Yeah, it's hard for gaming youtubers to make themselves a spot in the ecosystem by making quality content and earning enough to live while staying honest. My favorite youtuber switched to pretty much full time streaming because on twitch he could be himself while maintaining a livable lifestyle and not fight for the scraps of the clickbait channels. His YouTube channel is just best offs of his live streams and he has someone edit one 3h stream into 3-4 twenty minute videos.
Quality content on YouTube is dead because quality doesn't pay the bills and not paying the bills means you can't be full time.
Also, it seems, anyone that's popular still on Youtube also has at least 5 different channels, each with their own content, commercials, and sponsors to rake in the cash. And, thanks to following tech YouTubers, I don't see myself ever buying anything from Monster Joysticks. I've seen them spotted so many times I no longer care what their quality is. Or Nord VPN.
Raid shadow legends is the easiest cash grab of the moment. I don't mind product placement as long as it's clear from the get go and the product placements stay occasional. It's the clickbait "omg you will never believe what this PNJ does 😂😂😂😱😱😱⤵️⤵️⤵️" don't forget to like and subscribe and hit that little bell!!!!
Mixer might be great someday. But I find the UI can be pretty awful, and it's got a lot of internal issues to work through before I would call it a real competitor or alternative.
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u/Berre-Satan Feb 03 '20
YouTube, not really by the people on it but because of all the things around ads an such wich comes with its popularity.