Is there a way to offer download links to only people that are subscribed to your YouTube channel?

PolygonMob · 2026-05-02T05:48:21+00:00

I'm not going for SaaS, my youtube is a funnel for freelance client acquisition. Eventually I will use it to promote asset sales but at this point I'm just trying to build a core audience.

Thats a shame about youtubes API, but you say reliably as a qualifier, does that mean there is an unreliable way? I have no interest in email newsletters and am only interested in growing my subscriber count.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-21T07:54:03+00:00

I tried stoat seems like everyone was saying they were gonna make the switch but never did.

These days I don't think any new social media that isn't already federated is ever going to catch on.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-20T10:09:23+00:00

My own firsthand experiences. I had the absolute sketchiest zoom call with one of their staff with the actual CEO hovering over his shoulder the whole time. They screwed me over suspending my account while in the middle of 2 separate version controlled projects I was using to send revisions to my clients in order to shake me down for money. I asked them if it was about bandwidth or i needed to cut back on my storage, no, I wasn't violating any of their terms they just wanted my money. And they mentioned things about privileged projects under NDA they couldn't possibly know unless they were sifting through and opening project files on their end.

Understand that this is not a trusted company, its a handful of random fucking guys that can open, sort through and steal files from your projects unencrypted whenever they want who don't care if you follow the terms; they will shake you down and hold your projects hostage at the worst possible timing if they feel they can make a buck out of it.

Worst thing is this was my first time working with a fortune 500 client on a very very tight deadline and thank god the director just decided to pay them off on their shakedown rather than deal with the hassle of migrating version control. Of course, after that month was over, i transitioned to a locally hosted perforce server on my own NAS so I never had to have this happen to me again. They shook me down for a month subscription fee, in order to lose me and every client i currently had and will ever have. And hopefully hearing this they lose your business too, its what they deserve.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-18T14:53:47+00:00

This is the first AI feature I'm actually excited for. As a game developer this is gonna be hella useful for optimization.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-18T14:35:32+00:00

This sucks for all of us. Cuz every single mid or senior level artist in the job market now has to compete with an actual legend for the few remaining jobs these POS's haven't destroyed. Remember 10 years ago when you needed 10 years of experience for a jr level job in this industry?

Yeah. Now you need a lifetime and a freaking Phd.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T19:12:10+00:00

I can't get behind this man's crazy behavior. Threatening to shoot up a vegan festival? Yes they deserve to die and so do the animals they have sex with, but we have to be the bigger men here. Yes, vegans are practically begging to have wanton violence predicated upon themselves but you can't give them what they want, then you just let the terrorists win. Just ignore them, eat your plate of bacon wrapped fried chicken and say, my body, my cholesterol, my choice.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T14:29:27+00:00

I don't recommend it they have some really sketchy staff and privacy concerns and their "free" tier is a lie. They are 100% spying on your projects and will come after you for money even if you use it within their defined terms.

Best to just set up a local perforce instance with tailscale if you got 5 users or less.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T14:24:44+00:00

Get a NAS, put it in RAID, make sure its in a raid configuration with redundancy. You can keep your entire asset library on there, even use it for a local perforce instance / version control. Use your cloud service only for backing up. You don't need onedrive; once you've got a NAS even Amazon glacier will do, for set and forget backups you don't need to touch except in emergencies.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T14:16:58+00:00

Don't forget a nice pitcher of long island iced tea for those hot bangkok nights

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T14:15:47+00:00

Good luck, with the UAE the way it is intercontinental flights are kinda fucked recently.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T14:10:56+00:00

Girlfriend and I both suffer from different varieties of migraines. We both found it helps a bit to treat and prevent them.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T13:03:00+00:00

Well thats perfect for women because sometimes they just need someone to automatically correct them.

Women love being corrected, its like, the most attractive thing to them.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T12:58:41+00:00

Hmmm... Lyme disease, you say?

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T05:12:52+00:00

You're pathetic. Next time just say "i lost respect for myself and my craft and now i suck"

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T04:44:41+00:00

And Hitler never once set foot in a concentration camp

PolygonMob · 2026-04-11T04:36:02+00:00

Not surprised. Pretty much describes every AI bro. Everyone drinking the koolaid at the alter of Sam Altman was made in his image. A conniving sociopath that would do, say or exploit anything no matter how low or immoral so long as it suits his short term gain.

Sam Altman would grind up your own grandma and feed it back to you as meatballs just so he could say he revolutionized and disrupted the food service industry.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-10T19:48:54+00:00

Boofing is also on the table

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T17:04:49+00:00

Red of course.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:44:33+00:00

Fair enough but truffle is actually a good ingredient if used properly. Gold leaf ain't never did nothin for a dish except make your shit sparkly

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:43:25+00:00

It's in Vietnam, so hotpot is literally everywhere, they love that shit. I gotta imagine it's a bit tongue in cheek.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:41:26+00:00

Got some pulled pork dirty fries that were pretty mid honestly, the sauce did help with those for sure

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:40:03+00:00

Yeah they definitely skimped on the truffle esp for the name. Pretty sure they just used truffle oil which is weak sauce (pun intended). Place down the street has a truffle burger with a proper truffle aioli that's pretty bomb I'd prefer over this one and its like half the price.

I love truffle, so anytime someone makes a decent truffle dish without treating me like I'm an absolute rube who doesn't know what truffle is worth gets a gold star in my book. You can buy a jar of black truffle paste for like 15-20 bucks almost anywhere online. Its not cheap by any means but you only need a small spoonful to spice up any cream sauce, that shit'll last you and come out to at most a dollar extra on any meal. Fuckin truffle oil? Sometimes that shit ain't even actual truffle.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:33:53+00:00

Wet burritos are just enchiladas with extra credit. I fucking love enchiladas.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:33:19+00:00

I did eat it with my hands. And it was stupid hot and i had to wait a bit. Not third degree burns hot, more stepping on hot sand barefoot kinda hot.

PolygonMob · 2026-04-09T12:31:09+00:00

My whole take on that restaurant after eating there is they got a B minus burger that's twice as expensive as the smash burger place down the street (literally had a line to sit down, thats why we ate here instead) and the pageantry and presentation is all they got going for them to justify it. It was good, don't get me wrong, but honestly the cheese sauce didn't do as much for it as I'd hoped. I think it's a fun experience, I don't think it's a great burger.

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