full time, but your old company decides it wants you to work on their stuff for free in your own time? You'd say no, so that's exactly the same as asking someone to perpetually update software for free.

@genijable 6 жыл бұрын

HOW do you make such smooth transitions from content to brilliant?

@Tiegerbock5 6 жыл бұрын

Because "the content is Brilliant". Seems like the videos are only produced to advertise Brilliant at the end...

@ersinyilmaz89 5 жыл бұрын

After the video ends, I am like: What were we talking about? Brilliant... ? He is smart that is why he makes this smooth transitions.

@farenhite4329 5 жыл бұрын

The transitions are BRILLIANT!

@baileywu6449 5 жыл бұрын

Because every transition is a pun.

@bitsch61 5 жыл бұрын

I bet there is a course on Brilliant.org to learn those transitions

@FutureNow 6 жыл бұрын

Type F to pay respects to Clippy. RIP.

@ryanjacobs836 6 жыл бұрын

FutureNow f

@AL_O0 6 жыл бұрын

@princesidon 6 жыл бұрын

@uyuman1 6 жыл бұрын

@TheVirtualObserver 6 жыл бұрын

@Padoinky 5 жыл бұрын

Once again, in the span of about 10 minutes, you’ve managed to distill the economics of the services and “product” ecosystems, along with the myriad of pricing models, into a concise and well thought-out narrative... Bravo I say! Well done and many thanks!

@johnchan6213 6 жыл бұрын

I love how clear cut your videos are and how you always tie in your sponsor to the topic at hand, so seamlessly ~.

@RC-1290 6 жыл бұрын

Something I think every time I watch these videos: "Ugh, why does the ad use the exactly same tone as the rest of the video?" It's kind of a breach of trust, in a way. I don't expect you to change it, but I figured it was worth mentioning.

@itamars5911 6 жыл бұрын

The issue is that because of the profits of software as service other industries that have nothing to do with software are now trying via various excuses to push software into their products. For an instance, the video has mentioned lamps as a product which doesn't suite a subscription service. But what about a colour changing lamp that is controlled by an app from your smartphone??? This lamp will be a part of a subscription servcie. So will be your refrigerator and your private car and so on... With the idea of 'internet of things' everything is software so everything is a subscription service.

@marvinhenriquez 5 жыл бұрын

Some are just ridiculous! I was going to purchase a piano app for my phone and I'm now being asked to pay 36$ every year.

@mogreenjo1562 5 жыл бұрын

We Are Doomed.

@KMF3 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going back to old school things. Getting rid of as much technology as I can.

@biggiecheese253 4 жыл бұрын

@@KMF3 Yea boi.

@blazer3756 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently I can’t make my own emojis or use Live Photo because my iPad is too old, but my mom who has the same exact type of iPad as me which is hooked up to her phone does? It’s pure bullshit.

@cococooley2589 4 жыл бұрын

I'm delighted I found this channel. Detailed, well researched and best of all your voice doesn't boil my blood.

@jessbragg1 6 жыл бұрын

well, at least your end screen ad MATCHED the video title, i have brilliant pulled up in another tab, and sure enough, it has a annual subscription price of $9.99 per month. Thanks for sticking true! and nice job on the video!

@DestroyerMariko 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah nah, not gonna convert me on the Adobe thing. I'm so glad I bought CS6 before subscriptions came in. It'll last me a long time for what I need from it. I'm sure professionals need more, but if I'm just a hobbyist, I can't afford the goddamn subscription, and they didn't give people like me any options. Just let me buy one off software, and then give support and/or ongoing upgrade programs as an OPTIONAL subscription. It doesn't make financial sense for me to subscribe briefly either, because I might use the program for one day one month, and then one day the next month, but end up paying two whole months? For the amount of time I've owned CS6, pretty sure I've come out on top financially, and without the stress of keeping track of subscriptions. The one regret is that I didn't also buy the Premier and After Effects part of it, but I just use HitFilm Express instead now. My old computer probably isn't capable of anything more hardcore anyway, and I can't afford a better one just now. And maybe you'll be like, "but what about compatibility, CS6 won't work forever!" Yeah well I'm keeping my old computer for as long as it'll work, and when my operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft updates, I'll just take it offline. Hopefully by then I'll have the money to buy another computer for online stuff, but the chances of me having the money to upgrade ALL my software is pretty slim, so I'll just use my old computer for things like Photoshop. Bit of a fuck around, but I already do this with my 2009 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard which has all my old music software on it. People who upgraded theirs to Lion etc had compatibility issues, but mine runs just fine, and I'll be keeping it that way for as long as it functions. And yeah, for security reasons, I just don't have it online. No big deal. I don't need the latest and greatest music software to keep making what I make. It'll definitely suck when my old computers die, but I'm squeezing as much value out of them as I can.

