Comment on MKBHD's Panels wallpaper app is shutting down
Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 21 hours agoIt’s been around for like 2 years now I believe. There was a bit of hype about it when it first came out since he’s a popular influencer but it didn’t get many to actually sign up for the $50 a year subscription. I do know people did the on time purchases of some individual wallpapers though. As to why, I think he is too into the Apple ecosystem of everything being a subscription that he forgets that most people can’t afford nonsense.
nulluser@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
$50/yr for wallpapers?!?! That’s some asshat seeing the enshitification train and thinking, “Man I gotta get on THAT!”
$50/yr?!?!
For WALLPAPERS?!?!
rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 21 hours ago
amusing thing is that when it came out someone ripped all the wallpapers from the app and put them online for free. most of it was AI slop anyways.
Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Haha yeah they were in like a Google cloud photo the app would call to to retrieve them. They were available for free the same day it released
FireWire400@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It had some popular YouTuber’s name on it, that’s enough for some to buy anything
scarabic@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I can only imagine with his audience size what his team looks like right now. I’m sure they aren’t content with standard YT revenue and are always looking for ways to turn his massive fame into more dollars. They cover a lot of silly expensive high end shit like Rivians and Apple Vision. It’s not crazy to think that they could milk the rich fools for a buck. Believe it or not there are people who think to themselves “Hm, interesting. $50? Okay, that’s nothing, I’ll check it out.”
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
It was split with the artists of said wallpapers, and was also kind of a gallery app thing.
But hey, as a Finnish saying goes, “It isn’t the one who asks who is stupid, but the one who pays.”