Why do free video editors add watermarks?
The watermark is a sales strategy: every video you publish becomes an advertisement for the editor, and the embarrassment of a branded export pressures you into paying. It costs the company nothing and converts frustrated users at the exact moment they've already invested an hour of editing.
It matters more than pride: TikTok and Instagram actively down-rank videos carrying other platforms' watermarks, so a branded export can quietly hurt your reach. Editors like EseCut skip the tactic — the free plan exports clean video, and paid tiers sell genuinely heavier features like 4K rendering instead of ransoming your own footage back to you.
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