@AdeleiTeillana 6 жыл бұрын

DestroyerMariko LOL I do the exact same thing. I refused to update the computer I've got Photoshop on to Windows 10. I bought another computer because the old one was on its last leg; I only use that computer when I need Photoshop or Premiere Pro. If I'm going to pay so much money for a product, I want to own it and be able to continue using it for a long time. I can't even imagine paying $52 a month for it, only to have access removed as soon as I stop paying!

@Maxrepfitgm 6 жыл бұрын

You can use a virtual machine to run legacy (old) software.

@WarlordShinkouhyou 5 жыл бұрын

Just steal the software. What honor do you think these giant corporations have that they deserve to be treated in kind? Save your honor and your fairness for your friends and family, the people who have your back and love you--and don't waste it on Adobe or Apple. STEAL from them. Fuck 'em. They can rot. You know they're stealing every cent they can FROM YOU in tax evasions anyway.

@avkrm 5 жыл бұрын

WarlordShinkouhyou this made me moist

@TVperson1 5 жыл бұрын

I still use Premiere pro CS2 for capturing DV tapes. It can even take GH5 footage somehow.

@gamergustav2632 6 жыл бұрын

3:27 I live in Denmark and i can 100% say that we have the best plugs in the world!

@elijahbuscho7715 5 жыл бұрын

This was probably the ideal Brilliant ad spot. Not only did it fit in perfectly with the video (it didn't feel like an ad until the very end), the use case you described really spoke to me and makes me genuinely consider subscribing where I would normally just shrug it off.

@96PLAID 4 жыл бұрын

omg that was the smoothest ad transition ever.

@willd4686 6 жыл бұрын

i’d much rather buy a version of a piece of software and only pay again when I NEED to update it.

@yabloko88 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly.. in many cases a software does its job without issues and is operating well until the OS it is running on gets changed or way outdated. The software is written well, the user is satisfied, no development is needed. The next time the developer is needed is when some major change is made on the OS or when the OS is no longer supported. By that time a newer version of the OS is available and the developer has already made a new version of that particular software, selling again. Of course this will be trickier with the Win 10 only getting updates instead of a e.g. Win 7 -> Win 10 transition, but this monthly fee-thing has already started before Win 10.

@SonicSP 6 жыл бұрын

WILL D This sounds fair to me.

@thelastcube. 6 жыл бұрын

Well for most of it I agree but not for Adobe Do you see how much they freaking cost?!

@Matrixprogrammmer 6 жыл бұрын

Chaitanya Singh Well they have to pay their workers to maintain the softwares and also maintain their servers plus pay other bills like electricity.

@aksh1618 6 жыл бұрын

Plus be RICH.

@AnonymousUser77254 6 жыл бұрын

Hammer of Thunder. A lot of people would be content with using an older non-maintained version

@aksh1618 6 жыл бұрын

Sybrand Botes Did you mean content 🙈

@AnonymousUser77254 6 жыл бұрын

Aakarshit Uppal Sorry, typo. That is sending completely the wrong message.

@WolfiiDog13 6 жыл бұрын

That was the best (and most creative) way to transition to an AD, I almost didn't even noticed.

@Sundaiiz 5 жыл бұрын

One of the cleanest segways into an adspot yet ~ good job.

