brands I refuse to work with

[@jerichonikolai]

Im lowkey sick of peoples sponsorships being hard to skip. Like, get your bag, but im not looking to be sold to and having it hard to skip within chapters makes me honestly stop watching the content.

[@shawnaripari]

this is a good point, having chapters makes the content more navigable (I need to start doing this too 😅)

[@sungexpression9093]

Yeah chapters or text that says sponsorships until the ad read ends

[@Ellie.chaos007]

​@@sungexpression9093 also non skip ADS with the Yellow band. Like at the beginning of this video like come on. Just because i have yet to figure out how to put AdBlock on my phone

[@Ellie.chaos007]

Conveniently deleting comments I see.. yeah go figure

[@Ellie.chaos007]

​@@sungexpression9093not to mention the double ADS before the videos that you can"t skip. Those are about consumerism as well.

[@mjmgato]

Not a specific brand, but one thing with sponsorships that really bothers me is when the self-proclaimed minimalism channels are receiving free items every single video for sponsorships. The dissonance of values there makes no sense.

[@Magicpoppy]

True, I also feel weird about sponsering (apps-monthly subscribtions) on financial responsible channels....I mean if we're tryinging to save money....🤔

[@mjmgato]

@@Magicpoppy You’re so right - the ads for gambling game apps especially get me…

[@Helcaloth]

An additional point - as someone from outside the US, a lot of sponsorships for services are not relevant or available anyway so it's just... Noise (think tax services, many subscription services for food, most health services etc). Still annoying, but at least I'm not feeling any pressure to buy lol

[@shawnaripari]

I love your mindset on this 😂 I've actually been approached by companies that don't sell/ship to Canada but wanted to sponsor me anyways. I was like what.... ? Your comment reminded me of this

[@leannewalker1422]

This is why I subscribed to you a couple of videos ago. Your ethics and integrity is admirable but you tackle the topics with intelligence and grace.

[@shawnaripari]

Thanks so much Leanne!

[@SimplyKatieWalks]

One of my favorite creators just asked her audience if she should do a temu haul. She's a planner/planning creator. I expect some (happy planner) but not temu. I'm definitely disappointed.

[@morganwentworth2041]

Once in a while I'll wonder why I unsubscribed from X because I used to enjoy their content, and then I'll remember they've done multiple Temu hauls and/or sponsorships. Literal finance KZbinrs have done this. I definitely have seen it in planner KZbin too

[@shawnaripari]

this is disappointing

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I unsubbed from a few beauty KZbinrs for plugging Temu

[@belindagritter1572]

I was surprised at how unethical sponsorships can be! Keep shining the light.

[@shawnaripari]

Thanks Belinda!

[@sheree._.]

specifically speaking about links-i feel like affiliate links have given anyone and everyone the opportunity to be a micro-influencer. like, years ago, you had to have a specific larger presence on social media to be gifted an affiliate link from brands (to be fair, it’s still like that for plenty of companies), but with something like amazon, anyone can apply to be part of the program. so now we have this culture of content creators with tiny followings trying to make as much money as possible by constantly linking EVERYTHING they touch, and it adds up. how many hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people are essentially itemizing their lives and attempting to sell us themselves, link by link? i think small creators deserve payment for their hard work, OF COURSE, but not like that.

[@shawnaripari]

this is actually a great point, it's become easier than ever to sell things

[@beautyandthebeaker]

The amount of emails I get about sponsorships concerning vitamins/supplements is wild! My channel is so small, but they are like, “but you’re a REAL scientist, so people will believe you!”…..Which is exactly why I won’t do it! I don’t know the medical history of everyone. Allergies, medication interactions, ect. I can’t in good faith promote anything like that. Ever! Ewwww Plus I’m a physicist and not even a MD! I’m not that kind of doctor! Ack! I’ve never ordered from Temu either, and have zero desire to start….and the VPN services drive me bonkers! I’m like, no. Just no.

[@shawnaripari]

Why am I not surprised! The vitamin companies are so alarming with that

[@TheBriar_123]

I hate mobile game sponsorships. It’s so disingenuous, “add me with the link below and I’ll see YOU online!” No. You won’t. lol. You’ll never be online after this video goes up!

[@mariejulie.k]

I love your videos, haven’t purchased anything in a month (skincare/makeup/fashion), now i make lists , and only buy what I finished and need to rebuy!

[@shawnaripari]

congratulations! this is amazing

[@fenflies]

Better help enrages me on a whole other level. They advertise themselves as a company who matches you with a therapist; *presumably* a *licensed* mental health therapist. In reality they LITERALLY hire anyone and none are required to have any kind of license let alone a degree. They are putting vulnerable people with real mental health issues- people with trauma, with neurological conditions- in the hands of fucking randos. …I cannot fathom the level of evil the creators of this company have inside them.

