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]

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

[@keithplayzstuff2424]

S E G W A Y

[@FutureNow]

S E G U E

[@Jellykrop]

I saw it coming 50 miles away!

[@cmarley314]

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

[@moustafamohsen]

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

[@Honeycomblife]

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

[@wupsje1]

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

[@MCSre]

@@wupsje1 r/whooosh

[@jen_nice2059]

😂😂😂😂

[@seanmcdonald5859]

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

[@FlorenceSlugcat]

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

[@reasonabledoubt8133]

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

[@davilimalol4612]

@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]

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]

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

[@micah4855]

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

[@TheDoctor50]

Came here to say this!

[@PromethorYT]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@nathanjay4788 Yeah its getting worst. :P

[@warmike]

@@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.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

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]

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

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It's called asshole design, or dark UI

[@tenslider6722]

easy way, just report that particular credit card stolen

[@bedsheet11]

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

[@tenslider6722]

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

[@sellparadise]

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]

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]

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

[@aria-tc7cz]

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

[@pratyushagrawal1410]

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]

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

[@oyuncumertingunlugu2295]

I’ve been using free word 2007 for 12 years

[@danielferguson821]

Who has not

[@arnox4554]

Free?

[@divyanshsood3584]

What do you use it for?

[@danielferguson821]

@@divyanshsood3584 To write things

[@AshPikachu9]

I use word 2010

[@tgrules565]

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]

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]

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

[@deanchur]

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]

Plus they can never rewrite your copy like Disney does

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

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

[@Mirsab]

Ad transition, too smooth.

[@yusuf-5531]

Bit illegal

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

its legal

[@jethroescleto6400]

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

[@RoraighPrice]

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

[@mustafam2078]

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

[@PolyMatter]

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

[@dhruvrathod94]

PolyMatter dude! 🙌🏻🙌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@CartoonNetworkGlitches]

It's fine, I like crispy food

[@RBXTrains]

Why would you do differentiation by choice?!

[@horusthagreat1802]

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

[@JohnDoe-bm5lp]

I like it

[@indigo3796]

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]

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

[@uaenruotel]

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

[@charmyzard]

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

[@nathanjay4788]

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

[@slop123456789]

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

[@Alumnikiid]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@sheinewannabe7950]

@@santoshpsson android songs are free...

[@jeevad.tharan4179]

That sponsor is so smooth that I almost become brilliant

[@WielandTheKing]

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]

Please stop this polymatter, it is ILLEGAL

[@joelmiller2601]

M W you’re cool

[@mwbgaming28]

I forgot sponsors even existed SponsorBlock is awesome

[@NSLikeableHuman]

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]

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

[@DekkuRen]

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

[@stephenvoncrven4319]

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]

> 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]

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.

[@shawniscoolerthanyou]

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]

Native advertising

[@GameyRaccoon]

Ah a Tim!

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

"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]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix if you are a masochist yes

[@petarkolovrat7973]

Hi Tim!

[@kairon156]

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]

That’s me about windows 7

[@Jonathan-tw4xm]

@@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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@genijable]

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

[@Tiegerbock5]

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

[@ersinyilmaz89]

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]

The transitions are BRILLIANT!

[@baileywu6449]

Because every transition is a pun.

[@bitsch61]

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

[@uiopuiop3472]

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

[@CavCave]

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

[@uiopuiop3472]

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

[@HeenaPatel253]

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

[@uiopuiop3472]

@@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]

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

[@shawneevee7490]

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]

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

[@RC-1290]

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.

[@FutureNow]

Type F to pay respects to Clippy. RIP.

[@ryanjacobs836]

FutureNow f

[@AL_O0]

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[@princesidon]

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[@uyuman1]

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[@TheVirtualObserver]

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[@detoxhealth]

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]

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

[@callowaymotorcompany]

TheRobberPanda “Unsustainable” depending on the company.

[@dahorn100011]

@@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]

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]

@@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.

[@johnchan6213]

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

[@itamars5911]

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]

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]

We Are Doomed.

[@KMF3]

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

[@biggiecheese253]

@@KMF3 Yea boi.

[@blazer3756]

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.

[@haonoke]

As a developer, this is pretty spot on

[@matthewtetley7048]

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

[@NJ-wb1cz]

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]

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

[@samneibauer4241]

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

[@niter43]

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.

[@cococooley2589]

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

[@Padoinky]

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!

[@willd4686]

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

[@yabloko88]

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]

WILL D This sounds fair to me.

[@thelastcube.]

THANKS for citing the sources

[@alexf4500]

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

[@thelastcube.]

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

[@igorovsyannykov]

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

[@jessbragg1]

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!

[@gamergustav2632]

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

[@DestroyerMariko]

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]

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]

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

[@WarlordShinkouhyou]

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]

WarlordShinkouhyou this made me moist

[@TVperson1]

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

[@96PLAID]

omg that was the smoothest ad transition ever.

[@Sundaiiz]

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

[@thelastcube.]

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

[@Matrixprogrammmer]

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]

Plus be RICH.

[@AnonymousUser77254]

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

[@aksh1618]

Sybrand Botes Did you mean content 🙈

[@AnonymousUser77254]

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

[@Rock-pu8bw]

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

[@benitollan]

9:46 that transition was Brilliant.