@tsuchan 6 жыл бұрын

I still use MS Office 2000, which still does everything I need. It`s had essentially one update to make it read xlsx files. People have just been suckered into buying new software with each new PC, being allowed to believe they`re actually breaking the law by continuing to use their own product. What complete wankers companies like Microsoft are.

@BlueishBefore 6 жыл бұрын

tsuchan1 the list of security vulnerabilities in office 2000 is probably longer than your arm. You'd be better off using the latest Libreoffice, since it's free and open source.

@Olivia-W 6 жыл бұрын

I personally love 2003. So... flowy. Wonderful. Easy. Intuitive. Fast.

@tsuchan 6 жыл бұрын

It's a valid point. I also use LibreOffice, which is the opening-files default: just some things in MS Office 2K (particularly around search and replace) I find more comfortable. ;-) But I'm only using it to open my own files.

@tsuchan 6 жыл бұрын

Olivia: Yes, they say it peaked at 2003. I didn't adopt it because - if Memory serves - styles worked in a different way, which had a bad effect on authoring WinHelp projects.

@VividReads 6 жыл бұрын

But that is when you don't use office apps professionally. Newer versions have a lot of nifty tricks that can make everything you do much faster. Imagine having to style a 100 paged word document on 2003, that was a nightmare!!! 2010 and above have really useful options like styling and multileveling that can make your job so much easier!

@MeepChangeling 6 жыл бұрын

Problem: I use about 20 different programs to write my novels. This includes the word processing, image creation, proofreading, and learning anything I need to know for a given story. Subscription business models will one day make it impossible for me to do my work simply because each of those 20 programs will cost 10 dollars a month. That's 200 a month, or 2/3rds of my income from the novels I write. Subscriptions may allow programs to be sustained more easily, but they don't let people sustain their interests over the long term.

@artski09 6 жыл бұрын

what is this proofreading program ?

@Dave102693 6 жыл бұрын

Meep Changeling same for me. Adobe eats at 1/3 of my paycheck every month.

@MeepChangeling 6 жыл бұрын

+Sanguinius I use several of them, in the following order, to replace a human editor. Hemmingway Editor (highlights awkward phrasing and hard to read sections. Requires you manually alter them.) LanguageTool (Semi-automated correction of technical errors, some context based spellchecking.) GradeProof (Context based spellchecking, helps recommend replacements for weak/passive language.) Grammerly (Final polish, removes technical errors introduced by other bots.)

@jeremyf9124 6 жыл бұрын

You won't need 20 different programs in the future. Each program will do more. WinXP has firewall, Win10 has anti-virus. Those used to always be a separate purchase. Siri and Google Assistant recognize songs, so no need for Shazam, etc. There will be market rationalization in software. Some software companies will merge, some will cease to exist. There won't be as many different apps in the future.

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy F Windows Defender isn't as good as something like BitDefender or Kaspersky, though. Custom firewalls are also much better than Window's built-in one. I do heavily question why one should need a firewall on a personal device, though - by the time malware is trying to open ports, the damage has been done and it's far too late.

@igorovsyannykov 5 жыл бұрын

You're smooth with those ad transitions boi, well done.

@dextercube1822 4 жыл бұрын

You pay youtube premium not to see the ads Polymatter: Say what?

@raphindahouse 6 жыл бұрын

My company does it like this: you pay once for the licence and get updates for free for a year. After that time, you have the opportunity to buy a yearly subscription to keep getting updates. I think it's a very fair pricing model.

@raphindahouse 3 жыл бұрын

@Onouphrios why do you think so? Security updates are available for everyone, why should you not pay for new features?

@raphindahouse 2 жыл бұрын

@Random Gaming Maybe, why do you think so? More context: The company does only B2B. Their product is an OS for thin clients. Furthermore, they have a management software for remote customization and operation of the OS. In the meantime, they changed their licensing. You get the OS for free, but you have to buy a subscription if you want to manage it via the management software. You can transfer the subscription to another device if you're going to change the hardware. That's even a better solution IMO.

