The boys are joined by Patrick Rambles this week and kick off their chat to see if Daniel is any closer to switching to a Mac. Patrick, Alex & David all over Mac Mini insights to try and help the decision as they also compare the base model Mac Mini's to fully specced machines.

Alex updated us on how the No Android November challenge went and talked through the pain of switching ecosystems constantly, and diverted the chat to how he wants to use this as a showcase for future sponsor integrations.

Patrick also revealed his strategy of moving away from dedicated videos and trying and focus on core content for his channel as the focus of the pod switched to its usual look at YouTube and the business side of creating.

The chat couldn't be rounded up without a mention of the One UI 7 Beta at the end by Daniel, as he didn't want the pod to end without at least a chat about Samsung's latest software.

All that and more on this week's Minus Sixteen!

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Daniel’s latest video: https://youtu.be/wLSmENZ-1mE?si=XOq0R8aFTw6Pg1GJ

Alex’s latest video: https://youtu.be/mzJT46G70b0?si=QtDRGkPZQCQymdOR

David’s latest video: https://youtu.be/09rxYRTvG8U

Patrick's latest video: https://youtu.be/HUizYbqPUio?si=nPA0DQvmwL3pMl_U

00:00 Intro

02:00 Daniel’s M4 dilemma

06:10 Breaking out of an ecosystem

10:15 Patrick’s Mac of choice

12:00 The Mac mini - the perfect portable device - is Apple up to something?

17:55 Our OCD is happy!

18:10 Alex and his Android free life

23:15 Choosing brands for the business

26:55 Working with a manager

33:15 The balance of making dedicated videos

36:25 Apple fanboy videos

39:15 How much can you charge?

44:25 Should brands be more transparent?

47:25 Dealing with bad debts in the creator economy

52:55 The benefits of networking

56:00 One UI 7 Beta

59:10 Selling packages

60:00 Losing Twitter followers