[@dahorn100011]

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]

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

[@MeepChangeling]

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]

what is this proofreading program ?

[@Dave102693]

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

[@MeepChangeling]

+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]

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]

@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.

[@raphindahouse]

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]

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

[@raphindahouse]

@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.

[@dextercube1822]

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

[@carlcarl167]

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

[@tsuchan]

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]

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]

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

[@tsuchan]

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]

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]

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!

[@chozenne2412]

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

[@theajayyy]

It is very deceptive

[@supersnowleopard96]

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

[@Sonyim414]

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

[@theajayyy]

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

[@zander1011011]

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

[@WolfiiDog13]

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

[@elijahbuscho7715]

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.

[@8888k]

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

[@Victorlp1234]

The transition to the ad is so smooth!

[@jeyanthiprabhu1338]

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]

Yeah, he's good to!

[@AndriiShekhirev]

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

[@KoneSkirata]

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

[@VulpeculaJoy]

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

[@Jonathan-tw4xm]

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]

@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]

PlayStation plus... Enough said

[@VulpeculaJoy]

@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]

Minecraft: Am I a joke to you?

[@MasterGeekMX]

And that is why i'm an free software advocate

[@johnbrown9181]

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]

how are programmers supposed to make money then?

[@xZeroTheGreat]

@@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]

And free real estate.

[@snim9515]

@@nal8503 No commoie no

[@sebastianr3460]

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

[@SteakFisher]

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

[@kevinjohansson3923]

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

[@Deluxegameplayer]

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

[@dharmeshsingh9050]

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

[@alecubudulecu]

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

[@TheBoomamatic]

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

[@RedLeader327]

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

[@fsruiz64]

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

[@WellBeSerious12]

Well Netflix is the only good one.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

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 .

[@zekeviews]

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...

[@cjshakes]

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

[@KevinSar]

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!!!!

[@Kittsuera]

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

[@Keyakina]

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

[@GamingOS]

I see what you did there

[@Zero-yd7dm]

It was great! Bravo!

[@jacob476]

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]

> 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]

@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]

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

[@johnbrown9181]

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.

[@motoko2024]

Video about Crowdfunding would be nice!

[@mserranocz]

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

[@8y8x]

smooth transition at the end

[@briansierzega]

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

[@MusicThrower]

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

[@ridwanslife]

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

[@GaberTech]

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]

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]

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.

[@phase_shifter1375]

Wow that seemless transition to the add

[@MaakaSakuranbo]

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]

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

[@LuisRivera-xm7ph]

Awesome Channel! Really glad I found y’all

[@mr.rainbowlovescoffee]

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

[@niagaradrones]

Popcorn *59.99* the *TRUTH*

[@siddharthm3958]

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

[@jeremyf9124]

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.

[@seanli7493]

That segway was amazing

[@PolyMatter]

Paul blart joke or typo?

[@typo691]

Segue is the correct spelling

[@PeterNjeim]

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]

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]

PolyMatter you learn something new every day

[@aemon_salazar]

Dayum that smooth transition to the AD.

[@ahuggingsam]

okay, I godda admit, that transitions was suuuuuuper smooth

[@jackjephson8171]

Ad transition was slick

[@ShinGio]

Smooth transitions to your sponsor is my kink

[@SimonSP16]

Most seamless switches from content to sponsor stuff on KZbin. The sponsors are often relevant too, nice work dude.

[@Unders]

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

[@debjyotisamanta8767]

Amazing Motion Graphics😍

[@jeyanthiprabhu1338]

Debjyoti Samanta the 60fps refresh rate is Amazing!!!

[@VictorVonVulfgang]

And regarding yearly major updates, thats how software used to be monetized. You had a new version of office, autocad and such every year or every two. Buying the new one was optional. But now if you stop paying the sub, nope sorry, no service. So you're cornered there with no alternative.

[@DanielKouba]

Smoothest transition to an ad ever

[@Yoan_CoachFit]

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

[@adonisking728]

This channel and Nerdwriter are two of my favorite KZbin channels. Their videos are always such high quality and very articulate.

[@froidesprit]

Kurzgesagt, Nerdwriter, and PolyMatter: the Holy Trinity of KZbin

[@BobMcCoy]

*Dude the audio is crispy*

[@eremo5449]

I really like the way you explain things with the animations and stuff

[@connor5268]

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

[@dude4057]

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

[@aksh1618]

#PayTheNerds

[@RedLeader327]

Make things worth paying for.

[@AnonymousUser77254]

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

[@muizzsiddique]

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]

Generic User someone would come up with an alternative.

[@mrepicbruh2839]

Plot twist: hes adobe and wants more money

[@jessicalozano2160]

love the graphics ! and your channel. i just found it ! you gained a new sub buddy :P

[@AJRandom]

the transition to the sponsor is soo smooth

[@emperorpirk2003]

KZbin TV is a joke

[@jeyanthiprabhu1338]

? ? Wat

[@emperorpirk2003]

jeyanthi prabhu It was mentioned in the video

[@taquocviet]

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

[@kayd731]

Not really

[@MCArt25]

Love your embedded ads, really skillful stuff!

[@bothersomebertie1195]

your advert spoke to me, good job!