What's your opinion about famous Youtuber's who sell out to sponsorships?
What is your opinion about famous Youtuber's who sell out to sponsorships? It seems to be happening alot. Do they need the money that bad? They've made videos in the past without them so why now? I refuse to support or donate any money to anyone who does this. Does that make me a bad person? I could see if it were an indipendent studio making movies or a company testing out expensive equipment for the community but for a 10-15 minute review about a game? Why?
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Just because some are willing or able to do it for free/subsidized doesn't mean that model works for everyone.
Plus, people gotta eat...just saying... maybe consider the same statement in the context of newspapers or tv or music or software or more traditional art like painting and it will make sense
I mean.... If you can get paid for talking about something that you like, do it. I do enjoy some of the "homegrown" content they deliver.
"Youtubers" and what not are mind numbingly stupid, on the whole, though.
Selling out? I call it getting paid to do what you love. That's the American dream right there and congrats to anyone that can make a living doing what they love.
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Do you mean Youtubers who pimp their t-shirts and Audible trials at the end of videos or someone like JonTron who joins one of those big networks and then all of a sudden their videos have an entirely different overproduced feel? If I made my living on Youtube, I'd jump on the money train no matter where it's headed. But I like shows like Game Sack where it's clearly just two guys making a passion show on zero budget.
I'd say all 3. People who say this video is brought to you by blah-blah sponsor, people who say if you liked this review then check out my shitty t-shirts or use my name and get 10% off shitty posters no one wants, and the people who get so popular they their videos just don't feel the same anymore.
I understand that producing a high quality video takes time and money (camera's are not cheap) but I'd much rather support someone who has something to give back to the community. For example My Life in Gaming.
People gotta eat, and nothing wrong with pocketing some extra on top.
I mean seriously, what's wrong with getting paid? Where's the mindset?
Uhh.....egh...blarg, I can't believe my favorite YouTuber/Musician/Writer/Whatever is getting paid to do what he loves now. SELLOUT!!!!....wtf, why so serious?
I understand that producing a high quality video takes time and money (camera's are not cheap) but I'd much rather support someone who has something to give back to the community. For example My Life in Gaming.
People have different viewpoints on what is "giving back to the community." If they're getting the views to get a sponsorship, they're doing something that makes those viewers happy. Otherwise, the sponsorships would go away.
Me personally, as long as the video isn't a commercial in and of itself (Looking at you JonTron) then nothing wrong with saying "This video brought to you by Brawndo, It's what plants crave!" or something else to those lines.
People gotta eat, and nothing wrong with pocketing some extra on top.
I mean seriously, what's wrong with getting paid? Where's the mindset?
Uhh.....egh...blarg, I can't believe my favorite YouTuber/Musician/Writer/Whatever is getting paid to do what he loves now. SELLOUT!!!!....wtf, why so serious?
Nice Idiocracy reference. Its a true picture of our future.
Regardless, as the infinitely wise Too $hort has said, "You should be gettin' it. Get it while the gettin' is good, get it while you can."
It's annoying when they don't say it's sponsored though or mid way through talk about their sponsor. I have ad block so I don't have to sit through and listen to ad's...now these freaking Youtubers are putting ad's in their videos...wonderful.
But the worst so far I think is ThreadBanger making videos focusing JUST on their stupid over priced boxes. I like their videos but their box is over priced and I have 0 interest in it. They also make their box videos seem like actual craft videos...so you click on it and watch a little bit before you realize it's basically an advert for their freaking boxes. Seriously...
Selling out? I call it getting paid to do what you love. That's the American dream right there and congrats to anyone that can make a living doing what they love. I envy them.
For real. So many people are so negative towards youtubers, almost mean tbh.
Who wouldn't want to get paid to talk about video games and be able to make money off something you actually enjoy doing and have a passion for. If you get a few million subscribers and give them content they enjoy, why not have a few ads and make a living off it and ride that gravy train for as long as possible. Life is short and full of misery, enjoy that shit while you can.
I also hate seeing people say "get a real job". It just sounds like someone who is jealous to me. A job is a damn job. Some of us have awesome ones that we earned or lucked into. And some of us unfortunately are stuck at shitty ones or can't catch a break. Some of us have back breaking jobs, and some of us have jobs where we barely have to break a sweat.
If you found a way to put your 40 hours or less and make a living, good for you. And if you can do that and do something you actually enjoy, even better.
P.S. I am not talking about the youtubers who spend 5 minutes making a video with no content or prouction quality.
Do you mean Youtubers who pimp their t-shirts and Audible trials at the end of videos or someone like JonTron who joins one of those big networks and then all of a sudden their videos have an entirely different overproduced feel? If I made my living on Youtube, I'd jump on the money train no matter where it's headed. But I like shows like Game Sack where it's clearly just two guys making a passion show on zero budget.
I'd say all 3. People who say this video is brought to you by blah-blah sponsor, people who say if you liked this review then check out my shitty t-shirts or use my name and get 10% off shitty posters no one wants, and the people who get so popular they their videos just don't feel the same anymore.
I understand that producing a high quality video takes time and money (camera's are not cheap) but I'd much rather support someone who has something to give back to the community. For example My Life in Gaming.
I'm a huge fan of Glenn Fricker, of Spectre Media Group, who does music rants and reviews, studio tips, etc, and he is "all 3" of what you described. Honestly, it works and makes perfect sense. The guy reviews music studio equipment, which is notoriously expensive(gee, I'd love to pay $799 for a rack unit that helps cut out just a weeee bit of feedback), so he gets equipment to try out from his sponsors. He also openly voices his opinion on equipment he thinks is pure crap, even companies tried to pay him to say otherwise. Really, no work-a-day Joe Schmoe is going to be able to afford the kinds of equipment he reviews on a regular basis(he does record-on-a-budget specials too), so the corporate sponsorship is practically a necessity, and raises no eyebrows. He also sells shirts with funny sayings on them, etc. It's all part of the gig, man.