My 8-year-old actually informed me that this was in the game and followed it up with, “I want to die.”

That’s more of an exception than the rule.

I’m on the family plan, and it’s certainly expensive compared to other streaming services. But I use YouTube both personally and professionally. I teach, and whenever I need to show a video, having a work account with premium is invaluable since I can’t install ad blockers on campus. My wife and kids all have their own accounts under the family plan as well. We all use YouTube music as well.

Google pisses me off and I’ve been getting out from under their heel for a while, but YouTube premium is something that I genuinely find value in paying for. At the very least, I want to financially support the creators that I watch and this is the best way to do so while avoiding advertisements.

Dreams is an “all-animation” version of Procreate.

They built a new engine for it, and it’s very scalable, but unfortunately the new tech means that many of the great features from procreate aren’t there yet. They’ve put out a road map to let people know the features they’re working on, but it will take some time.

As an animator, even with major features missing, I still use it all the time and don’t regret my purchase. I am excited for it to improve, though.

Anyone trying to share an invite code? My gratefulness would know no bounds.