Disney Has Lost The Kids

[@jackalope3557]

Using what is practically slave labour when your products have some of the highest margins of any product in existence is so unbelievably evil. They could have paid the workers a normal Italian salary and still had way way above average margins on the products. Perfect example of the bad shit that happens when companies seek ever growing profits.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Take away the slaves' water rights and they'd be on par with Coca Cola or Nestle.

[@tacticalpossum7090]

Yes, but they sell relatively few items. Markets are run on quarterly projections

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Investors want the highest profits possible. Any CEO trying to run the company fairly and legally will be replaced by another that will do anything to raise profits.

[@ayoCC]

@@rumplstiltztinkerstein The luxury products are in a unique position, they can absolutely afford paying a normal middle class salary on making their items...

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@ayoCC Yes. They absolutely can. But the board wants to maximize profits. Many people simply don't care.

[@joel-k]

A bucket of popcorn costing more than the movie tickets will never not be insane to me

[@Ser--]

It's not that insane personally

[@phillipanselmo8540]

I live in brazil and it has been that way for over a decade

[@Caketurtle7]

Bro wdym that makes sense?

[@clubpenguincheate100]

Movie gets shown to many people at once, popcorn bucket is merch. Makes complete sense

[@Minidisc_cc]

⁠@@clubpenguincheate100what about this makes sense? It’s not like merch can’t be bought by multiple people

[@weeznaz8195]

Having movie theaters show content that isn’t movies brings theaters back full circle to when they first opened. They would show news reels, war propaganda, sports, and other non movie content.

[@bpouelas]

Anakin and Padme were among the few characters in Star Wars to NOT fight the clones

[@archieforbes8166]

Fr, the glizzard ain't know tho

[@monoshima6424]

🤓☝️

[@mikkelrw]

I think he meant to say droids

[@dmitriyrasskazov8858]

I do too prefer timeline where Anakin decided to pursue formal education

[@bigz4829]

@@mikkelrw There are literal scenes where Anakin will slice a droid in half for comedic effect.

[@mesook8953]

8:08 additional info: the “Italian” leather is actually from Northern Nigeria.

[@phillipanselmo8540]

yeah pretty much italy

[@jawadalam5014]

northern nigeria italy tomato tomato

[@emmanuelalagbala9590]

shoutout nigeria ig

[@pandasarenice4917]

​@@jawadalam5014I legit read those two "tomato"s differently

[@LonelyAncient]

Disney workers collapsed from heatstroke because the park was too cheap to fix an AC, at the same time they're increasing their ticket prices and limiting what you can ride even if you do buy a ticket. yeah, I think I'd prefer them to fall at this point.

[@lazy747unitedairlines]

@shubamrachappanavar2708bro

[@desmondhume]

my dad works for regal and he always shows me internal emails and they are absolutely obsessed with popcorn buckets. they're worse at it than amc though and their eras tour buckets were late so they just made small plastic buckets with handles for that movie. huge miss

[@atrioc]

💀

[@GoodlyPenguin]

Taylor Swift popcorn bucket would be insane

[@itsprivate3061]

its collectibles, people dig that xhit

[@LP-rn6id]

I only have Regal theaters in my area and I’ve noticed that the few popcorn buckets they make are pretty unimpressive quality

[@desmondhume]

@@LP-rn6id the tin ones can have great art on them and the kung fu panda takeout box tin was a huge hit, but they are usually so mediocre. you'll never catch them making something like the amc dune bucket

[@michelemartinelli6472]

I am Italian and I had no idea that Dior was on the sweatshop as well, we only had news about Armani here. Anyway, they are going to say that there was a middle company which did not do the check properly

[@adamschafer]

Video has been out for 10 seconds annnnnnd it’s already all over my ceiling

[@anonymousbison5451]

I don’t get it can you clarify what is on the ceiling?

[@lucasflores1552]

@@anonymousbison5451 his semen

[@thunderboltpo]

​@@anonymousbison5451tears because he's been laughing so much! 😂

[@zandermartin3445]

Same man, a lot more went on the ceiling every time the Dune Bucket was on screen

[@NickelW]

​@@lucasflores1552thanks for clarifying!

