This tweet is spot on and exactly what people have been pointing out about the whole situation. If a production company or PR agency offers you a deal you don't like, just say no and move on.
So in yesterday's podcast, Scoopcast threw major shade at the YouTubers who attended the Ramayana event, claiming everyone was "paid" just because the PR took care of travel and stay. Honestly, it just looks like a clear case of jealousy because they didn't get special, personalized VIP treatment.
The reality is they are suffering from a massive lack of active viewership, and they barely make content that even resonates with the core Ramayana crowd to begin with. The lack of consistency in their work lately is glaring. Amish and Aman both got married last year, one of them is a father now, and the laziness is just obvious. They got way too comfortable, and it completely killed whatever hustle they had. Even Vish has been constantly taking digs at Ramayana for the past few weeks.
But the absolute most ridiculous part of their whole rant was them saying, "Hume kya kaam dhandha nahi hai, jo muh uthake chale jaye jab bhi wo bulaye?"
What "kaam dhandha" are you talking about? THIS IS YOUR KAAM DHANDHA.
You get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get exclusive early access to the biggest Indian cinematic event of the decade, and your excuse is that you are too busy? Do you even know how many eyeballs and how much traffic this brings to a channel? When content creation is your full-time profession, you drop your routine tasks for a breakthrough milestone like this.
From what is clear, everyone who went got the exact same last-minute notification and equal treatment. Scoopcast is just salty they weren't begged to come. Instead of moving their asses, they sit back, watch channels like DDC pass them by, and criticize others for actually putting in the work.
This whole negative narrative feels like a textbook "abhi batata hu inko" attitude. They are throwing a public tantrum, hoping the PR team notices the noise and spoon-feeds them exclusive invites next time just to keep the negativity away.
You have to move yourself before criticizing others. Stop calling out other creators' hustle just to hide your own laziness.
I am writing this as a paying customer. When I signed up for this service, I paid for the product they initially showed me, which had functional, diverse chat styles and consistent quality. I did not sign up for the completely different, broken service they have suddenly forced upon us.
Here is exactly why the recent changes are a disaster for both old subscribers and new users.
The broken default tier and malicious YAP compliance
They removed all the viable chat styles and left us with only two. One is CAI-only, and the other is completely broken to the core, giving replies that completely lack dialogue most of the time. This is what they are offering to new viewers who are testing the platform.
When the community rightfully backlashed, their response felt like pure spite. They introduced the new YAP style as a literal dig at user complaints. It is like management said, "Oh, you want characters to talk more? Fine, have this." Now, that style just rambles endlessly with zero coherence. They are intentionally breaking the balance so inner thoughts, scene information, and dialogue do not naturally flow. They are intentionally making it bad.
A failed business strategy that takes users for granted
They are clearly doing this to lower operating costs. While we understand compute costs money, making the service terrible for beginners is a massive blunder.
They think breaking the free experience will magically turn free users into paying ones. It will not work. Free users will just leave. They might see a tiny, temporary spike in premium sign-ups from desperate power users, but it will not last. If the initial experience is garbage, no one is going to open their wallet. You cannot grow a customer base by making your product worse and taking existing users for granted. That is how you lose people.
Stop trying to turn the app into TikTok
No one asked for frivolous, gimmicky features like creating videos. Literally no one is doing that. We are here for text-based AI character interactions. Stop trying to turn this app into TikTok. You are not that, and your user base does not want you to be that.
Users want consistency, not a completely reinvented, broken app every single month. People are keeping their distance because CAI has proven they cannot be trusted to maintain a stable, reliable service.
Everything you need to know about the Ramayana Set Visit
Here is a summary for people who don't want to waste their time searching videos and wasting time:
The "Ramayana Creatives" Treatment
Their ID cards didn't say "Media" or "Guest" they explicitly said "Ramayana Creatives." Namit Malhotra himself received the group and explained that they were named this because their opinions matter in bringing out the best final product. He was there with them the whole day and views creators as the vital link between the filmmakers and the audience, brought in to give honest feedback on what worked and what didn't.
The Itinerary: What They Saw
Namit Malhotra’s Q&A (Addressing the Feedback)
And yes, for those worried about the monster designs they are specifically adding teeth (tusks) to the creatures to make them look more authentic and Indian!
It’s actually over. I thought they couldn't make the app any worse, but they just removed Soft Launch and every other functional chat style. We are literally down to two styles now.
They’re so focused on pushing useless features nobody wants that they’ve deleted the only things that made the AI feel human. It’s not just a "bad update" anymore they are actively killing the platform. RIP C.AI.
For months, the only thing people did on this sub and Twitter was cry about how the Ramayana makers were "silent," how there was "zero hype," and how they were only focusing on international markets while ignoring India.
Now, the makers finally start the Indian leg of promotions by inviting YouTubers to the studio to actually show them the scale of what they’re building, and suddenly the narrative flips to: "Ugh, this is just PR."
...Well, duh? It’s a massive movie. Of course it’s PR. What do you think a promotion is?
And honestly, inviting YouTubers is the smartest move they could make. Mainstream media is basically dead when it comes to actual cinema discussion; they just want clickbait and awkward personal questions. YouTubers are where the actual core audience lives now.
It’s like people just want to be miserable.
Make it make sense. You can’t beg for marketing for weeks and then start crying the second they actually start doing it. If you’re going to hate, at least be consistent.