One big part of my job in the coming days, weeks, years (hopefully) will be to map what users have been asking for, link all of this to opportunities our side, then set the right priorities (because we wonāt be able to do everything, all at once) based on your feedback (that we value a lot) and on some of our own plans (because we also value some things).
Now, I understand youāve been asking some things for years so this may feel repetitive for you but with the right tools to track them, Iām sure the team will eventually take them on. Iām looking at better ways to do this our side, both in terms of getting your input in and in terms of getting the output out. In the meantime, if itās not there already, donāt hesitate to post in Feature Request and upvote the things that matter to you.
Sometimes we may still have to say no to some ideas for some reasons. For instance (sorry Iām not going deep right now into your post but Iām taking the opportunity to give you a bit of insights form the inside): when you ask for multilingual comments, it is an extremely good suggestion. But until now, it would have been impossible to moderate them (I agree with you, with AI, this changes things, but AI has also a cost).
Your money is not used to fund third-party apps. The only apps Trakt is funding are the official ones: the website and API, iOS, tvOS, Android and LITE (which is cross-platform by nature). You may not like LITE but it is us exploring things and what will come out of it will benefit Trakt, one way or another, and thus will benefit you. Maybe not directly if you are not using it. For instance: localisation is something built-in on LITE, like you mentioned. This is us learning things.
My expertise and talent (thank you 
) is and will be used to build a better Trakt, and Iām saying that in a bigger way than just the iOS app. Thatās the whole point, yes! But without killing third-party apps, like Rippple and many others on the way there, is a plus in my opinion. I may be biased tho 
Again, Trakt is not funding the other apps in the Partner Program. It has been built in a way that makes you get better apps (if you use them or want to use them) by giving developers that created awesome experiences better tools (including referral links who give access to revenue sharing ā sharing, not funding!) to do it. If it helps, you can see it as an extension of the Public API, which is something that spawned a lot of apps that a lot of people loved over the years bringing more people to Trakt.
I think the car comparison is not fitting, while the Netflix comparison isā¦ but we can disagree 
I wouldnāt say it is a coincidence because the price increase started way before the Partner Program. Also, we are trying to add value to Trakt VIP all the time, so, inevitably, when we increase the prices, you will see something as being the cause of the other.
) but I have a plan and Iāll use my past experiences as a user, as a developer of a Trakt app and as a Product Manager to improve everything that can be improved.
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