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Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 175 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Apparently one of the wallpapers is just solid orange. It's called "Orange", is labeled as "abstract", and is labeled with a copyright.

It's a solid orange rectangle.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The artist spent a lot of time on that!

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Months to get that perfect shade of orange.

[–] mamg22@sh.itjust.works 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.

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