[@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38]

To avoid paying high prices for snacks at the movie theater I smuggle food in my belly (I eat before going).

[@A-Letter]

Based and foodpilled (The pill is in the shape, size and orientation of a standard lettuce-tomato-bacon sandwich)

[@the_cool_dudz9394]

My movie theaters don't care so I just sneak whatever I want in my purse heheheheh

[@ieatgarbage8771]

Basically piracy

[@T0NI_]

We usually just brought sodas and candy in my moms bag growing up, and just got popcorn at the theatre. Nowadays I’m too lazy for that, and if I’m going to the movies I’m just expecting to waste a bunch on snacks

[@theucheao]

@@A-Letter it’s called a BLT not a LTB

[@switcher0022]

My biggest regret of the past year is not missing out on NVDA, but missing out on the dune bucket

[@trimixoxo]

he never told me to open my eyes again so kept them closed til the video ended

[@domotron3598]

Why did you open them after the video ended? He never said to, did he?

[@That-_-Guy]

@@domotron3598blind

[@SimsWhoSmokeWeed]

they should still be closed smh fake fan

[@u_s_e_rname]

He used braille to type it

[@trimixoxo]

@@domotron3598 I like to break the rules here and there

[@Tallglassofchris]

I absolutely love how every movie theater around us is floundering except the drive ins. Two drive ins have survived since the 50s and they have been absolutely booming ever since Covid. Every night they’re absolutely packed with kids playing adults making new friends and a fun atmosphere. Makes me happy to see company’s that promote community being very successful.

[@TrueNargin]

That fake sale thing is funny - we've had things like that happen in Poland for as long as I can remember and somewhat recently UE passed a law requiring every price tag of something on sale to include the lowest price of that product in the past 30 days. I imagine USA might do something like that as well.

[@arintech4583]

This is 100% without a doubt, one of the best marketing Mondays I have seen from you. Incredible work, it seemed like the video was just of a higher quality and set a new standard; it was great to watch. Thank you for all of the work you and your team put into informing us.

[@mesook8953]

16:25 my blood pressure spiked when I realized!!! WAZZUP BEIJING!!!

[@jammed_yam]

Finally bro I actually jumped in my chair

[@flame85246]

My criticism of “more movies being made” is that it’s not necessarily more good movies being made. Just because you can turn out more and more slop doesn’t mean the state of cinema is in a good place

[@djinnhe4rt340]

Yeah it’d be good to see what is on this list

[@crediblesalamander8056]

2 things i would assume, though they're not mutually exclusive. 1- more indie movies. 2- more movies made for streaming. on streaming movies don't really compete with each other the way they do at the box office. if you're subscribed to netflix you're paying the same price for all the movies they release in a year, so they can cram more movie into the calendar.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

The movie industry is gonna become Penguinz0 and Pyrolive

[@lazy747unitedairlines]

bro this comment is dumb. legit back in the 1920s and 1930s movies were made on a fucking assembly line. more people than ever can make movies I’m sure theirs plenty of good ones you haven’t seen

[@flame85246]

@@lazy747unitedairlines this is factually incorrect. According to the IMDB, 9838 films were made in the 1930s (1930-1939) where as 24924 films were made between the year 2000-2007 alone. While it is true that more films were made by Hollywood in the 1920s (800 films compared to 500 in modern time), increasingly more films are made outside of Hollywood than inside of it. I’d suggest you do your research before calling very mild comment dumb so that you don’t look dumb yourself. Oh and two corrections for your grammar. First it would be “there’s” not theirs as you are trying to say “there is plenty of good movies”. Second, it would be “there are plenty of good movies being made” because the word “movies” is plural.

[@Lyanraw]

Japan makes high quality movie tickets designed to be collected with high quality plastic and metal.... significantly better idea

[@Cleo-h3x]

Armani about to nuke this video.

[@theucheao]

Who likes obvious bot comments

[@ethernet764]

@@theucheao Is it a bot though? Joined 2008. Seems to me just some honest, hard working, only fans content creator.

