mkbsd/README.md

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Because selling out is bad

How to use

MKBSD comes in three variants! Node.js, Python, and Rust.

Running in Node.js

1. Ensure you have Node.js installed.
2. Run node mkbsd.js
3. Wait a little.
4. All wallpapers are now in a newly created downloads subfolder.

Running in Python

1. Ensure you have Python installed.
2. Ensure you have the aiohttp Python package installed (pip install aiohttp).
3. Run python mkbsd.py
4. Wait a little.
5. All wallpapers are now in a newly created downloads subfolder.

Running in Rust

1. Install Rust and Cargo

   • If you haven't already, install Rust and Cargo by following the instructions at rustup.rs.

2. Navigate to the Rust Implementation Directory

   • Open your terminal or command prompt.
   • Navigate to the directory containing the Rust implementation.

     cd MKBSD
     

3. Build the Project

   • Run the following command to build the project in release mode:

     cargo build --release
     

     • This will create an optimized executable in the target/release directory.

4. Run the Executable

   • After building, run the executable:

     • On Linux/macOS:

       ./target/release/mkbsd
       

     • On Windows:

       .\target\release\mkbsd.exe
       

5. Wait for the Process to Complete

   • The program will start downloading wallpapers. Wait until it finishes.

6. Find Your Wallpapers

   • All wallpapers are now in a newly created downloads subfolder.

   FAQ

   Q: What's the story behind this?

   On September 24th, 2024, well-known tech YouTuber MKBHD released Panels, a wallpaper app that:

   • Had insanely invasive, unjustified tracking including for location history and search history.
   • Charged artists a predatory 50% commission (even Apple takes only 30% for app purchases).
   • Forced you to watch two ads for every wallpaper that you wanted to download, and then only letting you download it in SD.
   • Gatekept all HD wallpapers behind a fifty dollars a year subscription.
   • Had many wallpapers that were essentially AI-generated slop or badly edited stock photos.

   Especially given MKBHD's previous criticism of substandard companies and products, people justifiably got upset given that this looked like a pretty blatant grift and cash-grab that is exploitative of the fan base that's trusted his editorial integrity over the past fifteen years. However, on the same day, MKBHD wrote a post doubling down on the app.

   Q: Aren't you stealing from artists by running this script?

   MKBSD accesses publicly available media through the Panels app's own API. It doesn't do anything shady or illegal. The real problem here is Panels and MKBHD's complete inability to provide a secure platform for the artists that they're exploiting working with. Any other app could have avoided the issues that make MKBSD possible had it been engineered competently.

   License

               DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
                       Version 2, December 2004
   
    Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
   
    Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
    copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
    as the name is changed.
   
               DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
      TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
   
     0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.