BUH BYE CAPCUT

I forced myself to get used to editing on CapCut. Yeah, on a phone. Now they’ve pulled an Apple-kills-Final-Cut move and detonated trust. Instead of making the product trash, CapCut is treating the creator like garbage.
Now I’m forced to go on to the next thing. Reminds when Apple killed Final Cut. I’m sorry if you edit on CapCut r Final Cut. I’m not going to down Final Cut Rabbit hole. But we are going down the Capcut Rabbit hole. What happened? CapCut’s new terms are a corporate raccoon rummaging through your hard drive, shotgun blasting your ownership into confetti, and licking the crumbs off of what’s left of your creative dignity.

When you upload anything... your edits, your voice, your face, that footage you swore would never see daylight… you hand them a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free hall pass to do whatever they please with it. They can chop it up, remix it, slap-chop it, distribute it, sell it, redistribute it, resell it, and let any third party do the same. You don’t get paid. You don’t get asked. You don’t get to pretend you didn’t know better. You read this and there’s no turning back.

Reddit is on fire about this and it’s not just whining for once. The terms are engineered to strip you of any practical control. You technically keep your copyright, sure, but CapCut reserves the right to wring every penny of value out of your work. It’s like loaning your car to a friend who immediately lists it on Turo and pockets the cash while you watch from Curbville, Ohio. It’s a real place and it really sucks. Yes, it’s all real. I said that.

Yes, they can shove your voice and likeness into ads or promos without another word to you. No, there’s no compensation. You agreed the second you hit upload. If you think this is fine, keep using CapCut and pray they don’t decide your latest edit pairs well with a toothpaste commercial in Guangzhou. If you don’t, pick another editor that doesn’t behave like a landfill scavenger in a suit. DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, OpenShot, literally anything with less appetite for your intellectual property. CapCut’s terms are a legal mugging with a polite smile.

Use it if you like watching your creative work get turned into a free buffet.