Your videos are a regular part of my life and workflow these days. As a founder also, NextJS and your content have helped me build great UX without compromising on speed, all through the transition to RSC, and usually I find your perspective is exactly what I need. Looking forward to your next great *Thing 😀
For the record, I've appreciated the transparency and most specifically, the videos and content you create. Respect the decision and the change. People seem to always forget that building content is a business and revenue is a necessity. Keep it going you're doing great!
I don't know why the internet is such a toxic place. I love your content and I've always felt your honesty and authenticity have shown through. That's why you're the number one tech influencer I watch. I'm a tech lead of a small team at a small company and, for what it's worth, you're the first source I trust for news and trends in our industry. I'm sorry the toxicity of others has so deeply hurt your business. Please don't get jaded and don't change. It may sound corny, but I really want to believe that goodness and honesty always win in the long run. Peace nerd. ❤
The internet is toxic cuz he has like a thousand mistakes and he spreads misinfo without verifying, with confidence which is bad, and his own audience has to correct him most of the time.
Why play the naive here? Theo never pulls any punches either. He does as much to spread negativity and clickbait in his videos as anybody else in the dev community.
@@t3dotgg I think we have a vocal minority problem here. You being sponsored by Vercel is such a minor thing in our minds that we do not think to mention or care about it. Only those who get butt hurt about it say something, making is seem like it is an issue when it is not. idk the full context, so I might be wrong, but that is the way it seems to me.
I never understood why you got so much shit even though you’re up front and transparent… I’ve always learned a lot from your videos and I hope things get better for you
If I had to guess it's his insistence I've seen in a few videos that his sponsors don't color his opinion. Like, even if what you're saying would be your true opinion, sponsorship or otherwise, it's not great optics in my opinion. It's not something you should ever point out. Just say this video/channel is sponsored by such and such and just leave it at that
He still hasn't talked about the Planetscale rug pull, so he is not as transparent as you might think. Especially at around the same time another company did a rug pull and he immediately made a video about it
Theo, don't forget that most of us are here to hang out with You. Whether it is a stream or yt videos you and your team are doing a great job! Do whatever is best to keep doing it !
Cloudflare, this is your time to shine. Jokes aside Theo, thanks for your videos. They have really helped so many people, and there is no problem in making money from them. People on the internet are doing their best to spread toxicity. Take care of yourself, you are loved
I understand channels that have high production costs needing money, but not reaction channels like this one. Your costs are litterally zero, but your value your customers even less. Theo was one of the few channels who I actually supported becuase he only endorsed what he uses. Crazy he made a video says hes accepting more money and is getting a pity party.
That's some crazy situation! You want to be sponsored by companies your trust, but then people see as you trusting just because your're being sponsored. Almost a paradox.
That's the sad part about having to take sponsors. You're forced into this quandary. Rightfully people are wary of what people say. I'm not saying I don't trust Theo but when basically every other person is a shill, it's hard to beleive one random guy isn't, even though that guy is clearly putting in a lot of effort into making it clear he's not a shill. There's an incentive when you are benefiting from saying you like something to, well, say it.
It's not a paradox, as soon as you take money from a company you have a conflict of interest and you'll be less honest about bad changes in the company or good changes in their competitors. The solution is to not take sponsorships from the industries you want to comment on or review, take sponsorships from industries that are related to what you do but are not the main focus of your content. For example, if you review phones you can take sponsorships from case manufacturers, not from a phone manufacturer.
So because of a few JS hating assholes: 1. Theo lost a brand he really believed in 2. Vercel lost the only creator they liked 3. We as community get annoying ads between meaningful content. Who TF won?? ☠️
I’m okay with ad spots. If your content is good, I’ll accommodate listening to ads. I do it for all creators whose content is valuable to me. What I can’t tolerate is ads simply because I’m here. There has to be a fair exchange. Even as a 15 years-in developer I often learn from this channel. It’s absolutely worthwhile.
The biggest problem with ad spots is that I’d love to pay to get content without them, on UA-cam. I have considered subscribing to my favorite creators on Patreon, for “no ads” version; but I know I’m never gonna open Patreon app to check out what’s new with them
Nah,,, I'm moving from vercel. ( also from next.js to remix ) Theo was one of the reasons I used Vercel to host my stuff. ( even though I was never a fan of Vercel ) It's time to move on I guess...
Theo, I've been watching you for a while and one thing I was very appreciative of is your honesty about brands. You never exaggerated a brand, even when you believed in it, to the point that it sounded fake and, whether or not you mentioned a sponsor, you were brutal with tools you didn't like, you were honest regarding tools you did like, and you were also transparent about tools you use and the features you hated. I will not be stopping my subscription on Twitch. It isn't much but it's what I can give at the moment. Speaking of subscription, I'd like you to advertise my product, no I'm kidding 😅 Keep up the awesome work!
I think LTT is doing sponsors and adds the best in youtube. Both in the video editing, placing and timing, but with a clear separation of whats an add what isn't, and on the occasional content that need some disclaimers made, they make it. Personally I think mixing things up is a mistake, it makes the whole video feel like a hidden add, even if you didn't intend it to be. And even if you make an entire sponsored video, I prefer it when its obviously one and all cards are on the tabel. I never questioned your integrity or doubted you in these matters, I'm talking mostly about the vewing experience.
For what it’s worth, I always took your disclosures in that spirit. This reminds me of that story from a few years ago, about the JC Penny’s CEO who tried just using honest pricing instead of jacking up prices first so you could cut them for a sale later-and how it was a huge expensive failure, because consumers don’t want honesty or even fair prices, they want the fantasy of a good deal. This is the world we have made for ourselves.
