I guess I have a much more pessimistic view of things than you. For reference, I’ve been homeless: kicked, shoved, stepped on, stepped over, mugged, camp broken up by police. I’ve learned not to trust people, generally speaking. I’m sure you’re right to say the video’s producer had no ill will in shilling in the way you describe. I’m not so sure that the profit motive is producing benign outcomes here. You seem to see a producer making a bunch of posters with different programs in order to try something new. I see a producer finding a way to bring a bunch of different programs together in order to capitalize on their fan/userbases. I call that exploitation. You see a guy out there just chasing a bit of paper down to stuff in his pocket, I see a content mill churning out lowest-common-denominator schlop and marketing in conformity to non-human (anti-human, in my decided opinion) priorities. I call this the decline of human relevance. Now, I can’t make those claims I just made exclusively on the description, though it is extremely suggestive in that direction. I’m going to… ugh… watch the video. Develop my multidisciplinary mindset and all that, despite my curmudgeonliness.

Edit: Okay, I… ugh… watched the video, and… It wasn’t that bad? He had a nord ad but I can just skip that. Once the video is up I can’t see the description. I was expecting way worse based on only that description. I even laughed at one of his jokes. He also had a surprisingly “fuck capitalism” viewpoint for someone shilling so hard in the description, which I appreciated. Let this be a lesson to me on judging books by their covers. The whole world doesn’t work the way it used to for me. I owe you apologies for being difficult and thanks for being patient.

Oh and I accidentally gave you the wrong video on that third link, it was supposed to be “…but that’s just my opinion, man.” Did you ever see The Big Lebowski?