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Yes it’s great feeling to follow the app back to a freaking Human. Technology has done way over played itself. When I call customer service with a grievance I feel much comfort with a human helping me. Because from a human and only a human will my grievance be properly addressed. Addressed by the “Human Element“. For, only from another actual human being will you experience the appropriate response. The Human element is so embedded in our being that we can NOT escape that component of ourselves known as the humaneness Beyond genetic it’s within each of our identities far more interpersonal than your DNA. Is humanity. There is no programming that would give an AI humaneness. Nope, not going to happen. AI is noting but a program. Sure, artificial intelligence can think outside of the program, that is what it is. Still it is AI; not HUMAN to be able to conceive humanity.

I absolutely despise this Vimeo iOS app. Instead of showing black pixels outside the aspect ratio of a video (like any normal video player), this Vimeo app plays a blurry version of films in the unused pixels. In other words, if I made a movie that has a 16:9 aspect ratio, then the extra pixels on the sides of my phone will play a blurry version of my film instead of just showing black pixels. Or if my movie is in 2.39:1, then it will show a blurry version of the movie on the top and bottom. Basically, any video that you play that isn’t the exact aspect ratio of your phone’s screen will be displayed incorrectly. Guys, this is a BIG problem! You’re completely altering the presentation of my work without my consent! I don’t want a blurry version of my film to be playing behind my movie. It’s super distracting and it looks terrible. Any pixels outside of the aspect ratio of my movie should just be BLACK PIXELS. You have no right to change the artistic intent of my movie. Also: WHY ON EARTH is the default setting to play a movie with subtitles??? That should NOT be the default setting. Subtitles should only be enabled if a user decides to SELECT them. I swear, whoever designed this app has deliberately gone out of their way to compromise the presentation of filmmakers’ work. It’s inappropriate. I hate this app now.

I don’t know where to begin with how bad this platform is. After using their platform for 4 years and uploading hundreds and hundreds of videos to my Patreon account, they one day (with not a single warning or a single strike on my account) deleted every single one of my videos. Patreon was my livelihood and I depend on it to pay my mortgage etc. I suddenly had a Patreon site that went from having around 1,500 videos to zero overnight. They stole 4 years of my hard work that I can never get back. They also personally reached out to days before deleting my account and convinced me to pay for a year long subscription to their platform at the highest pay level, then deleted my account with zero refund. This is minor compared to the thousands of dollars I’m going to lose this month because I made the HUGE MISTAKE of trusting this site. It should also be noted that even when paying the maximum amount for security my videos were still downloaded and shared on other platforms. They offer zero security and zero respect of content. If you value your content I urge you to look elsewhere. DO NOT TRUST THIS PLATFORM