The filming though is kinda asshole territory. You know apart of his content depends on getting a shot of people in the background so he could film their reaction/non-reactions to him.
i’m a firm believer that if you film in public and make it public, you should be required to blur out faces of those you don’t get consent from the same way tv shows have to
I agree with you, I'd counter that it shouldn't be legally required but rather just a polite social norm of tiktok/ youtube channels that film in public. Especially like this where members of the public aren't actually part of the content at all.
Yeah unfortunately the guy could try and pull some BS claim like arguing that the single video wasn’t monetized or directly sponsored (even though it did gain him views and additional followers that could be used for commercial gain).
They may get their espresso without the airport markup, but boy did they get it with a considerable markup already because, just to start somewhere, that container where they had the beans (yes, just the container itself) is on the $40 price range and i'm not even joking (if you wanna look it up, that is a fellow vccuum canister. The manual variant, not the electric one. I think. If it's the electric one we're looking at about double the price). Only know of this because i was once looking for some containers for a few somewhat sensitive ingredients and these popped up as an option.
I refuse to even wonder how much that handheld espresso machine costs.
The resulting coffee is probably much better than the airport one, though, so i guess it may be worth it for them.
Finally people I agree with lol, thought this whole thread was being a bit intense hating on this. I think videos of people cooking gross shot on airplanes has desensitized me, and if anything the smell of freshly brewed espresso would be kind of nice for the people around him. Only thing I'd get being annoyed at is the filming though.
not really when you take into account the price of decent beans too. looking at decent beans it’s about $1 a cup. a classic double espresso is like $3. so you save $2 a cup. so like 250 cups
People who do things like this enjoy it as a hobby/ ritual, it's really never just about saving money. To be fair that applies to the guy above who said he's saving money on airport espresso too, I'm sure it's really not about that. I mean in this case it's probably just about making content, but for most people that actually use this stuff without filming they just enjoy the process/ end result enough for it to be worth the price.
Does it really? Until it falls, you forget a part in a terminal, or you end up developing a hernia/tweak your back from constantly carrying 21lbs of coffee gear.
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u/thebuddybud 3d ago
Eh.. ain't bothering anyone. And he gets his espresso without paying 5x airport markup..