[@pilazpilaz]

5:26 missed opportunity to show The Glizzler watching Steamboat Willie in 1928

[@qedsoku849]

If Temu actually offers their goods at a loss, Amazon could theoretically buy things from Temu to stock their US warehouses rather than get the goods some other way, then offer the goods for less than their old prices (still more then temu's but with faster delivery) and compete with them that way without even needing to sell at a loss.

[@LepRECON.]

That transition into wazzup Beijing was so clean

[@caioronnau5226]

bringing the Chinese sweat shop to a developed nation is literally part of the plot of a Will Farrell comedy, the campaign

[@samheidenreich8754]

I worked at a regal during the eras tour. Our location sold out of the Eras popcorn buckets within hours of us starting to sell them. We had to get another delivery the next day which also sold out quickly. Saw had one that sold pretty well too, but I'd never seen anything like that having worked at several movie theaters (pre pandemic, right after quarantine, and late last year). Regal was hard pushing the inside out bucket with its own custom ad before movies for a while too.

[@Code7Unltd]

>Taylor Swift stuff selling out fast Never underestimate the power of Grandma's wallet.

[@izot1061]

Getting both peak Disney channel and youtube at the same time was kinda epic timing growing up ngl

[@jammed_yam]

Followed up by worst time ever to be a young adult

[@Spyziy]

@@jammed_yam I mean.. it's not 100% horrible. Sure the housing market is broken, interest rates are absurd, healthcare is unaffordable in the us, and climate change is about to go insane.... but we have cooler cell phones and cars now!

[@freshlymemed5680]

​@@Spyziy Cooler cars with built-in distractions and death trap buttons instead of a stick shift! But hey at least we can pay a subscription for seat heating.

[@Spyziy]

@@freshlymemed5680 Fair enough, and I agree with you. I'm saving for a 2004 c5 corvette, so I get why you mention that. But in general, cars are getting pretty nice.. even if there's been some bad design decisions recently.

[@kaleb7636]

😃

[@IGiveTheBestTakes]

So.... movie theatres looked at gaming companies honing in on a select few whales and decided to just do that lol

[@temperstar8411]

"What do you mean you LOST the kids... Go find them." - Duke Cookem

[@Canoflegumes]

Pricing 100% has to do with the park issue. Families with children are currently much less likely to be able to afford trips to the park than 2 professionals with no children.

[@wildfire9280]

“Inside Out 2 is the biggest success story in Pixar history” Random chatter immediately after: “get woke go broke”

[@Roggor]

The caveat we must always remember to add is "does this adjust for inflation?". Gone With The Wind is still the GOAT when inflation is taken into account, without it isn't even in the top 100ish anymore.

[@wildfire9280]

@shubamrachappanavar2708 The last I heard was politics taking interest in them, not the other way around.

[@Freddisred]

It's not about being woke it's about refusing to pay writers for a new IP and an actual script, it's embarrassing out there.

[@ProjSHiNKiROU]

From my off the cuff memory on theater experience: It's like being on an airplane and being price gouged, waiting in line and other people being annoying are the common complaints.

[@TerenceChiII]

Real glad the true "wazzap beijing" intro is back!

[@GodTheThirdBean]

From a Showcase Cinema employee we have been showing UFC/AEW PPVs and those usually get packed considering tickets for those events are like $25 and you don’t have to pay $60 for a PPV. We also bring back movies usually studio ghibli movies and brought back Shrek 2 one day and those theaters were full. Another movie that’s been doing well randomly is twisters for MX4D

[@Roggor]

Cinemas still have the advantage of an AV system that even home cinema enthusiasts cannot rival. My local cinema now does retro showings of titles like Back To The Future, Shrek, James Bond, etc. and apparently those do just as well or better than current releases.

[@ScooterFett]

on the topic of the Disney vs KZbin streaming thing, as a streaming service, KZbin is free (with ads of course) for a kid to go watch. whereas with Disney+ someone has to pay for the kid to watch it.