Man you are the victim of the JavaScript hate boner everyone seems to have gotten. More often I find your comments to be an echo chamber parroting the same stale opinions (and I'll be honest I might have been part of it a few times) but genuinely Theo you've helped me a lot in my work because whenever I had some JS related queries and your video pops up in the search I would instantly click it because I know I can trust you and whatever you suggest would be the best solution there is. Anyways I would love to see you grow and be profitable. Just keep on doing what you do best bud
I have so much respect for your transparency. I can´t begin to understand the courage it takes to make this kind of video, but what I do know is that this is a sign of very good leadership. Your an inspiration and I hope more influences follow in your foots steps
I just wanted to let you know Theo, T3 stack, from 0 to production, and videos like "tools I use" are amazing free resources, that I guarantee have helped so many people get started. I don't remember what video it was, but you were talking about how you needed a sponsor for the video, and were proud that you could put out the video for free with a sponsorship instead of selling it as a course for hundreds (it was a video referencing the 0 to production video), and I'm super happy you did it the way you did. We will continue to support you with ad reads, no shame in that.
This breaks my heart. I've always really loved and admired your dedication to transparency and trust and found it strange that people give you so much shit for it. Especially since its clear that you don't hold back critique of your sponsors. It's never made any sense to me and now because of some really shitty apples in the bunch everyone gets to be worse off. Good on you for prioritising you and the rest of your teams stability. I trust you'll do everything you can to uphold as much transparency and trust as possible. Really hope the good (if anything) that will come out of this is less stress for y'all in making sure this whole thing keeps afloat.
I think you're awesome Theo. Maybe I don't agree with every position you take on everything, but that's just called being human and having opinions. I appreciate your transparency and I've learnt so much from your videos, you've really helped me to be come a much better developer
Love your transparency since the start of this channel. I have been watching your videos since beginning, are found lots of valuable insights on coding and web development in general.
Best of luck amigo - it's always been your knowledge that I've enjoyed and appreciated (not a specific product/stack). Best of luck moving forward (you're smart enough with some great people around you - so you've got an amazing chance for even more success). Good luck...and thank you.
This is so similar to the issues Linus has been talking about on WAN show for a long time. It’s frustrating it always ends up being a smaller part of a community that ruins it for everyone else who throughly appreciates the honesty and transparency of the business.
you did the best you could. I don't know anyone else that valued transparency at the value you did. as a viewer I always understood what you were trying to do but I get how people could misunderstand it. the thing that made me subscribe and share this channel to my friends was the disclaimer you do on videos that can be misunderstood. seeing that transparency instantly made me subscribe because no one else on this platform tries this much. as more and more I watched your content more and more I noticed how much you specifically pick your sponsors. It feels sad to see getting sponsored by the stuff you love didn't really work out, but if that's what you and your team needs i have all the respect for that. I hope everyone can understand too
I have been enjoying the way you have been open about all of this. I am using vercel because of the way you positioned them via your videos. Keep up the good quality of the videos they help me as a side hustle dev.
Your transparency is amazing ❤ big ups man and don't let this incident get you down. Very sad to see that honesty and transparency can backfire like this...mad respect that you still stick to those values and very understandable that you have to play some ads as part of your videos now. Much love!
Thank you for your transparency Theo. You were pivotal for many people like me to actually have adapted my stack. The first video I watched from you was a video on your stack vs AWS. You are the reason why I started using Vercel & Planetscale. Also, probably the worst video was a product review on a service where a user could report a problem and the history & a screenshot is sent to an admin. You were so unenthusiastic about it and came off like a complete sell off, I can no longer find said video so I assume you’ve learned from that video. Anyways, I appreciate your transparency and I’m totally ok with having a 30 second ad section in the videos going forward!
Hey Theo, I've never commented before, but I want to thank you for the content you bring in, and the transparency on how you approach things. As someone on a solo journey learning to code, your channel has been one of my favourites for exploring and learning different aspects on the whole field. While it's a pity that you will have to include some ad blocks, I always felt your sponsorships were well-handed and not overbearing like some other creators. I hope you find new ways going forward but most importantly do what you believe in and what makes you happy to keep trust with the audience. Cheers!
The tutorial you gave "From 0 to Production - The Modern React Tutorial" has been such an eye opener for me, super helpful, and truly the best react tutorial that I have had the pleasure of following along to this year. I know you got a lot of slack for using so many brands in that video, but I really enjoyed the use of these different tools and would love to see another long form tutorial! Thank you and I look forward to more content from you regardless of your sponsors.
I think you're overestimating what part of the community actually cared about this. I'd wager the vocal 1% made you do this. Most viewers really did not care.
Only been following for a couple months, but your videos are great and provide a crazy amount of value. Might not agree w/ everything you do and say, but the way you've run the channel has been phenomenonal and if the continuation means more ads that I can just skip(or learn abt smth new), more power to you!
Hi Theo, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you and the content you make. I started studying programming just last year and your videos helped me tremendously, because you'd always share a ton of background knowledge when talking about a topic and that's the kind of stuff that helps beginners like me gain interest on top of valuable insight. Sometimes you'd quickly share and cut off to get back to the topic at hand but I always love and appreciate those tangents no matter how brief 🤗 I could go on and on but the point is I know that you strive to provide quality content and my trust in you can't ever be broken.
Theo you were are my favorite creator. I love your transparency and authenticity, both of which are rare. I love your content. Thank you for everything you have done and inspiring this jr Dev to be better.
It makes me sad that your way of doing things didn't work, I really liked it. I totally understand why you made the change though and I really appreciate you making this video to explain the change.
I really like the content, sad that sponsorships work the way they do. Keep up the good work that is appreciated by so many
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The sense of responsibility you demonstrated goes far beyond just showcasing your excellent leadership. It highlights your commitment to upholding personal values, strong morals, and character!
I remember you saying you shipped everything with Vercel back when you were streaming with the Macbook Air. Ironically, you're the only channel I've trusted with sponsors. Also literally all the flack is coming from people who would never use a hosted platform anyway. Don't worry about the it, unless it comes from respectable people like prime or dax (who differ ideologically but are still intelligent).
Hey Theo, I love your content and have never thought anything about your sponsorships past that you were trying to do upfront disclosure. I find your takes insightful and your tutorials informative and relevant. I work as a comp sci professor and I often point my students to your channel for their projects. Stay strong and keep working hard, we all love what you do.
I was totally in love with your honesty and your take on having sponsors. And I totally understand that you need to make money, so do what ever you see fit!
I don´t mind you doing add-reads. When i know that they come with the transparency you are known for, i feel safe that you will continue to provide great value to me and the community and i am sure this will make you and your employees thrive better. Thanks for all that you do, Theo, and i for one can not wait to see the new content. I think it actually can benefit us all :)
Other creators: Get sponsored - "Look what I found, so cool!" Theo: Gets sponsored - "Look what I found, so cool and they sponsor me." People: Theo is just trying to sell us sponsored stuff, lets watch the others! Being transparent seems to have the opposite effect if no one else is.
People are terrible. It's very unfortunate that you and Vercel have to deal with static on this. May the people who ruined the transparent and honest sponsorship be chained to a rock and subjected to watching endless generic ads for thousands of years like Prometheus
I’ll be honest: I’ve been rude to you in the comment sections of many of your videos, motivated by a few reasons, one of which being your sponsorship and support of Vercel’s business practices. But I gotta say, I respect the hell out of this and give you props. This definitely puts you in a new light for myself, an anonymous major critic of you. And honestly, your point about how transparent you are versus other content creators is completely fair and I hadn’t considered that too much before. I’m going to be more critical of other tech influencers’ brand deals. All of this is to say, I apologize for many of my snide, rude comments about you regarding vercel. Respect for putting your money where your mouth is. I still dont mesh well with your temperament, but I respect this move by you and will be more open minded moving forward.
Hey Theo, I hope you take this well in the coming future. I, among many others, have genuinely appreciated the transparency on each of the videos you put out, along with your honest attempt to be as unbiased as possible even if you're in an exclusivity deal. It sucks that the world can't always have nice things, but I'm sure the path forward wouldn't be too bad either. Thanks for all of the content you put out, being a figure that I look up to and who pushes me to grow as a developer. Always yours, more than you'll ever know, GetPsyched
Thanks for the transparency and willingness to change Theo. This how we all get better. I for one feel more comfortable watching you knowing there is no exclusive relationship, despite the annoying ads. For someone with a platform the size of yours, not being contractually attached to one particular solution is really important to drive credibility. I'm looking forward to this new era. Thanks for the great content as always!
Keep on keeping on. I enjoy the channel and am very grateful for the content you provide. Best of luck in moving forward. It seems like you have a solid team and will figure this out.
Hey Theo, I’ve been watching your stuff for a good while. I’ve heard you mentioned your sponsor by Vercel, and honestly, every time it was followed by “I use their stuff and I in believe it.” I haven’t doubted that is what you were saying is truthful. I think you would be surprised to find most of us feel that way, it’s just we don’t tend to be vocal about it. Remember than the most upset minority then to be the loudest majority.
Theo, your videos will always be my goto for getting the latest info on the state of the frontend ecosystem. The way I see it, we will now get updates on more tools available to the ecosystem with nothing holding you back. Its a win win, so as far as you remain honest about your videos, that's all that matters.
sorry this is my first comment on your video just wanted to tell thank you for all your work and that some outspoken people that have thier minds made just use that you are getting payed as an excuse for not conforming to their vision keep up the good work you really inspired me to stay in tech after all the other doomer influncers thank you so much
Theo, thanks for always being sincere and honest and sorry for being led down from part of the community! I do believe that great content like yours would be rewarded somehow as deserved.
I have always found it really valuable to know what you have used in production for multiple years; it's so valuable to hear from someone you trust. It's sad to see you have to make this change, but hopefully, we can still leverage your preferences based on years-long real-life experience using certain technologies.
I'm glad you tried something different to see if it could work, but I think this is a positive change. It seems like you know your own honesty but don't understand the lack of visibility that your viewers have into who you are; we just watch a few videos here and there and see another influencer making highly questionable claims about not being biased. It's got to be tough putting yourself out here and having people not really "get it" that you're truly being ethical, but that's just the nature of being a public figure I think. It's not good enough to simply be honest; you actually have to show that you don't have bad incentives. You can be whoever you want to be, but if your goal is to earn trust from your audience then it works differently when they don't actually know you in person. It's tough, and I think the public is largely to blame for the fact that we have a celebrity culture that fails to reward good people for simply being good, but still it is what it is.
The honesty and transparency are what's most appreciated. This channel is perfect for startups and devs who love staying up to date with opinions on best practices. Your enthusiasm for the craft is great! and many of us see and appreciate that. Get out of whatever bubble of negativity you might be in and continue to make honest content.