@thelastcube. 6 жыл бұрын

THANKS for citing the sources

@alexf4500 6 жыл бұрын

Chaitanya Singh was that sarcastic? It’s hard to tell over the web

@thelastcube. 6 жыл бұрын

Alex F nah man, it's just many people don't cite the sources these days

@dahorn100011 4 жыл бұрын

The points raised in this video are all spot on. Love that seamless transition to a sponsor. But the point which didn't get enough time is stream fragmentation. The cup of coffee model is accurate, but the reason its come about especially for films/TV is exclusivity deals. Early days of netflix meant ALL films and TV were in one good value package, now because HBO don't want to pay a subscription service to host their shows they made their own. In making their own, as does Disney etc people will turn to piracy to get everything, this has led to piracy increasing from historic lows.

@tomlxyz 3 жыл бұрын

There's a point where subscriptions bring in less than the amount of piracy they prevent

@sebastianr3460 4 жыл бұрын

"What inspired you to change to a subscription-based model?" "mONEY

@Rock-pu8bw 6 жыл бұрын

I think more people started pirating software when basically all of it went subscription

@haonoke 6 жыл бұрын

As a developer, this is pretty spot on

@matthewtetley7048 6 жыл бұрын

Zephyr agreed as an aspiring developer trying to think of a useful product/service this is a good reminder

@NJ-wb1cz 6 жыл бұрын

Zephyr, funny how as a developer you pay no subscription cost for your IDE, your OS, or your notebook. Why don't you use subscription based online IDE instead of eclipse/intellij/whatever else you're using?

@haonoke 6 жыл бұрын

What do you think the main point of this video is?

@samneibauer4241 6 жыл бұрын

Hey it's one of the Terraria guys! (I think)

@niter43 6 жыл бұрын

Bear Arms OS payment is included into hardware, with each new laptop you pay for Windows/OSX again and again. Since computers have tendency to date/break you're into infinite loop of paying for OS, so Microsoft/Apple is fine with that model. Eclipse is open source/community driven, Visual studio is free for community version (because Microsoft wants to hook developers to their platform/technology stack), and subscription-based for professional.

@AndriiShekhirev 6 жыл бұрын

This is probably the smoothest sponsor plug I've seen on KZfaq!

@SteakFisher 4 жыл бұрын

This is the infographic channel I respect the most and I personally think this deserves WAYYY more subs

@8888k 6 жыл бұрын

Such a smooth, informative, well designed video, love the little references and jokes too!

@VulpeculaJoy 6 жыл бұрын

Make it like the gaming industry: bug fixing updates are free, new features are bundled in monetized DLCs.

@Jonathan-tw4xm 4 жыл бұрын

The gaming industry gets money is going to move to subscriptions soon. Have you seen Google's gaming thing. Stadia. I dont understand how your example would be applied in this situation please explain?

@VulpeculaJoy 4 жыл бұрын

@User 1 And yet you have these devs that spend years on a game developing a whopping amount of actually new content. They are few, but they do it how it's supposed to be done.

@_2know1 4 жыл бұрын

PlayStation plus... Enough said

@VulpeculaJoy 4 жыл бұрын

@User 1 While it sadly has become somewhat of a norm especially with AAA publishers doing what you say. For me that's not what DLC acutally means. What I'm refering to is when game devs actually put out NEW & ADDITIONAL downloadable content that they worked on AFTER a release. When you apply THAT concept to other software that would otherwise use a subscription system, I think I'd support it.

@blazer3756 4 жыл бұрын

Minecraft: Am I a joke to you?

@KevinSar 6 жыл бұрын

been seeing these videos on my suggestions for a long long time and didnt want to click. but finalyl did today. glad I did, these videos are AWESOME!!!!

@mserranocz 6 жыл бұрын

Sir, you mastered the art of smoothly promoting a sponsor!

@chozenne2412 6 жыл бұрын

Lol wow i didn't even realize there was an AD.

@theajayyy 6 жыл бұрын

It is very deceptive

@supersnowleopard96 6 жыл бұрын

That is NOT a good thing... Please make the ads more obvious!

