TL;DR

MKBHD is shutting down the Panels app at the end of this month, citing issues with finding the right development team fit.

You can no longer buy collections, and you must download existing wallpapers before the app is removed.

Users will receive automatic pro-rated refunds for active subscriptions, and the app code is promised to be open-sourced after shutdown.

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[–] 100 points 11 months ago (5 children)

$50/yr for wallpapers?!?! That's some asshat seeing the enshitification train and thinking, "Man I gotta get on THAT!"

$50/yr?!?!

For WALLPAPERS?!?!

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  • [–] 67 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months 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.”

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    It was split with the artists of said wallpapers, and was also kind of a gallery app thing IIRC.
    But hey, as a Finnish saying goes, "It isn't the one who asks who is stupid, but the one who pays."

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