You've heard it a thousand times. You're watching a video on YouTube and suddenly they ask you "and please subscribe to our channel", or maybe they tell you where their subscribe button is located since you could never hope to find it on your own. This trope includes authors asking for you to vote for or donate to them. Or any other time that authors are giving you free content, but then they expect something in return. Whether it's your promise to come back, your vote that their product is indeed awesome, or your hard-earned lucre. Examples of Please Subscribe to Our Channel include: