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Marques Brownlee, known as MKBHD, faced backlash over his new wallpaper app, Panels, due to its high subscription cost ($49.99/year) and concerns over excessive data permissions.

Brownlee acknowledged user feedback, promising to adjust ad frequency for free users and address privacy concerns, clarifying that the app's data disclosures were broader than intended.

The app, which offers curated wallpapers and shares profits with artists, aims to improve over time, despite criticisms of its design and monetization approach.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Months to get that perfect shade of orange.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

And just the effort of painting every one of those pixels one by one, it's not like we have some magic tool to fill an image with the same color and call it a day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps more likely years of work with colour and colour theory preceding a quick output of some content? Why the sarcastic tone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The sarcastic tone is likely because of the price. There is something jarring about such a simple product, even if it was made by an artist with a good eye for color, being behind such a large paywall. Most people find this app, even forgetting "Orange," to be overpriced, myself included. It should be expected for people to use the most extreme examples to point out the absurdity and to laugh at it, especially when it's being marketed to the public.

Had this been an app you buy for $10 once, still there would be people like this, but much less. And if it were free, for example, nobody would bat an eye. The outrage is caused by price.

I'm not invested in this debacle at all, really. I just found your lack of understanding interesting. Not trying to offend you by that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Sure. I definitely do not disagree about the price but I wish you’d made it about that and not the art. Have a good Friday!