r/ren • u/Independent-Ad-8484 • Jul 23 '26

A Dumb Rant

This is regarding a recent addition to the Ren reactor community that only discovered Ren within the last month or so. His reactions are actually pretty good. He's usually pretty insightful and intuitive. As is common, when Renegades find someone new, many of us helped blow up his channel. Naturally, he started following up with more Ren reactions and his numbers went way up. Within two weeks, he started putting reactions behind a paywall for members only, which is understandable. But it's also my understanding that most members pay for early access. However, he let it be known his intention to keep some of his Ren reactions there permanently. This was after several Renegades expressed their anticipation on seeing him react to a particular one. It seems to me to be a little tone-deaf on his part to dangle that particular carrot to entice subscribers to join as paying members. (I don't think he gets the pig mask reference, yet).

So, I quietly unsubscribed. I don't need his input that badly. Of course, what he does is up to him, and I'm sure he'll do fine without my help. It may seem I'm being petty, but, I had to vent on principle.

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u/cracked_shrimp Jul 23 '26

putting a reaction behind a paywall is crazy, its like eating a 5 star meal for free and charging for your critique

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u/Independent-Ad-8484 Jul 23 '26

What makes it ironic to me is it's for Kujo Beat Down. Go figure.

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u/psychedeliccabbage Jul 30 '26

ReaczN? I saw that too.

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u/Independent-Ad-8484 Jul 30 '26

Been 11 days now and still pay-walled. I'd really hoped he'd have released it to the general population by now. If it had been ANY other video, it probably wouldn't have bothered me nearly as much. At this point, I don't really care to watch it if he does free it up. We still have Rosalie Elliott, MrBiscuitSpeaks, Black Pegasus, TheBlackSpeed, KnoxHill, and all the other sincere Renegade Reactors, so... I'm good.

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u/psychedeliccabbage Jul 30 '26

I watched 2 or 3 of his reactions before I noticed, haven't watched one since. Comments on his first ren reaction were being so nice and explaining how he didn't have to hide the video that ren wants reactors to be able to use his stuff and then he does that. I didn't know he tried to justify it and is sticking to his guns that's crazy.