[@Code7Unltd]

That's also why Tubi's been doing gangbusters in audience. The popularity of FAST is also making Disney look into linear channels for their platform, not realizing that they're popular due to the price tag (which is to say, the lack thereof).

[@DixonYamouf]

Disney has the Pixar lineup and those are worth paying for imo

[@ahoj4480]

@@DixonYamouf They "were" worth paying

[@MrWhiteKniight]

​@@DixonYamoufPixar was literally about to shut down before Inside Out 2 😂

[@thePyiott]

Disney got a centuries worth of media Library, surely they can afford to release something on youtube.

[@yellowtintin4778]

Watching wazzup Beijing in China rly gets the blood pumping

[@aDeprivedSeal]

-1000 social score! Watch only Chinese creators!

[@discipleofdagon8195]

​@@aDeprivedSeal KZbin is banned in China -1000 social credit for firewall evasion

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

The whole Dior scandal of the 5000% markup is classic. Before companies were importing Chinese sweatshop workers into Italy a lot of companies were doing the same in my home state of West Virginia where they could put a “made in USA” tag in their clothes but also pay bare minimums because WV cost of living was atrociously low. My civics teacher’s grandma worked in a textile plant in WV where they made collared shirts for all major design brands like Polo, Ralph Lauren etc. said each company had a dedicated production line. Where IZOD had the crocodile sewn onto the blank shirts. Polo had the rider added and even Walmart had Walmart branded tags sewn in.

[@austinreed7343]

Another example: theaters began showing regular episodes of Demon Slayer, re-edited for theaters as special editions, due to how well Mugen Train did. Transformers also had some redubbed episodes too

[@banjackpear]

As much as I love it I think it's really funny how marketing monday went from talking about marketing to talking about chinese politics

[@fxshlein]

if someone finds out how that exact nacho cheese sauce is made I'm NEVER stepping into a movie theater again

[@just__mate]

Watching a 22:22 long video 22 minutes after it's release. Truly an Atrioc "G.H" II moment.

[@mcLaudrup]

Just did the same thing

[@D0rlisok]

The 22nd of July.

[@nerfirelia8235]

One of my favorite parts of Marketing Mondays is when Atrioc talks about how a multi-billion dollar company is "going through tough times"

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

Love that headline on luxury brand where it is more important to MINIMIZE the drama relating to sweatshops vs PREVENTING swearshops 😅

[@tuamaputanna2897]

There's a saying in Tuscany that Prato is the chinatown of italy. It's so bad you can find chinese sweatshops right beside the police station clearly in view and no one bats an eye

[@whyriceofficial]

how tf is atriocs video research so good, I literally wrote a whole product cse study on the deminims shipments for temu vs amazon for business school and took me like a few days

[@TheNitram8]

Every country on earth wishes it had a population so willing to consume.

[@cmonkey3698]

That DIOR story is literally the plot of The Campaign....

[@WonderMotion]

we love a marketing Monday, can't wait for next week's to feature more! US! Politics!!!!!!

[@dcoy8666]

True , too much politics lately. Like there aren't 1000 other videos for that

[@owenschwartz]

This is literally the most nuanced news I get. Keep it up big G!

[@jammed_yam]

Gatrioc😢😢

[@williambbq]

20:44 - "IDK yeah just use the least legible font ever IG"

[@ivanthaboi]

I thought that was enchantment table for a sec, still don't know what it says

[@chipstick3856]

⁠​⁠@@ivanthaboi”I didn’t know what it was, surely someone else does not too”

[@noonhigh]

We love Markup monday

[@timward9968]

My first Marketing Monday as a subscriber. Awww yissss.

[@ornq8378]

Inside out 2 was the first movie ive seen in theaters in forever... well it was online recorded in a theater and someone was screen sharing it on discord so...

[@andrewbrown6279]

If I ever find out one of my friends or family members collects popcorn buckets. I'm never talking to them again.

