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Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app (www.theverge.com)
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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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[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Marques has a decent chunk of his fan base that's...kinda rich? That's the only thing that can explain why he reviews supercars and expects people to use their phone without a case. So if he's directing some of that fan base's money toward artists, I'm all for it, assuming the profit sharing is reasonable (and I have no reason to believe it's not).

I mean, I'm not going to pay that sort of money on a wallpaper (I almost always use photos of family or friends anyway). But if the people who buy it like it, and the people who sell art for it are treated well, you go MKBHD.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

I use my phone without a case too, phones don't break that easily. I even dropped it on stone tiles once when I missed my pocket and it only got a few scratches on the side from that.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

There are a lot of people walking around with cracked screens who would seem to disagree.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Skill issue on their part

[-] jojo 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe they can't pay for screen repairs, still care to call it a skill issue?

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

That was a joke, whether or not your phone screen cracks it obviously not a skill issue

[-] wholookshere 4 points 1 year ago

If what others have said about there being a solid orange wallpaper, I have questions about the art

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