Thanks so much for sharing and your constant transparency. I’m also sad this didn’t work for you. Know I’d be willing to chip in some money each month on a patreon or something if it meant keeping you doing the videos the way you have. I know that probably isn’t enough to support the team, I just wanted you to know there are probably a few of us.
I truly think this is a step in the right direction. Most people, myself included come to you for advice on how to build and deploy stuff. And taking on exclusive sponsorships in the same space always felt like a conflict of interest to me. I mean look at how Linus tech tips do their sponsorships. I think that's a perfect blueprint on how UA-camrs in such spaces should do it
I know how you FEEL! I know you don't know me nor care of me, and don't care for my two cents but I must say this to you from me. First being, I'm proud AF of you for being transparencies as it's one of the hardest to too do. 2nd is for being humble which I am gong out on a limb saying this but you seem like it. Don't change for anyone ever, always keep true to yourself like you have been. I've only started following you due to you being REAL AF, so don't change that not even for your followers plus if they true followers they are not followers at all but like Russ says they believers. Keep it 💯. Your homie Robert. "Living and being humble is thee hardest way to live life but also the most rewarding and only less than a handful can and will live this way as I am, are you?" 💯
Hey Theo, hope you're okay. I don't agree with you on many things but I LOVE and APPRECIATE your honesty immensely. Keep doing you. Good things are coming, trust.
You are my king ❤no matter what. You have taught me a lot, and you have influenced many great things into me which I’m doing. You are definitely the best❤ Love you lot theo❤
Theo, you were and are creating great content. I always thought the way you did sponsors made a lot of sense and loved the transparency of it. The new world will work to. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on netlify. Now please tell me what characters are coming to Raid shadow legends!
I just resubbed yesterday and I never felt this way. Even if you just took money and pushed products it's a way more entertaining way to learn about new offerings in the space. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a new product sponsor thing, sometimes your other content. You do what you need to to keep the ball rolling, I'm happy as long as I can learn some stuff
I understand 💯! Frankly the transparency you offered always made me trust your opinion. With that said you gotta pay bills we get it. We just now have to be a bigger skeptic unfortunately. Thanks Theo
Congrats on the big decision! Sadly though, no level of transparency will ever let you off the hook. Transparency is 100% the best way of doing things (it’s also illegal not to lol)
As a first-time commenter, I wanted to express my appreciation for your video content. As a fellow web developer, I've been following your videos for over 1.5 years and have consistently enjoyed the valuable insights and expertise you share. I'm impressed by your transparency and willingness to openly discuss your experiences, which has earned you immense respect from developers like myself who appreciate your honesty. Thank you for creating such high-quality content that has kept me engaged and informed over the years! ❤
i support you theo ,Today i understand one idea for all content in youtube (i didn't think it's the same think for dev content until now) , it's all work behind the scene.
Theo. Don't give up and keep doing the videos the best way you can. We watch the videos because we like the way you teach and interact with your subscribers.
The comments have me speechless. I love you all so much. ❤
Sponsor block all the way!
@@t3dotgg sponsored or free, monetized or not, people followed and will follow you for YOU!
We’re nerds, we nerd out together 💪🏻
Faxx, theo is very a talented creator. I'm sure he'll find a way to make the sponsored blocks seamless anyway no biggie.@@betapacket
Your videos are a regular part of my life and workflow these days. As a founder also, NextJS and your content have helped me build great UX without compromising on speed, all through the transition to RSC, and usually I find your perspective is exactly what I need. Looking forward to your next great *Thing 😀
No one cares about your sponsors as long as you make good content. Xoxo
it looks as if Vercel took all the furniture in the divorce
oh my GOD
😂😂😂
Good Damn 😂
Things look dire
best comment
Next Theo video: "Me reading this blog post was brought to you by RAAAAAAAAiiiiiiid shadow legends"
Yuuuusss, do it.
Get that bag
@@orionh5535 He absolutely should get that bag.
Apparently that is better than sponsored videos for some reason 😂
I have to see this before I die
For the record, I've appreciated the transparency and most specifically, the videos and content you create. Respect the decision and the change. People seem to always forget that building content is a business and revenue is a necessity. Keep it going you're doing great!
I don't know why the internet is such a toxic place. I love your content and I've always felt your honesty and authenticity have shown through. That's why you're the number one tech influencer I watch. I'm a tech lead of a small team at a small company and, for what it's worth, you're the first source I trust for news and trends in our industry. I'm sorry the toxicity of others has so deeply hurt your business. Please don't get jaded and don't change. It may sound corny, but I really want to believe that goodness and honesty always win in the long run. Peace nerd. ❤
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You dropped this on your way, king: 👑
The internet is toxic cuz he has like a thousand mistakes and he spreads misinfo without verifying, with confidence which is bad, and his own audience has to correct him most of the time.
Why play the naive here? Theo never pulls any punches either. He does as much to spread negativity and clickbait in his videos as anybody else in the dev community.
@@t3dotgg I think we have a vocal minority problem here. You being sponsored by Vercel is such a minor thing in our minds that we do not think to mention or care about it. Only those who get butt hurt about it say something, making is seem like it is an issue when it is not. idk the full context, so I might be wrong, but that is the way it seems to me.
I never understood why you got so much shit even though you’re up front and transparent… I’ve always learned a lot from your videos and I hope things get better for you
Too many people have an incredibly primitive sense of reality.
If I had to guess it's his insistence I've seen in a few videos that his sponsors don't color his opinion. Like, even if what you're saying would be your true opinion, sponsorship or otherwise, it's not great optics in my opinion. It's not something you should ever point out. Just say this video/channel is sponsored by such and such and just leave it at that
Devs are opinionated...