@Sonyim414 6 жыл бұрын

It says sponsor at the top right. I don't know how else he would make it more obvious.

@theajayyy 6 жыл бұрын

SonYim simply saying. "This video is sponsored by brilliant", or saying "this video is brought to you by brilliant" or even "supported by".

@zander1011011 6 жыл бұрын

SonYim umm by mentioning it maybe instead of having a tiny bit of grey text in the corner of the screen?

@TheBoomamatic 6 жыл бұрын

dont know about you, but I'm getting real sick of subscription fees

@RedLeader327 6 жыл бұрын

SmexyRula That’s why I don’t pay them.

@fsruiz64 6 жыл бұрын

No ones forcing you to pay them, you can get rid of them

@WellBeSerious12 6 жыл бұрын

Well Netflix is the only good one.

@ultimatestoryteller 6 жыл бұрын

WellBeSerious12 it's expensive , mate. Atleast for me . And yeah you can always search up for torrent files they are available for most Netflix shows .

@alecubudulecu 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I been watching your stuff a while now. Love your analysis and perspective and presentation.

@KoneSkirata 6 жыл бұрын

That's got to be the smoothest transition from content into sponsor ever, congratulations! :D

@kevinjohansson3923 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you’re fully right! Enough of these damn subscriptions. *unsubbed*

@zekeviews 6 жыл бұрын

Quite some time b4 i realized dat last bit was an ad. I told myself it felt too detailed not to be an ad, which it turn out to be. Ads are dangerously sneaky these days...

@ridwanslife 3 жыл бұрын

So this entire video is just an ad for Brilliant's subscription service? Nicely done!

@dharmeshsingh9050 6 жыл бұрын

You just brought the Brilliant subscription in the topic. The transition was flawless!! XD

@Deluxegameplayer 6 жыл бұрын

That was probably the smoothest sponsor introduction I have ever seen EVER

@GaberTech 6 жыл бұрын

Apps which provide a single operation (as geekbench and probably Office) should have a one time fee, apps which provide media should have a subscription That's it

@greenbarrel3886 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly--they can update the app for a predetermined lifecycle, after which point the app is depreciated and a new version of the app is sold. If you have a setup where the old version is still compatible, good for you! If you require new features or compatibility, buy the new version. Honestly it sucks when a patch or update kills a feature that you loved, so sometimes sticking with the older version can be a boon for the niche consumer in this way.

@matthiasmaile1125 6 жыл бұрын

I like the way MS Office gets sold: Buy it to get one Version of it for ever or take a subscription where you always get a new MS Office Version as Long as you pay, gives flexibility to everyone.

@mrepicbruh2839 5 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: hes adobe and wants more money

@motoko2024 6 жыл бұрын

Video about Crowdfunding would be nice!

@Victorlp1234 6 жыл бұрын

The transition to the ad is so smooth!

@jeyanthiprabhu1338 6 жыл бұрын

Victor Rusu i think better transitions==more sponsor money. Also better transitions are more fun for the viewer,my favorites are form Half-as-interesting

@Victorlp1234 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's good to!

@jacob476 6 жыл бұрын

We don't need the daily updates that android apps make us download. I'm fine with buying an app and using it without updates as long as it does what it said it would before i bought it. I'm also fine with buying one that fixes compatibility issues if I decide to upgrade to a newer android OS. What I am not fine with is being forced to download and install updates that I don't want and didnt ask for, then being told i'm being greedy or unreasonable. PS1 and PS2 games didn't have day one updates, or any updates at all. Those were the days.

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

> I'm also fine with buying one that fixes compatibility issues if I decide to upgrade to a newer android OS This is once in a blue moon. OS vendors do absolutely everything in their power to avoid breaking existing software. The video massively overstated how much of a problem this is. Imagine you bought a new Android phone, and half the software on the Play store didn't work due to new breaking changes. It'd make you think twice about getting another Android device in the future, right? Google knows this, as does every OS vendor.

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

@hello world That's only possible if the app already opens a socket. I've yet to see something that opens a socket for the heck of it (the user always allows this in their firewall settings - it's another box users immediately click 'yes' to without any further thought - thus making them useless). Care to explain how an insecure app can be exploited if it doesn't open any ports?

