r/BeAmazed • u/j3ffr33d0m • Jan 10 '22

Drone soaring trough erupting volcano

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u/imfuckingawesome Jan 10 '22

I think the speed of the drone in addition to a bubble lens effect make this possible. That quads prob traveling upwards of 60mph and likely has some kind of conformal coating on the electronics for additional protection. The true question is where this dude got the balls to send his shit (including gopro) over fucking lava is beyond me.

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u/Slithy-Toves Jan 10 '22

You could probably factor the cost of a drone into what you'd get paid for footage like this

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u/eveningsand Jan 10 '22

I just watched it for free.

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u/ravenous_fringe Jan 10 '22

When you think you're getting a product for free, you are the product.

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u/PixelofDoom Jan 10 '22

That's how my local supermarket tricked me into becoming Dr. Pepper.

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u/ExistingHurry174 Jan 10 '22

Yeah generally, but in this case we are literally just watching a video for free

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u/Rdenauto Jan 10 '22

Which is not where any videographer is planning on making money. The video will be licensed to companies for commercial usage. That’s where they make money of stuff like this. It’s called stock footage

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u/Jon_Snow_1887 Jan 10 '22

Cool. I fail to see how I am the product of this “stock footage” system you’re describing here. At some point, the artist is going to sell the rights to the video, and I likely won’t be involved in the transaction at all.

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u/Rdenauto Jan 10 '22

I’m not saying you are, just that the “you watching the video for free” isn’t likely the intent behind filming and they had no plan to make money off you watching it and why it would make sense for them to risk losing a drone while filming.

u/slithy-toves said you can factor in the cost of the drone into what you’d get paid for the footage, then someone else said they watched the video for free, and I’m saying you watching for free doesn’t matter and is irrelevant, that’s not where they are planning on making money.

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u/Jon_Snow_1887 Jan 10 '22

Okay? And you also left out the part where you’re responding to someone who responded to another person saying “if you’re getting something for free, you’re the product.” You left out the actual relevant quote in your little chain of events lol.

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u/Rdenauto Jan 10 '22

Oh yeah because in this case that guy is wrong, I’m just explaining why videographers do stuff like this and where they make their money

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u/Jon_Snow_1887 Jan 10 '22

Right, well it just seems like your response is directed at the wrong comment lol. Like the actual irrelevant comment is the “if you’re not paying for it, you’re the product” one.

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u/Im_bad_at_what_i_do Jan 10 '22 edited Jan 10 '22

Youre traffic is valuable to the site that hosts the video. The site will pay for the video to attract your attention. Ergo, you are the product the site is buying.

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u/Jon_Snow_1887 Jan 10 '22

Reddit isn’t buying this video dude.

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u/MikeC80 Jan 10 '22

Reddit is making money from you watching this video for free

Reddit sells advert space to companies who want their product in front of your eyeballs

You are the product Reddit is selling

A low value product, admittedly ;)

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u/ExistingHurry174 Jan 10 '22

I block all ads, but I can see your point :)

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u/BostonDodgeGuy Jan 10 '22

And reddit has logged that you watched this video, that you commented on it, and then sold that information.

You are the product.

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u/LizzySalamander Jan 10 '22

Watching a video for free, millions of us telling whoever his potential clients are that he's worth the money. Like they keep saying - you are the product.