[@fabdragon2071]

I was in germany for FIFA 2012 and it is amazing to have a community center to watch sports that isn't a bar stool. If AMC do this correctly they could really unlock something

[@emmae1768]

I stopped going to the big theater and instead go to a local theater where the “expensive” tickets are $9 for adults and family popcorn and a large drink is $12. Plus they let you put your butter on. The downside is they only okay 5 movies at a time but it’s worth it to me for the absolute absurd prices at the big chains

[@ic0nic707]

0:18 “To when Anakin Skywalker and Padme fought the clones.”

[@patrick1532]

14:24 Carbon footprint go brrrr

[@robjones-io]

2:45 That popcorn song goes harddddd tho 💀

[@the_crum]

i couldn’t edge to this… i exploded IMMEDIATLEY! cleanup on aisle MY PANTS‼️

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

A hospital in my city messes up a surgery, the patient sued the hospital, during the trial the hospital hired a private detective to spy on her to determine that she was all healthy, the patient lawyer found out and used it as proof that the hospital was guilty and trying to pain the patient in a bad light, then the hospital had to pay up 24 millions. Suddenly a month later the article was scrubbed and the company behind the hospital announced they would close the doors... Worse thing is when i explain the backstory no one believes me because the article is scrubed!

[@IzzyWyld]

This video appeared on my recommended at LEAST four times over the past 11 days, and when A man said popcorn buckets I was like “This is THAT video?!?!”

[@dragontears]

On the theater issue, i think there is a lack of praise for indies. I dont know the economics of it, but thats where my money's been going. I went to see The Matrix (1999) at my local 100+ year old theater this month. Havent been to the local amc since The Marvels, and hadnt been for a really long time before that. Like im going maybe once a year? As opposed to monthly.

[@chad9923]

That deadpool bucket got me 🎉

[@coolguy3726]

Pokémon colosseum soundtrack hits different shoutout editor nice touch

[@willmiddleton7932]

Worked at a theatre 2 years ago and got a huge discount on those cups and buckets. Shit was so nice. Marcus’s thing was that if a movie wasn’t big enough to warrant a bucket like The Batman then Marcus would roll out plastic cups. I took 3 Morbius cups because I thought Morbius was funny.

[@fujster]

15:00 Bro they're genius, a lot of temu products are literally the same price as amazon now

[@RecliningWhale]

Tbh, the 'theater experience' is often more detrimental to my enjoyment of a movie. Sure, the big screen and surround sound is nice, but it's not worth the extra cost, lack of pause, and people and kids making noise. I kind of want the deadpool popcorn bucket, but I never eat popcorn so I'll resist the urge to waste the money.

[@swagonometry9893]

That wolverine bucket got me actin' obtuse...

[@everybodylovesoleg]

I was actually thinking about getting the Deadpool one just because but that makes sense why it’s so marked up

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

Disneys really took Ariel dragged her into G.I.M.P when up top to image, and clicked invert.

[@dungeonrobot]

I know people pointed this out in the chat but isn’t doing a fake sale like Amazon did illegal? From my understanding Fallout 76 got in trouble for the same thing

[@pvrple_FN]

i like how i clicked on the video for the popcorn buckets but stayed longer because of how interesting the video is. w content

[@JacaboBlanco]

5:34 BRINK 😂😂😂😂 made me become a skater lmao

[@eizenga71]

Atrioc, this may be a thing that someone saw Japan doing and and said lets copy that. Universal Studios Japan has been consistently making themed buckets for different anime franchises for a while now where people line for hours just to get buckets. Of course you have your resellers who also flood the market afterwords. Pretty interesting that America has taken to this trend.

[@tophfingerboards]

Brink was fire we need a sequel where their kids race on skateboards.

[@aether7245]

Also, remember that weird Temu tiktok ad spam where they tried to show a "hack" that would supposedly make you money?

[@Niimsy]

Really trying to go for the record of "How many times can I retitle a video"

[@austinreed7343]

I’d love if anime movies started getting popcorn buckets.

[@6lack5ushi]

tell me we're in a dystopia without telling me we're in a dystopia...

[@Gustav0ooo0ooo0ooo0ooo0o]

12:57 atrioc find out Brazilian Black Friday

[@weafk]

Honestly the downfall of Disney would be such a great thing for this country. They destroyed so many IPs and stepped far too much into politics. This is great news!