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

The vast majority of apps that use the internet don't open any ports.

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

Depends on the app. Some apps only connect to their servers and validate against pinned certs, and unless there is a security issue with that code (and if they use something like Curl, that would require the bug to be in their library which can be patched by the OS) the app is basically immune, so long as it's servers are secure. > You don't need to click some malicious link to get hacked you only need to be connected to the internet and insecure apps can make your device wide open Only if it opens ports, which is rare.

@GuidoHaverkort 3 жыл бұрын

This might be the smoothest ad transition ever

@KingLou97 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Channel! Really glad I found y’all

@MasterGeekMX 6 жыл бұрын

And that is why i'm an free software advocate

@johnbrown9181 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. It's amazing how close major laptop vendors got to selling systems preinstalled with GNU+Linux in ~2005, which would have been amazing.

@ColorFusical 5 жыл бұрын

how are programmers supposed to make money then?

@xZeroTheGreat 5 жыл бұрын

@@ColorFusical Donations for the most important work, selling proprietary whistles for free programs, having money already and programming for fun. That's why a lot of free software exists already. Major change happened 2009 - mining and doing ICOs is now on the table, almost nothing big in crypto is proprietary

@nal8503 5 жыл бұрын

And free real estate.

@snim9515 5 жыл бұрын

@@nal8503 No commoie no

@phase_shifter1375 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that seemless transition to the add

@MaakaSakuranbo 6 жыл бұрын

I seem to be the only one who hates those :P Just end the video then go "Thanks to our sponsor Brilliant.org ". Those transitions always feel like they try to mask themselves as video content (yes, even with the "SPONSOR" tag) or advertise the service as more useful than it is.

@eyebook8887 6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that the whole video is a lobes anthem of Brilliants business model.

@benitollan 6 жыл бұрын

9:46 that transition was Brilliant.

@Ant12468 5 жыл бұрын

Ah so this was just one big advert for a subscription service...smh

@niagaradrones 6 жыл бұрын

Popcorn *59.99* the *TRUTH*

@siddharthm3958 6 жыл бұрын

Really!!...humanity is doomed man!!! This is why i never buy a thing from eateries near theaters.

@jeremyf9124 6 жыл бұрын

Movie theaters don't really make money off the tickets, pretty much all that goes to Hollywood. That's why the food and drinks cost so much.

@briansierzega 6 жыл бұрын

Love the Mad Men advertising reference at 4:24 Sterling | Cooper | Draper | Price

@MCArt25 2 жыл бұрын

Love your embedded ads, really skillful stuff!

@MusicThrower 6 жыл бұрын

Haha that was the smoothest transition to a sponsor, well done.

@8y8x 6 жыл бұрын

smooth transition at the end

@emperorpirk2003 6 жыл бұрын

KZfaq TV is a joke

@jeyanthiprabhu1338 6 жыл бұрын

? ? Wat

@emperorpirk2003 6 жыл бұрын

jeyanthi prabhu It was mentioned in the video

@carlcarl167 3 жыл бұрын

One of the things that keeps me coming back to your videos, even exploring the back catalog, is not just your great info graphics and research detail, but how BUTTERY SMOOTH you slide into promoting the sponsors. Exceptional writing

@mr.rainbowlovescoffee 6 жыл бұрын

Well done. Thanks for the information. I learned a lot from you.

@Kittsuera 6 жыл бұрын

That was a Brilliant transition into the sponsor. 10/10

@Keyakina 5 жыл бұрын

That was maybe a "good" transition but made him unreliable..

@GamingOS 5 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@Zero-yd7dm 5 жыл бұрын

It was great! Bravo!

@agbook2007 6 жыл бұрын

Subscriptions aren't as balanced for the consumer compared to paid updates. It gives less choice to users and less ownership of the use of the software. You've put together this video nicely, but I don't see this argument as fully solid, unless you made the last argument first. Adobe's subscription model isn't beneficial to the user. Choice for consumers is good for the company if their product dictates it. Your last point hits it home-give the consumer the choice.