[@shawnaripari]

YES, this is such a problem

[@emilynordt153]

There was also the whole controversy of allegedly selling individuals data. There also just annoying with the incessant ads that I block and then get in another form a few months later

[@dniki2152]

Oh my I didn't know😮

[@amandak.4246]

i feel like it CANNOT be legal to send an email and then say at the bottom that it's private. like, it's uninvited spam, you haven't agreed to any contract. i understand not wanting to take the risk and potentially have to get a lawyer, but i really don't think that's enforceable.

[@Lia-hn2ht]

Been seeing your content pop up more and more and I’m enjoying having you talk while I clean my room or do homework, thank you! Subbed :)

[@shawnaripari]

ouu I love this, thank you so much

[@needlesoffire]

I highly suggest looking into Hello Fresh and Factor, they’re both quite sketchy

[@dniki2152]

Can you please give some details, my daughter uses it often as she doesn't like to cook.

[@needlesoffire]

@@dniki2152 they have been found doing what they can to make sure their workers don’t get better pay or hours, just a lot of abuse of power

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I used Factor for a while. The food was good but got too pricey for me.

[@katebodman2706]

I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos! I discovered ur channel a few weeks back and u are really helping me to think more consciously about my shopping decisions. As a kpop fan, my youtube is always filled with yesstyle cider and other fast fashion sponsorships so it feels so refreshing to hear someone shed light on how damaging these brands are. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING ❤

[@shawnaripari]

thank you so much Kate, this means a lot 😭

[@jennifersatelier1]

When a creator will only make a video when they have a sponsor 🙄

[@Ikine557]

I just expect every video to have a sponsorship now. I've installed sponsor block and it's the best thing I did since I installed adblock.

[@beautyandbeyond347]

Gaming app sponsorships drive me crazy. I skip all sponsor sections except Hello Fresh, because I like to see what they cook!

[@zeinababukar1933]

hello fresh is also a shady company btw.

[@christineg6123]

One of my favorite organization creators did a collab with an expensive vacuum only to sell or declutter it months later bc the hub was so big in her small apartment. I side eyed her when she took a picture company and never permanently hung the pictures but after the vacuum i just skip her ads. No integrity but she helps ppl declutter for free so there's that.

[@kat_thefruitbat]

I have unfollowed a lot of minimalism and organization creators within the past couple of years after noticing them take a serious downhill turn. And by that I mostly mean they have entered into an endless cycle of overconsumption, excessive PR and sponsorships, wasteful/impractical organization methods which often involve even more overconsumption, and careless/unsustainable decluttering. Probably two years ago, one channel I was subscribed to at the time made a video that was supposed to be about organization, but 100% of it was an advertisement for The Container Store. The entirety of the video literally took place inside one of the brick and mortar store locations, and she had someone filming her while she went around showing various products and giving suggestions on ways to use them and whatnot. I watched less than half of the video before I started skipping ahead to see if there was a point where she was no longer in the store, and when I saw that there wasn’t, I unsubscribed and haven’t watched another one of her videos since. Greed is a parasite which can be found at the core of so many problems.

[@morganwentworth2041]

I am LIVING for everyday May. I imagine it is probably not sustainable long-term but I'm loving all the content

[@shawnaripari]

Thank you Morgan!! This makes me so happy 💕

[@ashaeerie]

agree!!!

[@vvitch-mist20]

I'm poor and I shop at SheIn. I spent like $100 total on both my orders and I plan on using these items until they break or I die lol. I hate when people are like "But broke people" and then buy $500+ of cheap shit.

[@lorenabpv]

tbh the only time i actually used a sponsored product it was software (as an international viewer, most products people do sponcon for aren't even available here and i basically only buy local these days so). but i was already in need of a vpn tool and this youtuber i support does spon for one, so i used his code. that being said, it's someone i support through patreon more directly, so the spon was mostly to get the affiliate discount.

[@katzenfrau]

all the meal kit companies like hello fresh need to go away, too. eta: also, June's Journey. like what the absolute hell is happening, get out of here!!! no!!!

[@thebrieffect]

The way I’m so sick of the June’s Journey ads😩 nothing about that game sounds fun to me 😭😭

[@clawwestfall8799]

What's wrong with Hello Fresh and other brands like that? 😅

[@katzenfrau]

@@clawwestfall8799 I hope you are joking! 😅😅 but if not, there's too much that's wrong!!

[@clawwestfall8799]

@@katzenfrau I'm simply not familiar to them as they aren't available im my country, so I didn't look into them! I've had few pretty reputable influencers indorse them, so I was just curious. 😅

[@katzenfrau]

@@clawwestfall8799 too expensive, wasteful packaging, poor treatment of workers, etc etc. yeah, many influencers advertise them blindly just for the money. which is just more proof you really can't trust anyone who is selling you something lol

[@vanessar9722]

I'm so tired of sponsorships. At this point I skip 99% of them. It's extremely obvious when the companies give the influencers talking points they have to mention ("America's number one meal kit!") which automatically makes everything said Sound dishonest. I'm also especially disappointed with videos doing the "I bought from Temu to compare with the original videos". At this point no one needs to ~try Temu anymore. We pretty much know everything and you just don't care. Even if the result is that Temu stuff is terrible, you still gave them money. You still give them a platforn. Gah!

