The Difference in Live vs. Expanded Art in Adobe Illustrator

What is the difference between live and expanded content in Adobe Illustrator? When should you expand your art? In this video, I share many side-by-side examples of live and expanded art and examples showing reasons to expand your art or keep it live. There's no one answer for every case. I often keep 2 copies: live and expanded, to have the best of both worlds.
0:00 Intro, a clay analogy
1:01 Outline type, a brush path, the eraser tool
2:41 Live polygon, how they can automatically be expanded
3:34 Expanding a drop shadow appearance
4:07 Expanding a 3D effect
5:02 Expanding a pattern fill
5:47 Why expand? Why keep something live?
7:37 Expanding a stroke
8:03 Expanding gradients linear and freeform gradients
9:18 Expanding appearances - multiple fills
9:45 Expanding a roughen effect, then expanding the resulting stroke
10:37 A repeat object, an Image Tracing
11:07 Expanding a live paint group
11:31 Compound shapes in the Pathfinder panel
12:30 Live corners
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[@mlrobert3338]

What is the best way to print gradient without seeing all the line bars on the print after expanded it in adobe illustrator?

[@LauraCoyle]

I really don't know - I assume the more shapes you end up with in the expanded gradient, the better it will be. If you see the bars, maybe there aren't enough steps.