A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat Youtubers did you drop, And what caused you to do so?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat Youtubers did you drop, And what caused you to do so?A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoVeritasium. Sold out to private equity.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agothey gave the channel to a PE firm, its little more than some to push ads.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agohttps://www.electrify.video/news/electrify-completes-majority-investment-in-veritasium Hadn’t heard of this either, but it wasn’t hard to find
minus-squareotterpop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYeah I noticed it seemed to be different recently. Used to watch every video he put out but it’s definitely changed :(
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHe sold several years ago already
minus-squareCheesehat1784@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI got a weird feeling from him when he did a whole video (or ad) about head and shoulders shampoo.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoTrue, but the change was slow, and Derek still appeared in most of the videos at first.
minus-squareHuudaHarkiten@piefed.socialdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFireship too, sadly. https://startupspells.com/p/private-equity-firm-owns-favorite-youtuber-channels-veritasium-fireship
minus-squareboob_warbler@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHis contents are still miles better than some other YouTubers that were bought out. While I’m not pleased with the direction he took, I do not have any qualms with the quality or the content or the depth of topics.
minus-squareamorpheus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoSame here, I’d use it as an example of how to do that right.
Veritasium. Sold out to private equity.
what?
they gave the channel to a PE firm, its little more than some to push ads.
https://www.electrify.video/news/electrify-completes-majority-investment-in-veritasium
Hadn’t heard of this either, but it wasn’t hard to find
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Yeah I noticed it seemed to be different recently. Used to watch every video he put out but it’s definitely changed :(
He sold several years ago already
I got a weird feeling from him when he did a whole video (or ad) about head and shoulders shampoo.
True, but the change was slow, and Derek still appeared in most of the videos at first.
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Fireship too, sadly.
https://startupspells.com/p/private-equity-firm-owns-favorite-youtuber-channels-veritasium-fireship
His contents are still miles better than some other YouTubers that were bought out. While I’m not pleased with the direction he took, I do not have any qualms with the quality or the content or the depth of topics.
Same here, I’d use it as an example of how to do that right.