He still hasn't talked about the Planetscale rug pull, so he is not as transparent as you might think. Especially at around the same time another company did a rug pull and he immediately made a video about it
@@nickjwowrific what happened?
Theo, don't forget that most of us are here to hang out with You. Whether it is a stream or yt videos you and your team are doing a great job! Do whatever is best to keep doing it !
People who think everyone should do everything for free all the time are annoying
narcissistic minds.
Cloudflare, this is your time to shine.
Jokes aside Theo, thanks for your videos.
They have really helped so many people, and there is no problem in making money from them. People on the internet are doing their best to spread toxicity.
Take care of yourself, you are loved
Some content is priceless in more than one way, no reason to dismiss it.
@@malikkalaylieven theo cant save cloudflare
I understand channels that have high production costs needing money, but not reaction channels like this one. Your costs are litterally zero, but your value your customers even less. Theo was one of the few channels who I actually supported becuase he only endorsed what he uses. Crazy he made a video says hes accepting more money and is getting a pity party.
Transparency is the reason I follow you! Please don't change that!
That's some crazy situation! You want to be sponsored by companies your trust, but then people see as you trusting just because your're being sponsored. Almost a paradox.
Because it seems like shilling and doesn't seem honest.
Are you using this product cause u like it or cause ur shilling.
@@succatash why not both
That's the sad part about having to take sponsors. You're forced into this quandary. Rightfully people are wary of what people say. I'm not saying I don't trust Theo but when basically every other person is a shill, it's hard to beleive one random guy isn't, even though that guy is clearly putting in a lot of effort into making it clear he's not a shill. There's an incentive when you are benefiting from saying you like something to, well, say it.
Definition of a paradox tbh
It's not a paradox, as soon as you take money from a company you have a conflict of interest and you'll be less honest about bad changes in the company or good changes in their competitors.
The solution is to not take sponsorships from the industries you want to comment on or review, take sponsorships from industries that are related to what you do but are not the main focus of your content. For example, if you review phones you can take sponsorships from case manufacturers, not from a phone manufacturer.
This video is sponsored by NordVPN
lol thats what about to happen
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Raid Shadow Legends
RAID shadow legends
So because of a few JS hating assholes:
1. Theo lost a brand he really believed in
2. Vercel lost the only creator they liked
3. We as community get annoying ads between meaningful content.
Who TF won?? ☠️
PHP I think
@@t3dotgg How close are you to Prime? he was just at Laracon, seems kinda sus if you ask me :P
levelsio
@@sumitpurohit8849 nah Levels is a homie. He got this news early and felt genuinely terrible.
It's not js haters, it's more like vercel haters. I hate js and I like vercel and Theo's content.
I’m okay with ad spots. If your content is good, I’ll accommodate listening to ads. I do it for all creators whose content is valuable to me. What I can’t tolerate is ads simply because I’m here. There has to be a fair exchange.
Even as a 15 years-in developer I often learn from this channel. It’s absolutely worthwhile.
The biggest problem with ad spots is that I’d love to pay to get content without them, on UA-cam. I have considered subscribing to my favorite creators on Patreon, for “no ads” version; but I know I’m never gonna open Patreon app to check out what’s new with them
We appreciate you Theo ❤
Lee please give Theo his chair back :)
Nah,,, I'm moving from vercel. ( also from next.js to remix )
Theo was one of the reasons I used Vercel to host my stuff. ( even though I was never a fan of Vercel )
It's time to move on I guess...
Lee get theo onboard 😢
@@Nusab33 Why?
@@friendly__drone9352 The pricing is not good. There's lack of options in their pricing.
1. Free
2. Hobby at 20$
3. Enterprise
Theo, I've been watching you for a while and one thing I was very appreciative of is your honesty about brands. You never exaggerated a brand, even when you believed in it, to the point that it sounded fake and, whether or not you mentioned a sponsor, you were brutal with tools you didn't like, you were honest regarding tools you did like, and you were also transparent about tools you use and the features you hated.
I will not be stopping my subscription on Twitch. It isn't much but it's what I can give at the moment.
Speaking of subscription, I'd like you to advertise my product, no I'm kidding 😅 Keep up the awesome work!
I think LTT is doing sponsors and adds the best in youtube. Both in the video editing, placing and timing, but with a clear separation of whats an add what isn't, and on the occasional content that need some disclaimers made, they make it. Personally I think mixing things up is a mistake, it makes the whole video feel like a hidden add, even if you didn't intend it to be. And even if you make an entire sponsored video, I prefer it when its obviously one and all cards are on the tabel. I never questioned your integrity or doubted you in these matters, I'm talking mostly about the vewing experience.
alt title: “why we can’t have nice things”
For what it’s worth, I always took your disclosures in that spirit. This reminds me of that story from a few years ago, about the JC Penny’s CEO who tried just using honest pricing instead of jacking up prices first so you could cut them for a sale later-and how it was a huge expensive failure, because consumers don’t want honesty or even fair prices, they want the fantasy of a good deal. This is the world we have made for ourselves.
Man you are the victim of the JavaScript hate boner everyone seems to have gotten. More often I find your comments to be an echo chamber parroting the same stale opinions (and I'll be honest I might have been part of it a few times) but genuinely Theo you've helped me a lot in my work because whenever I had some JS related queries and your video pops up in the search I would instantly click it because I know I can trust you and whatever you suggest would be the best solution there is.
Anyways I would love to see you grow and be profitable. Just keep on doing what you do best bud
Maybe now you’ll understand that’s it’s you that we like, you yourself, your skill, honesty and transparency.
This comment Is fucking me up a bit. Thank you man.
Yeah dude, i personally don't like Vercel. We can agree to disagree.
@@t3dotgg its the truth
I have so much respect for your transparency. I can´t begin to understand the courage it takes to make this kind of video, but what I do know is that this is a sign of very good leadership. Your an inspiration and I hope more influences follow in your foots steps
I just wanted to let you know Theo, T3 stack, from 0 to production, and videos like "tools I use" are amazing free resources, that I guarantee have helped so many people get started. I don't remember what video it was, but you were talking about how you needed a sponsor for the video, and were proud that you could put out the video for free with a sponsorship instead of selling it as a course for hundreds (it was a video referencing the 0 to production video), and I'm super happy you did it the way you did. We will continue to support you with ad reads, no shame in that.
This breaks my heart. I've always really loved and admired your dedication to transparency and trust and found it strange that people give you so much shit for it. Especially since its clear that you don't hold back critique of your sponsors. It's never made any sense to me and now because of some really shitty apples in the bunch everyone gets to be worse off. Good on you for prioritising you and the rest of your teams stability. I trust you'll do everything you can to uphold as much transparency and trust as possible. Really hope the good (if anything) that will come out of this is less stress for y'all in making sure this whole thing keeps afloat.
Blink twice if you're stuck in the vercel backrooms.
I think you're awesome Theo. Maybe I don't agree with every position you take on everything, but that's just called being human and having opinions. I appreciate your transparency and I've learnt so much from your videos, you've really helped me to be come a much better developer
can't even afford a chair anymore
Floors are the best seats. The Japanese were on to something.
@@henryvaneyk3769you need tatami though
Love your transparency since the start of this channel.
I have been watching your videos since beginning, are found lots of valuable insights on coding and web development in general.
Best of luck amigo - it's always been your knowledge that I've enjoyed and appreciated (not a specific product/stack). Best of luck moving forward (you're smart enough with some great people around you - so you've got an amazing chance for even more success). Good luck...and thank you.
This is so similar to the issues Linus has been talking about on WAN show for a long time. It’s frustrating it always ends up being a smaller part of a community that ruins it for everyone else who throughly appreciates the honesty and transparency of the business.
Thank you for everything you do Theo! You’ve genuinely transformed my understanding of web dev and the way my student software dev team builds apps.
you did the best you could. I don't know anyone else that valued transparency at the value you did. as a viewer I always understood what you were trying to do but I get how people could misunderstand it. the thing that made me subscribe and share this channel to my friends was the disclaimer you do on videos that can be misunderstood. seeing that transparency instantly made me subscribe because no one else on this platform tries this much. as more and more I watched your content more and more I noticed how much you specifically pick your sponsors. It feels sad to see getting sponsored by the stuff you love didn't really work out, but if that's what you and your team needs i have all the respect for that. I hope everyone can understand too
Thank you for always being upfront with your viewers!! You have to do what's best for you, your family, and your business.
Now reach out to Convex and do a video for them. I’d love to hear your opinion on the technology.
Def want to hear if it’s worth the potential vendor lock in. Looks interesting though
@@j4056 the DX is out of this world
Convex is such a master class of everything, I don’t think next js brainrot are ready for this
I love the transparency that you have.
Yes and it’s so much faster than the competition
This is the most beautiful way of letting your community know how you’re going forward! Honestly hats off to you. Keep up the amazing videos!
I have been enjoying the way you have been open about all of this. I am using vercel because of the way you positioned them via your videos. Keep up the good quality of the videos they help me as a side hustle dev.
Your transparency is amazing ❤ big ups man and don't let this incident get you down. Very sad to see that honesty and transparency can backfire like this...mad respect that you still stick to those values and very understandable that you have to play some ads as part of your videos now. Much love!
Thank you for your transparency Theo. You were pivotal for many people like me to actually have adapted my stack. The first video I watched from you was a video on your stack vs AWS. You are the reason why I started using Vercel & Planetscale.
Also, probably the worst video was a product review on a service where a user could report a problem and the history & a screenshot is sent to an admin. You were so unenthusiastic about it and came off like a complete sell off, I can no longer find said video so I assume you’ve learned from that video.
Anyways, I appreciate your transparency and I’m totally ok with having a 30 second ad section in the videos going forward!
Hey Theo, I've never commented before, but I want to thank you for the content you bring in, and the transparency on how you approach things. As someone on a solo journey learning to code, your channel has been one of my favourites for exploring and learning different aspects on the whole field. While it's a pity that you will have to include some ad blocks, I always felt your sponsorships were well-handed and not overbearing like some other creators. I hope you find new ways going forward but most importantly do what you believe in and what makes you happy to keep trust with the audience. Cheers!
The tutorial you gave "From 0 to Production - The Modern React Tutorial" has been such an eye opener for me, super helpful, and truly the best react tutorial that I have had the pleasure of following along to this year. I know you got a lot of slack for using so many brands in that video, but I really enjoyed the use of these different tools and would love to see another long form tutorial! Thank you and I look forward to more content from you regardless of your sponsors.
you're the best creator in this space, Theo. I watch almost all of your videos :) keep going!
I think you're overestimating what part of the community actually cared about this. I'd wager the vocal 1% made you do this. Most viewers really did not care.
For what it's worth I appreciated your efforts to be transparent and had no idea it was ever a point of contention.
Only been following for a couple months, but your videos are great and provide a crazy amount of value.
Might not agree w/ everything you do and say, but the way you've run the channel has been phenomenonal and if the continuation means more ads that I can just skip(or learn abt smth new), more power to you!
