The IRL pilot YT streamers getting free copies of aircraft (which probably has been going on for a long while across many sims and aircraft add-ons) is one thing, but them being given free copies and then *paid* extra? Did FilbertFlies show any proof of this or is he just conjecturing?

The likes of 320 Sim Pilot, V1 Simulations, A330 Driver, Into the Blue, Blackbox 711, etc have always been straight shooters and are highly experienced IRL pilots as well as simmers across multiple sim platforms (I've heard them complain and be very critical of aircraft they've gotten free for review). I very much doubt they're going to say something they don't really mean or feel. And from what I've heard so far from these particular pilots about the ini A350, it seems in line with the majority opinion: yes systems fidelity is not at the level of the highest fidelity birds like the Fenix/PMDG/etc, and that the price is likely too high by $10-20 or whatever. That said, for the price one gets three variants and versions for both MSFS 2020 and 2024.. the market (i.e. us users) can decide on whether that's the right price point or not.
 

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by lwt1971

Interestering verdict from Filbert 👍🏻🤗

30 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

but them being given free copies and then *paid* extra?

If they get paid for something it needs to be stated in any youtube videos using it. If they don't say it, they haven't been paid.

I'm not sure what Twitch's rules are for sponsored products.

Chewwy94 is sponsored by ini as well, he's never said he's been paid directly, but sometimes ini does come in and drop a ton of gifted subs to the channel during preview or release day streams, no idea if they do that with any of the other sponsored streamers, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by Tuskin38

Since this was lost as being the final post on page 43, I'll post it here. Patch notes for 1.0.2

https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/25990-inibuilds-a350-airliner-for-microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-2020-v102-released/

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by Tuskin38

10 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

If they get paid for something it needs to be stated in any youtube videos using it. If they don't say it, they haven't been paid.

What folks aren't consistent on is, a gifted plane counts as being paid and needs the "paid content" disclosure.

 

11 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Chewwy94 is sponsored by ini as well, he's never said he's been paid directly, but sometimes ini does come in and drop a ton of gifted subs to the channel during preview or release day streams, no idea if they do that with any of the other sponsored streamers, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Chewwy is also a content manager for MS. I know MS is ok with his streaming gig since he was doing it before he got hired. The sponsorships in general are hard to get a feel for outside of them gifting planes.

On top of it, some content creators buy the views and subs which just makes the whole thing a circular laugh factory.

That is a pretty big update!

13 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Since this was lost as being the final post on page 43, I'll post it here. Patch notes for 1.0.2

https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/25990-inibuilds-a350-airliner-for-microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-2020-v102-released/

Good job.
Let's get this beautiful bird out of the hangar where it has been kindly parked since the beginning!

19 minutes ago, BrammyH said:

On top of it, some content creators buy the views and subs which just makes the whole thing a circular laugh factory.

None of the ones I follow.

Filibert is talking nonsense. Any paid promotion has to be disclosed by law.

39 minutes ago, Farlis said:

Filibert is talking nonsense. Any paid promotion has to be disclosed by law.

Really? By law??

5 minutes ago, Simon_C said:

Really? By law??

Yes, they should be disclosing it to YouTube so that Youtube can put the correct tags or identifiers on the video.  It is largely the honor system though and I can see people viewing this differently depending where they are in the world but that is YouTube's rules... 

Yes, OK, Youtube rules are not the "law". Under law, I actually understand federal law, or whatever it's called in your country, as in, it's a crime if you don't do it and there are serious consequences.

Everything else is something like "you should...". And that has today as much meaning as nothing.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by Simon_C

Great FPS improvement for the FS2020 version! Just testing it... very nice update! 😃

1 hour ago, Farlis said:

Filibert is talking nonsense. Any paid promotion has to be disclosed by law.

I have not seen Filbert’s video. But yes, you must let YT know you have received anything of value to make the video. This is the section you fill out.

Paid promotion

If you accepted anything of value from a third party to make your video, you must let us know. We'll show viewers a message telling them that your video contains paid promotion.

 

My video contains paid promotion like a product placement, sponsorship or endorsement

By selecting this box, you confirm that the paid promotion follows our ad policies, and any applicable laws and regulations. Learn more

1 hour ago, Simon_C said:

Really? By law??

Yes, by law. And Youtube has to abide by the laws of any country they are available at. That is why they have that rule in the first place, because otherwise the local law enforcements would go after YouTube.

 Where I live it is indeed a federal law.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by Farlis