[@shawnaripari]

YES no one needs TRY Temu. That bothers me so much too

[@Spanishgirl1994]

Really enjoyed this video, and much respect for sticking to your values!

[@shawnaripari]

glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@Tamietwist]

Your videos are sooo good. My videos are more silent vlogs. But man I love hearing you talk about these types of topics.

[@kimberlydalcorso6394]

Your honesty is refreshing.

[@pitcherday]

The meal kits like to proclaim about how there isn’t any waste because if you need a teaspoon of oregano or whatever, that’s all you get. But everything is in separate little plastic bags, some, like FACTOR_ have microwaveable plastic trays, covered by plastic film, inside a cardboard sleeve, this stuff needs to be kept cold, so now it’s insulated packaging and cold packs. All. In. The. Trash. You can meal plan, and make all the meals you need for the week in one or two days, put it in the freezer in your personal reusable packaging to reheat… boom, your own personal convenience meals. Sick of meal kits!

[@nightcorelove2626]

The Hello Fresh ones are mostly all biodegradable paper

[@lovesophiexox]

I unsubscribe and ask KZbin to stop recommending videos of those who’ve partnered with better help in the last 3 years, I feel it’s so unethical as it’s not that hard to find the problems with them, and so far the 2 creators I’ve had to unsubscribe from did not even have other content around mental health, so it’s not like it’s a priority for their channel

[@doobt]

your makeup looks so good, goes so well with the glasses! :-)

[@themagicknightress7132]

Not super related, but how do you deter fruit/fungus flies in your plants? I end up buying a bug-killer to get rid of them and then it doesn’t ever fully work

[@Shetooktothewoods]

I just cannot even with Betterhelp. The blurb on the bottom of the email is standard for all offices that fall under HIPAA in the US. It’s on every one of my (proper) therapist’s appointment reminders, etc. (Though I’ve always found it funny that you obviously read the email before the privacy notice). So, no, that doesn’t apply to their business outreach emails. It’s just boilerplate in case somebody emails something that could be covered by HIPAA. Selling even the fucking names of your patients - past present future just wanted information wtfever - is absolutely illegal. Selling their actual medical record?!? I mean, somebody there has to have a license to lose. Well, welcome to late stage capitalism where most of our agencies are led by industry insiders.

[@juliemclachlan1861]

I didn't realise what the people of scent bird was like til I watched a recent youtube video. She spouts some terrible views eg on miscarriages and cancer. I wish youtubers would research the products, companies and owners of the items they promote

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I used to get ScentBird and was shocked when I saw that!

[@magicivy]

Oh my god, a BetterHelp ad played in the middle of your BetterHelp segment. Jesus H. Christ. 🙃

[@ultraboombean]

Wth...Like a doctor/psychologist canno5 just sell patient data..uh what..Better Help does not deserve a special pass..It is not ethical but maybe if you offered free services in exhange for info...I dunno but just taking info from patients and saying see ya is bad.

[@andreacmcp2014]

Tecnically it is HIPPA violation.

[@estherforcier2366]

I wuit watching a creator because almost every video she is doing now is to show how to make money reviewing products on Amazon. But, you have to download her instructions.... I don't know what happened to her planner videos or her planner company because she never tells about them anymore.

[@dubsbeautydiary]

I hate when creators have a sponsored post on something unrelated to their content (hello fresh, I’m looking at you)

[@ashaeerie]

I am truly enjoying your content and the way you talk. Thank you.

[@shawnaripari]

glad to hear it 💕

[@micheleann1737]

Bloom should have sponsored Emilia fart. She could have made the funniest sponsored video by stating the brand and doing the most random things.

[@eljaneenglis6693]

ahh finally someone pointing out betterhelp :

[@deborahlagunitas]

Sephora & Ulta, and Disneyland ambassadors irritate me. Also couples who each have a youtube channel though in a different area. and if they have a kid they include photos or scenes with the baby, so we tend to coo and are pulled into the fantasy of their life.

[@amandak.4246]

gotta dislike for calling brands fatphobic, which isn't a real criticism, and then not even giving any examples or details. encouraging people to eat healthy or even lose weight is not a bad thing. the actual issue with those companies is that you can buy the same shit for cheaper at costco, and that relying on supplements leads some people to neglect their diets (not eat fruits and veggies)

[@jordanmclifton]

.... Did that last brand try to pull the brand version of the fboy 'lol hey ur hot, send noods'??? Like????

[@t091293]

you have such a pretty face!