[@stickbugstickbug6320]

Untill you realize the kids are growing up on crap designed to hold there attention from age 1 causing major psychological effects on them.

[@lazy747unitedairlines]

@@stickbugstickbug6320honestly I think something Disney could try is advertising on KZbin by putting up free episodes of their stuff

[@Doobydoe]

​@@stickbugstickbug6320 that is bad indeed but majorly the parents fault for not parenting

[@kaleb7636]

Agreed

[@kaleb7636]

@@stickbugstickbug6320 F them kids

[@baileykeller288]

Vail resorts is doing the same thing as disney. They arent putting near as much effort and money into ski school as they used to. Combimed with them jacking the price of day tickets ($30-$80 per person 15 years ago depending on resort to $300 recently at one resort but over $250 for most) means people aren't learning to ski anymore. They are buying mountain after mountain, but in 15 years their customer base will be tiny.

[@youcantseeme3456]

Tbh i went to the theatre like twice, for Bullet train, and deadpool 3, i think out of the span of 7 years for me

[@nickvanhoesen5065]

Changing the title of the video worked for me, good job big a

[@AD3SPG]

In 30-40 years they will have Disney walkers and electric wheelchairs 😂

[@gerharddamm5933]

Tie-in exclusive merch is actually genius.

[@Southern_Bot]

"Anakin and Padme fought the clones" -Atrioc

[@Thedevlll]

If movie theaters had a restaurants that offered lower prices if you bought a ticket for after I would go to the movies more

[@T0NI_]

My “you’re paying for the quality” dumbass friend is gonna find a way to defend that fashion part, guaranteed

[@pistachiostars]

I don’t know why exactly, but this has to be one of the better marketing mondays. Great video

[@JacaboBlanco]

Id love to watch big football games at a theater once in a while

[@mr.generalissimo5678]

