David LaChance, Jr.

Wizard Bard | BMI Award-Winning Film Composer | JDC Creator | AI Content Creator + Curator | Creative Director + Consultant for AI-Powered Media

[David LaChance, Jr. @DavidLaChanceJr]

Creativity doesn’t come from freedom.
It comes from choosing what to ignore.

In the world of AI, where there are no constraints on creativity, this is important to remember. If you are feeling the overwhelm...

Stop thinking:

“What should I make?”

Start thinking:

“What am I exploring TODAY?”

no friction = no decisions = no output

the fix:
pick 1 lane
timebox it
finish something ugly
repeat

#Creativity #AI #CreativeProcess #AICreators #AIworkflow #BuildInPublic #Discipline #DeepWork

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@robbystarbuck What legal action can be taken? It’s an ope and shit case.

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@CuriosityonX @AybarsTukenmez Sin

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ChatGPT could find nothing in Runway's fine print stating that unlimited Seedance access under the $95/month plan was temporary. While Runway did include broad language reserving the right to modify features and terms at any time, that is not necessarily the end of the discussion.

Courts often look at the reasonable expectations created by a company's marketing and representations to consumers. Runway actively promoted Seedance 2.0 as being included in its Unlimited plan, and many creators, myself included, subscribed specifically because unlimited Seedance access was a core part of the value proposition.

If a company markets a feature as a major reason to subscribe, attracts customers based on that representation, and then removes that feature shortly afterward, the question becomes whether consumers received what they were reasonably led to believe they were purchasing.

I'm genuinely curious whether there is a basis for a class action here. At a minimum, the reaction among creators has been overwhelmingly negative. Every creator I personally work with has either canceled or is in the process of canceling their Runway subscription. The trust has been damaged far more than whatever short-term savings Runway may have gained by removing Seedance from Unlimited access.

@runwayml #runwayml #seedance2

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@aroog1278 Yes.

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@runwayml I am canceling as well, all my full-time AI partners are canceling your service too. This is not how you run a business. You have likely dug your own grave with this one. Godspeed.

[fAIkout @fAIkout]

I gave @runwayml another chance. That was clearly a mistake.

When I subscribed to their Unlimited plan, one of the major selling points was Explore mode, which allowed for unlimited generations (two at time) using Seedance 2.0 at 1080p. That's what people expected. That's what people paid for. Then, after people had already subscribed and paid, the 1080p option was removed. The explanation given was that removing 1080p would help improve queue times and create a better experience for everyone. While people weren't thrilled about losing this, many of us accepted the explanation because we assumed there was a legitimate technical reason behind it and that the sacrifice would result in meaningful improvements.

Except those improvements never materialized.

What makes this even more frustrating is that throughout all of this, we were repeatedly told on Discord that work was being done behind the scenes to improve the queues. We were told that optimizations were being made. That things would get better. So, many of us continued our subscriptions because we believed those assurances.

Now, after all that, we are being told that Unlimited is effectively being abandoned all together in favour of a credits-only Max model, going into effect as of September 1st.

The sequence of events leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

Had Runway simply been upfront from the beginning and said that keeping the Unlimited plan was unsustainable, at least users could have made informed decisions about whether they wanted to stay subscribed or not. Instead, we were given the impression that the Unlimited experience was being refined, improved, and invested in for the long-term.

We were flat-out lied to.

I have since submitted a refund request, because the service I received ultimately does not reflect the service the was presented when I subscribed. Should that refund request be denied, I will be initiating a chargeback through my credit card company and providing them with documentation showing the features that were available when I subscribed, the subsequent reductions to those features, and the repeated statements and false promises indicating that improvements were on the way.

If you're considering subscribing to Runway, don't just look at what they're offering today. Look at how quickly that offering can change after you've paid.

That's not just a pivot. It's a failure in transparency.

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@EricSpracklen Lower the f****ing prices!

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Tennessee Mornings. #tennessee #bluegrass #cows #peaceful

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@lilmoemusic @CCardassian @EricSpracklen Being humble

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@EricSpracklen It’s just people of the chocolate persuasion doing what they do

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@Expedia rep literally just hung up on me in frustration. I will never use Expedia again. Horrible customer service.

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@AlexakaStatus @I_am_Hammerhead @Barchart Boomers

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@dlribeiro @Barchart And it’s by design, but why?

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@I_am_Hammerhead @Barchart Of course they don’t. Their greed and American Dream entitlement is the reason we are wall in this mess.

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@its_The_Dr This can’t be real

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Current mood. #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #midjourney

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@DegenShori @fandompulse Next gen will be 100% digital, that’s what they are preparing for

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@elonmusk That’s not invasion. It’s treason.

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@elonmusk They only win by cheating. We don’t have to engage with them, debate them, campaign against them, we just have to stop them from cheating and we will win every time.

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@Milajoy @bennyjohnson That woman is “bath in the blood of her victims” levels of evil.

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It’s not insane, but it’s way more complicated than that.

The idea assumes that if AI produces more goods and services, prices won’t rise. That only works if the things people spend money on actually scale. AI can make software, media, and some products cheaper, but it doesn’t suddenly create more housing, land, energy infrastructure, or healthcare. If everyone gets checks, demand for those limited things goes up, and so do prices.

It also ignores how money actually moves. When people receive checks, they spend them. That increases demand immediately, while supply takes time to catch up. Even if AI eventually boosts production, there’s a lag where inflation can spike.

There’s also a labor issue. If income is guaranteed at a meaningful level, some people will choose not to work. That shrinks the labor pool in essential jobs like construction, logistics, and care work, which pushes wages up and feeds into higher costs.

Another problem is political reality. Once a system like this exists, it rarely stays fixed. Payments tend to increase over time, and if they grow faster than real productivity, you end up with too much money chasing limited resources.

Finally, it assumes AI wealth automatically translates into broad income. It doesn’t. If a small number of companies own most of the AI systems, they capture most of the value. Sending checks is a redistribution tool, not something that actually increases supply where it’s needed.

So the idea only works if production grows in the right areas, fast enough, and alongside policies that expand real-world supply. Without that, you still get inflation, just in the places that matter most.

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