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I don't really know the details of your business or how lucrative the embedded video ads are for tunnel bear, cable mods, and your other sponsors. However, I was wondering if it would ever be possible to have a floatplane like option where we pay 10-20$ a month to get LTT videos without those embedded ads? Like a premium subscription basically. IDK if this would be worth it for you guys though. Just thought I would ask. I like your videos but I get tired of watching tunnel bear stuff over and over again. So tired that i'm willing to pay for it.

I tried floatplane for a month and liked it a lot but correct my if I am wrong. I still noticed the ads that you place in your videos inside those as well. I figured 3$ a month wasn't enough money to get rid of those. Just a thought, let me know if its not really financially feasible and i'll never mention it again.

That is not to say that I wouldn't still be cool for the "AMD sponsored" "intel sponsored" build videos. I do like those. Just to be clear with my distinction. 

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

Personally, I just wish I could pay LTT $1000 cash up-front and have a lifetime subscription model to floatplane where I could access it whenever I want for no more ongoing fees. 

 

I hate subscription models. 

That's 27 years worth of floatplane.

$100 or something would be more worth it.

 

maybe have lifetime passes as a giveaway item? (Ex. at LTX a giveaway item could be a lifetime floatplane subscription.)

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Wait what? I thought floatplane has no pre-rolls or ads?

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4 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

I hate subscription models. 

paying once a year isn't too bad, it's the monthly payments that are annoying

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3 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Personally, I just wish I could pay LTT $1000 cash up-front and have a lifetime subscription model to floatplane where I could access it whenever I want for no more ongoing fees. 

 

I hate subscription models. 

I also hate subscriptions too, but I don't see any other valid way for them to keep it going as a business - unless they had "private episodes" or "original 8k quality" which would get leaked sooner or later.

 

I'm sure Nick and the team have thought about that too.

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3 hours ago, rattacko123 said:

paying once a year isn't too bad, it's the monthly payments that are annoying

Floatplane has yearly option. Recurring but still yearly.

 

And there are no embedded ads. Sponsored videos are there since they are part of overall flow. Same goes with end credits scene which is same. But any preroll or end ads just aren't there. Thats part what you pay for.

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2 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Floatplane has yearly option. Recurring but still yearly.

 

And there are no embedded ads. Sponsored videos are there since they are part of overall flow. Same goes with end credits scene which is same. But any preroll or end ads just aren't there. Thats part what you pay for.

Which is hilarious when they have a joke off the ad in the video and then there's just no ad and you're like "Wait... what? Oh... v.v"

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@sniperfox you do have to applaud them for their creativity and depth though.

 

Ya i'd be willing to buy a lifetime floatplane membership. I just didn't like it when i tried it. Idk if they weren't uploading a lot because of all the mezzanine changes and reconstruction but i kind felt like there weren't enough videos. Granted 3$ is not a lot of money and i'd happily pay substantially more to be guaranteed like 2 videos a day of LTT since I love watching their stuff. I mostly like product showcases. Whether I can afford it or not it gives me something to save some money for when I look at the best of the best for TV's or Displays...etc.

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22 hours ago, SirWestofAsh said:


I tried floatplane for a month and liked it a lot but correct my if I am wrong. I still noticed the ads that you place in your videos inside those as well. I figured 3$ a month wasn't enough money to get rid of those. Just a thought, let me know if its not really financially feasible and i'll never mention it again

there aren't any ads on floatplane club, sponsored videos are not fully blown ads, and are a lot more common than one thinks, its just most media groups don't tell you

 

as for the price, Luke has hinted a few times on the WAN show afterparty that its likely to go up when the full FPC site launches, with the ridiculous cost of backhaul bandwidth to provide a good experience

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3 minutes ago, BubblyCharizard said:

there aren't any ads on floatplane club, sponsored videos are not fully blown ads, and are a lot more common than one thinks, its just most media groups don't tell you

I couldn't remember if there were the built in ads on floatplane, but after the first comment mentioned the subscription setup it derailed the topic and I got distracted. Which is that I would like to just pay a flat fee 1 time and have floatplane forever too. 

 

The built in ads get old when watching from youtube.

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