I appreciated the video, I usually do for Marketing Mondays, and enjoy your content. However, I had something I wanted to note. During the Wazzup Beijing section, I found it unfortunate that Atrioc seems to dance around the main charge Europe, the US, and most countries imementing tariffs on Chinese EV imports. So much so, that he even rewords the golf carts headline and reports it as "people are saying too many golf carts are made in China and are driving American manufactuerers out" when the more accurate statement (and what the article has written) is that the tariffs are being called for because of accusations that Chinese manufacturers are dumping on the US market (dumping is selling at a price below true market value, often enabled via subsidization, in order to drive competitors in a local economy out of business). In this video, he repeatedly states or implies that the main reason for US tariffs is to correct the trade imbalance. This is probably true in part, but not mentioning the issue of accusations of unfair Chinese government subsization I think is a major ommission that deprives the video of some important context. The only time dumping is directly addressed is a claim that countries with large negative trade imbalances could feel annoyed since they feel like the benefitter is dumping on them. This doesn't address that in some cases, it's not just a country _feels_ annoyed because they _feel_ like they are being dumped on, but because massive government subsidies are actually being given by a foreign trade partner and are leading to domestic industries getting driven into the grave. If it was just one time, I would say it's just whatever, but this dancing around discussing Chinese dumping appears consistent. If my memory serves me right, he doesn't really discuss significant Chinese government subsidies in his Marketing Monday a couple weeks back that talked about European governments implementing tariffs on Chinese EV imports. Atrioc instead said that European manufacturers just couldn't compete. But the issue at hand is not solely that they can't compete efficiently. It's that the Chinese government gives massive subsidies that give Chinese EV manufacturers an unfair advantage requiring balancing via tariffs, which is what the European investigators concluded. This dance around discussing subsidies seems to be present throughout his streams. In the segments in videos on Big A about Chinese EVs and in his livestream VODs that talk about Chinese EVs, I can't remember a single time he actually approaches the subject and gives it more time that a passing half-sentence. Atrioc has repeatedly stated (mostly on streams/clips on Big A) that he reports the news about China's EV sector as it is and that he is trying his best to be unbiased. His claims about strong Chinese EV quality and the fact that they have significant technological development in the sector could be valid. I have little evidence as of this moment in time to disagree with his statements. He has also discussed how prevalent industrial espionage and more consensual (but still kinda forced) skill and technllogy sharing contributed to the development of the Chinese EV sector (there's a clip of him talking about how he called in a convo with Ludwig that Tesla's gonna go in to China, have to partner with a Chinese manufacturer, and then have them take all the intellectual property and trade secrets and kick Tesla out). But his, at this point, refusal to mention Chinese government subsidies in any depth deeper than just a passing phrase has been grating on me. There's some pretty strong evidence that China has been subsidizing their EV manufacturers to the point where you can accuse them of doing so to build an unfair advantage. The most recent major investigation was done by an EU commission and seemed pretty thorough. Now, you could disagree. You could disagree with the findings of the EU commission and other investigations and declare that those were wrong and that they were just more of a trumped up justifcation to support a move in the growing trade war with China rather than a fair and unbiased investigation. You could then introduce your evidence for this statement. I would be more than welcome to hearing such a charge, since it wouldn't be the first time something of that sort has happened in history. Alternatively, you could also take the view that government subsidization, even if massive and meant to drive industry dominance (via driving others out of business) is just outright a fair tactic and that many countries do it. In fact, you could argue that the ability for governments to have major subsidies is just comparative advantages at work at nation-wide scales. And if you are consistent in the application of this conviction, I'd say that's a fair view to have. But Atrioc doesn't do any of this. He just seems to dance around the subject. And this is not a discussion about whether China is good or bad. I just think discussions about unfair subsidization are important pieces of context in most discussions about tariffs and protectionism in general. Again, this is something divorced from a discussion about whether the Chinese government is good or bad. Now I might've missed a time when he does discuss this in detail. But I've been watching videos on Atrioc and Big A pretty consistently for last several whiles, and haven't noted any time like that. You could make the case that he probably has discussed them in a VOD sometime, and that might be true, since I don't watch that many VODs in their entirety. But my question then would be why he never includes such a discussion for any of his large KZbin audience. Now, I might have also just missed a time when he actually gave some weight to the charge. If there is, please let me know. Postscript: In a more regional context, this strategy of subsidy-driven dumping to drive out local competition is a charge that many levy to supermarket giants like Walmart. In this case, it's that the Walmart Corporation subsidies local branches to drive out local grocery stores, establush local dominance, and then have freedom to jack up prices. Some claim that this is a large part of why what are popularly called food deserts form: subsidized supermarkets come in, drive local grocery stores out, and then jack up prices, but aren't super profitable, so get shut down and leave the area bereft of fresh produce suppliers. I don't fully agree with this argument, but it is pretty popularly held. I find it humorous that Atrioc, who is someone who almost certainly would hate corporations doing this and denounce it, seems hesitant when it comes to Chinese EVs.

[@iceneko9170]

I wonder how theaters could evolve to become competitive... Its an interesting thought experiment. What comes to mind for me is to merge with the idea of a pc cafe. To try to become a 'third place' where people feel comfortable hanging out. They could also make more personal rooms to really take advantage of the super comfy lounge chairs they got. If i look at theaters with my family's bias, we dont even CONSIDER going to the theatre for 99.5% of movies we actually have interest in. We subconsciously see it an expensive luxury. Whether or not thats still true, i dont know. But thats a problem if they want to attract a general audience.

[@olliepoplol5894]

The gay baiting in Brink is so damn funny. “Now kisssss”

[@waozer]

can you do a whole video on this wazzup beijing section? very very interesting stuff.

[@ebenezer-scrooge]

they finally made funkopops 2 but with popcorn

[@chocobomerc]

22:00 i can't believe they did orange face

[@JacaboBlanco]

8:34 diabolically genius 😂

[@skullbeastly]

Big A I cannot close my eyes, I am driving. Are you trying to make me crash?

[@nacho02847]

lowkey the olympics at the movies sounds like it would be tuff high key

[@ghosty7754]

Atrioc should put his youtube videos in theaters and make a popcorn bucket for us to buy

[@alce97]

20:26 marketing monday when my parents walk in