@RoraighPrice 5 жыл бұрын

yeah back in the days of CS, if a customer had a complaint (ehm buggy) they could vote with their wallet and not buy the newest version while continueing to use the version they already owned; but with a subscription, Adobe is holding their tools ransom from those who would vote with their wallet.

@cjshakes 6 жыл бұрын

I hope brilliant pays you well because I have never seen transitions as smooth as yours.

@AJRandom 3 жыл бұрын

the transition to the sponsor is soo smooth

@clarkmurphy5895 6 жыл бұрын

I’d love an “Album a month” to keep on Apple Music. I have a large legacy collection from iTunes and would like my money To show for it.

@dude4057 6 жыл бұрын

Programmers gotta get paid. Paid nerds means better products. Pay the nerds!!!

@aksh1618 6 жыл бұрын

#PayTheNerds

@RedLeader327 6 жыл бұрын

Make things worth paying for.

@AnonymousUser77254 6 жыл бұрын

millenniumdragn well if you're willing to subscribe to a service, it is probably worth paying for.

@muizzsiddique 6 жыл бұрын

There are people who update their apps for free, and it is only shovelware features. Why would I pay a small-time dev for that? They're already desperately trying to boost their longevity, why would I encourage them to do that more?

@ChucksSEADnDEAD 6 жыл бұрын

Generic User someone would come up with an alternative.

@DanielKouba 6 жыл бұрын

Smoothest transition to an ad ever

@247Lang 4 жыл бұрын

I'm hooked on your videos, PolyMatter!!

@maresgoez 6 жыл бұрын

The sponsor made this video totaly unreliable.

@PeerKristijan 5 жыл бұрын

maresgoez Nice cat!

@ShinGio 6 жыл бұрын

Smooth transitions to your sponsor is my kink

@Unders 6 жыл бұрын

Love that "trust me im lying" easter egg ;)

@connor5268 4 жыл бұрын

1:56 THis is when I saw an Adobe stock ad only a few pixels away

@jackjephson8171 6 жыл бұрын

Ad transition was slick

@Yoan_CoachFit 5 жыл бұрын

you're a master in transition ! it's so smooth i don't even realize it's an add ! well played

@taquocviet 5 жыл бұрын

I've just watched an 11-minute-brilliant.org ad.

@kayd731 3 жыл бұрын

Not really

@twistdshade 6 жыл бұрын

Apps should be, purchase for X $, get free updates for Y months, Continue to get updates for Z $

@jestempies 6 жыл бұрын

I hate the slide into sponsored content because it either leaves me without an ending, or implies that it was all a big ad. It's unsatisfying as a story. Shame.

@theajayyy 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@JamEngulfer 6 жыл бұрын

It also seems almost a little bit sneaky. Something about it doesn't sit right with me.

@Lucy-ng7cw 6 жыл бұрын

Michał Ty yeah I agree. I get he has to make money and if they made it obvious people would just end the video as soon as it ended(though I do that anyway as soon as I see the ad). I prefer it when the ad is at the beginning so you know and biases upfront, though I suppose that would cause some people to just click away.

@supersnowleopard96 6 жыл бұрын

It's illegal to not disclose ads in a obvious way and misleading for the subscribers...

@vincentyu8147 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I enjoy these videos a fair amount. But lately, I’ve been on edge near the second half in anticipation of when the ad will come up...

@seanli7493 6 жыл бұрын

That segway was amazing

@PolyMatter 6 жыл бұрын

Paul blart joke or typo?

@typo691 6 жыл бұрын

Segue is the correct spelling

@PeterNjeim 6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a typo, he's just never seen the word segue spelled before. He is just typing it as he thinks it's spelled.

@typo691 6 жыл бұрын

I was confused thinking that PolyMatter was talking to someone in this thread whose username was "Paul blart" so I told him segue is the correct spelling. Now that I know who Paul Blart is, my comment really makes me look like a douchebag.

@seanli7493 6 жыл бұрын

PolyMatter you learn something new every day