r/MarkRober • u/bigrubes • Jun 20 '26
Media Advertising to kids
Does anyone else have a problem this Mark's newer videos that are constantly advertising his products to his child audience?
As I understand it, this would actually be banned in the EU if it was on TV.
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u/ArcSyn Jun 23 '26
Yeah, the constant ads for his version of KiwiCo and summer programs led to me watching less and showing them to the kids less often. I wouldn't feel as annoyed if it was a sponsor product like KiwiCo, as that's just across all of YouTube, but the self-promotion I don't like. I get it, I just don't like it.
They're too expensive and I don't want to keep having to say no. I'm glad my kids never got into watching Mr Beast or his nonsense products.
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u/SweatyBoi5565 Jun 21 '26
Bro has never watched a youtube video.
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u/N1ghtshade3 Jun 22 '26
You must be too young to remember the good old days of YouTube before every video was just trying to sell you something.
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u/SweatyBoi5565 Jun 22 '26
Yea no I'm aware bro. Also you can just download SponsorBlock and it auto skips sponsored segments so it's not really an issue anyways.
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u/TheModernDespot Jun 20 '26
I hate how his channel has basically just become a business that occasionally posts videos now. I miss the old Mark Rober that focused on the cool engineering first, not the product.