Hi Theo, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you and the content you make. I started studying programming just last year and your videos helped me tremendously, because you'd always share a ton of background knowledge when talking about a topic and that's the kind of stuff that helps beginners like me gain interest on top of valuable insight. Sometimes you'd quickly share and cut off to get back to the topic at hand but I always love and appreciate those tangents no matter how brief 🤗 I could go on and on but the point is I know that you strive to provide quality content and my trust in you can't ever be broken.
Theo you were are my favorite creator. I love your transparency and authenticity, both of which are rare. I love your content. Thank you for everything you have done and inspiring this jr Dev to be better.
I recently started watching your content. Learning lots. I sympathize and appreciate all your goals and perspectives here. Best wishes. Cheers.
Great to hear this! Keep it up! Hope next video will be about ChatGPT moving to Remix
I found your channel to be very valuable. I enjoy your content and learn much. We love you, keep up the good work.
It makes me sad that your way of doing things didn't work, I really liked it. I totally understand why you made the change though and I really appreciate you making this video to explain the change.
I really like the content, sad that sponsorships work the way they do. Keep up the good work that is appreciated by so many
The sense of responsibility you demonstrated goes far beyond just showcasing your excellent leadership. It highlights your commitment to upholding personal values, strong morals, and character!
I remember you saying you shipped everything with Vercel back when you were streaming with the Macbook Air. Ironically, you're the only channel I've trusted with sponsors. Also literally all the flack is coming from people who would never use a hosted platform anyway. Don't worry about the it, unless it comes from respectable people like prime or dax (who differ ideologically but are still intelligent).
Hey Theo, I love your content and have never thought anything about your sponsorships past that you were trying to do upfront disclosure. I find your takes insightful and your tutorials informative and relevant. I work as a comp sci professor and I often point my students to your channel for their projects. Stay strong and keep working hard, we all love what you do.
Thanks for the videos! Vercel is full of amazing people. You both deserve to make money. You both serve the community in your own ways. Appreciate it!
I respect you a lot and have found so many cool, helpful things from you. Keep goin
bro has constant toxic takes and produces drama and yet somehow manages to play victim.
This is the real reason why some people don't trust him, it mostly stems from just a dislike of his behaviour
I was totally in love with your honesty and your take on having sponsors. And I totally understand that you need to make money, so do what ever you see fit!
I don´t mind you doing add-reads. When i know that they come with the transparency you are known for, i feel safe that you will continue to provide great value to me and the community and i am sure this will make you and your employees thrive better. Thanks for all that you do, Theo, and i for one can not wait to see the new content. I think it actually can benefit us all :)
Thanks Theo. Appreciate your sincerity and thoughtfulness.
Other creators: Get sponsored - "Look what I found, so cool!" Theo: Gets sponsored - "Look what I found, so cool and they sponsor me." People: Theo is just trying to sell us sponsored stuff, lets watch the others! Being transparent seems to have the opposite effect if no one else is.
People are terrible. It's very unfortunate that you and Vercel have to deal with static on this. May the people who ruined the transparent and honest sponsorship be chained to a rock and subjected to watching endless generic ads for thousands of years like Prometheus
I’ll be honest: I’ve been rude to you in the comment sections of many of your videos, motivated by a few reasons, one of which being your sponsorship and support of Vercel’s business practices.
But I gotta say, I respect the hell out of this and give you props. This definitely puts you in a new light for myself, an anonymous major critic of you. And honestly, your point about how transparent you are versus other content creators is completely fair and I hadn’t considered that too much before. I’m going to be more critical of other tech influencers’ brand deals.
All of this is to say, I apologize for many of my snide, rude comments about you regarding vercel. Respect for putting your money where your mouth is.
I still dont mesh well with your temperament, but I respect this move by you and will be more open minded moving forward.
I just want to give you a big hug. I'm sorry that things didn't work out the way you wanted. I wish they had. I liked that dream too.
Hey Theo, I hope you take this well in the coming future. I, among many others, have genuinely appreciated the transparency on each of the videos you put out, along with your honest attempt to be as unbiased as possible even if you're in an exclusivity deal. It sucks that the world can't always have nice things, but I'm sure the path forward wouldn't be too bad either. Thanks for all of the content you put out, being a figure that I look up to and who pushes me to grow as a developer.
Always yours, more than you'll ever know,
GetPsyched
Thanks for the transparency and willingness to change Theo. This how we all get better. I for one feel more comfortable watching you knowing there is no exclusive relationship, despite the annoying ads. For someone with a platform the size of yours, not being contractually attached to one particular solution is really important to drive credibility.
I'm looking forward to this new era. Thanks for the great content as always!
Keep on keeping on. I enjoy the channel and am very grateful for the content you provide. Best of luck in moving forward. It seems like you have a solid team and will figure this out.
Hey Theo, I’ve been watching your stuff for a good while. I’ve heard you mentioned your sponsor by Vercel, and honestly, every time it was followed by “I use their stuff and I in believe it.” I haven’t doubted that is what you were saying is truthful.
I think you would be surprised to find most of us feel that way, it’s just we don’t tend to be vocal about it. Remember than the most upset minority then to be the loudest majority.
Love the channel and the transparency. Keep it going, we got you.
Really not a fan of people being so cringe about how you make money in the system we're all forced to participate in.
Theo, your videos will always be my goto for getting the latest info on the state of the frontend ecosystem. The way I see it, we will now get updates on more tools available to the ecosystem with nothing holding you back.
Its a win win, so as far as you remain honest about your videos, that's all that matters.
