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I find it so bizarre that high paid software developers can't imagine the idea of paying for something they want to see. The vast majority of people doing crea

I find it so bizarre that high paid software developers can't imagine the idea of paying for something they want to see. The vast majority of people doing creative work that you enjoy largely for free are making barely enough to survive off of it, or doing it as a "labor of love". For years people said "oh if only there was some way to pay the content creators directly!" now with Patreon there is. Most software engineers have no problem dropping $20 on a four pack of nice beer, but can't be bothered to pay $5 to watch more of a video they already spend 20 min watching for free? With the added bonus that you are supporting the creation of more content you like? It's not a big deal if you don't want to buy the product, but to complain that it's something you have to buy is absurd.

abstractbarista 6y ago
Basically I inherently value non-copyable things more than easily-copyable. This means I'm fine paying $10 for a 6-pack of Miller High Life at the gas station, but will still torrent The Office even if I could pay $5/mo to stream it for the next year. It just is what it is honestly. You're never going to change this mindset. I'm sure there are many ways you could list that it is detrimental to society, people, etc. And I'd be inclined to agree! But I just don't care, and many others don't either.
- adanto6840 6y ago
  As an indie game developer, this kind of saddens me. I'll give you the benefit out the doubt, I'm guessing you make some kind of distinction as far as "SaaS" vs "bigCorp" vs "indie" -- but I still don't think it's the right perspective. I guess at EoD I'd encourage you/everyone to consider the content makers and support the ones that make content you enjoy, big and small alike.
effingwewt 6y ago
If the video had stated the fun stuff was in another video I'd have been fine watching ads for what I'd intended to see. 18 mins with ads even as part of the video makes this pure clickbait.

abstractbarista 6y ago

Basically I inherently value non-copyable things more than easily-copyable. This means I'm fine paying $10 for a 6-pack of Miller High Life at the gas station, but will still torrent The Office even if I could pay $5/mo to stream it for the next year. It just is what it is honestly. You're never going to change this mindset. I'm sure there are many ways you could list that it is detrimental to society, people, etc. And I'd be inclined to agree! But I just don't care, and many others don't either.

adanto6840 6y ago
As an indie game developer, this kind of saddens me. I'll give you the benefit out the doubt, I'm guessing you make some kind of distinction as far as "SaaS" vs "bigCorp" vs "indie" -- but I still don't think it's the right perspective. I guess at EoD I'd encourage you/everyone to consider the content makers and support the ones that make content you enjoy, big and small alike.

effingwewt 6y ago

If the video had stated the fun stuff was in another video I'd have been fine watching ads for what I'd intended to see. 18 mins with ads even as part of the video makes this pure clickbait.