It's sad to see but you explained the situation very well. It is understandable and I hope the best for you and future of the channel.
sorry this is my first comment on your video just wanted to tell thank you for all your work and that some outspoken people that have thier minds made just use that you are getting payed as an excuse for not conforming to their vision keep up the good work you really inspired me to stay in tech after all the other doomer influncers thank you so much
hugs from south east asia, man. you have a solid viewers here who learned a lot from your content
Theo, thanks for always being sincere and honest and sorry for being led down from part of the community! I do believe that great content like yours would be rewarded somehow as deserved.
I have always found it really valuable to know what you have used in production for multiple years; it's so valuable to hear from someone you trust. It's sad to see you have to make this change, but hopefully, we can still leverage your preferences based on years-long real-life experience using certain technologies.
I'm glad you tried something different to see if it could work, but I think this is a positive change. It seems like you know your own honesty but don't understand the lack of visibility that your viewers have into who you are; we just watch a few videos here and there and see another influencer making highly questionable claims about not being biased. It's got to be tough putting yourself out here and having people not really "get it" that you're truly being ethical, but that's just the nature of being a public figure I think. It's not good enough to simply be honest; you actually have to show that you don't have bad incentives. You can be whoever you want to be, but if your goal is to earn trust from your audience then it works differently when they don't actually know you in person. It's tough, and I think the public is largely to blame for the fact that we have a celebrity culture that fails to reward good people for simply being good, but still it is what it is.
Keep doing things. A large number of channels has ads, and it's just how YT works.
Thank you for your content!
The honesty and transparency are what's most appreciated. This channel is perfect for startups and devs who love staying up to date with opinions on best practices. Your enthusiasm for the craft is great! and many of us see and appreciate that. Get out of whatever bubble of negativity you might be in and continue to make honest content.
Thanks so much for sharing and your constant transparency. I’m also sad this didn’t work for you. Know I’d be willing to chip in some money each month on a patreon or something if it meant keeping you doing the videos the way you have.
I know that probably isn’t enough to support the team, I just wanted you to know there are probably a few of us.
I appreciate your honesty, that's rare in these days. Keep up with the contents bro, much love
Hey Theo, I appreciate the condor. You got another sub, and probably many more. Looking forward to your future videos.
I truly think this is a step in the right direction. Most people, myself included come to you for advice on how to build and deploy stuff. And taking on exclusive sponsorships in the same space always felt like a conflict of interest to me.
I mean look at how Linus tech tips do their sponsorships. I think that's a perfect blueprint on how UA-camrs in such spaces should do it
I know how you FEEL! I know you don't know me nor care of me, and don't care for my two cents but I must say this to you from me. First being, I'm proud AF of you for being transparencies as it's one of the hardest to too do. 2nd is for being humble which I am gong out on a limb saying this but you seem like it. Don't change for anyone ever, always keep true to yourself like you have been. I've only started following you due to you being REAL AF, so don't change that not even for your followers plus if they true followers they are not followers at all but like Russ says they believers. Keep it 💯. Your homie Robert. "Living and being humble is thee hardest way to live life but also the most rewarding and only less than a handful can and will live this way as I am, are you?" 💯
Hey Theo, hope you're okay.
I don't agree with you on many things but I LOVE and APPRECIATE your honesty immensely.
Keep doing you.
Good things are coming, trust.
You are my king ❤no matter what. You have taught me a lot, and you have influenced many great things into me which I’m doing. You are definitely the best❤
Love you lot theo❤
Theo, you were and are creating great content. I always thought the way you did sponsors made a lot of sense and loved the transparency of it. The new world will work to. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on netlify.
Now please tell me what characters are coming to Raid shadow legends!
Man I hate that for you. You’ve always helped me like crazy! And I could tell you where genuine
I just resubbed yesterday and I never felt this way. Even if you just took money and pushed products it's a way more entertaining way to learn about new offerings in the space. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a new product sponsor thing, sometimes your other content. You do what you need to to keep the ball rolling, I'm happy as long as I can learn some stuff
I understand 💯!
Frankly the transparency you offered always made me trust your opinion.
With that said you gotta pay bills we get it. We just now have to be a bigger skeptic unfortunately.
Thanks Theo
Market forces can be a pain. I've always appreciated your transparency and honesty, so FWIW I'll probably be watching you for a long time.
Hey theo i appreciate the work you do. Im glad you exist in this space. Much love mate❤
Congrats on the big decision! Sadly though, no level of transparency will ever let you off the hook.
Transparency is 100% the best way of doing things (it’s also illegal not to lol)
As a first-time commenter, I wanted to express my appreciation for your video content. As a fellow web developer, I've been following your videos for over 1.5 years and have consistently enjoyed the valuable insights and expertise you share.
I'm impressed by your transparency and willingness to openly discuss your experiences, which has earned you immense respect from developers like myself who appreciate your honesty.
Thank you for creating such high-quality content that has kept me engaged and informed over the years! ❤
I'll follow you wherever you go next, no pun intended, because I want to learn. You're a talented educator and a thoughtful person. Their loss really.
I am happy to see you grow...
Not sure the conclusion are the correct one, but I do appreciate your dedication. 🤘
i support you theo ,Today i understand one idea for all content in youtube (i didn't think it's the same think for dev content until now) , it's all work behind the scene.
Thank you for the disclosure, this is unfortunate, because you had a really unique way of working with your sponsors
Theo. Don't give up and keep doing the videos the best way you can. We watch the videos because we like the way you teach and interact with your subscribers.
I was on netlify for so long. you were the only reason I even tried vercel.