This Youtuber Exploits his Audience and No One Cares

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[@thelasttellurian]

It's the oldest trick in any politician's book - "expose" something bad, blame it on the other politician, and promise they will fix it because they are "good". Yet we have been falling for this kind of scam for hundreds of years and still, people fall for it.

[@RONPEE-STINGER]

I blame the audience too He was telling everyone money corrupts you

[@d_1877]

​@@RONPEE-STINGER Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals character

[@RONPEE-STINGER]

@@d_1877 i said money corupts ppl

[@slaydog5102]

👁️👁️ .RAEN SI DNE

[@slaydog5102]

@@RONPEE-STINGER 👁️👁️ .RAEN SI DNE

[@Aries73]

“Fake it til you make it” has become too rewarding on social media due to the willful ignorance of its users.

[@ॐIo]

It has been a thing since forever, even "pioneers" like Jobs and Gates fit into that saying

[@slaydog5102]

👁️👁️ .RAEN SI DNE

[@pro-socialsociopath769]

Shhhh. That's how I learned social skills...

[@bjewel3751]

Most people are lazy and useless. It’s easy to entertain

[@akshayde]

Not social media. Capitalism

[@noel3700]

He should make HIS own voice being generated by an AI. Then he doesnt even have to pay voice overs anymore. Now that would be an even smarter move

[@ashleyshim2078]

Now that would be cool

[@biancat7761]

Don't give him any ideas

[@willywakka7830]

That would be so easy i wouldn't be surprised if he does that soon

[@freethinker3083]

Seriously there are already Ai sites that offer this service. I wouldn't be surprised if his voice switches back over but at the same time, he wouldn't have to pay for it, if he's filtering in new views and subscribers of his successful channel that don't care. The goal is to make as much money and spend as little as possible I would assume.

[@thomas.thomas]

@@willywakka7830 ai voice has improved but it is still not nearly as good as real one

[@thenewguyinred]

They say money doesn’t change people, it only reveals who they truly are. The same can be said for Jake Tran.

[@yeetboi268]

no, the sponsorships are supposed to be jokes

[@jdudbdjxb7687]

​@@yeetboi268is this a joke

[@boomperson818]

Not really lol, jake always had the same ambitions and always strived towards his goal since the beginning. Nothing changed

[@NobbsAndVagene]

It sounds like he was pretty open about it from the start, to be honest.

[@Mat-tg4fk]

Always loved the cynicism in his older videos, but his ego inflating diminished the quality of his content (the shameless sponsors were also annoying). The drama coming out only surprised me at the time because I thought that someone cannot be THIS cartoonishly greedy.

[@Deriv44]

One the big issues he no longer narrate any if his video to the end maybe he do the set up and definitely the sponsorship but not the rest he get an other guy who we don't know.

[@KatastrophicNoodle]

When people like that get sponsored it honestly just makes me dislike the sponsor. Like, magic spoon? Really? Definitely not getting that now.

[@otakubalagaming5686]

There's a point when he's content down graded, For me it's when he blonde he's hair.

[@michaelhutchings8599]

Especially when he said how unpredictable crypto was and then shilled a coin... Like, we see what you just did.

[@raymundoserna3449]

Wait what drama what happened I just ran onto this

[@kamikazeraider]

Finding out that he actually considered his videos instructive, rather than informative, was a crazy twist.

[@neuemilch8318]

But he was so Open about it, why was it a surprise?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@@neuemilch8318 he was so blatantly open that it sounded like satire

[@axos3130]

from a guy called the beta male, sounds about right lolololol

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

@@neuemilch8318 Consider; you're talkin' to US Americans. They are ... different.

[@neuemilch8318]

@@DaroriDerEinzige True, I am still impressed by this naivety

[@theedon501]

I watched this guy for like a week and then all his content became mush once he started getting a massive following. Props to him I guess for exploiting the algorithm and getting to the bag, but made himself look exactly like the parties he always “exposes”

[@stackedgaminginc]

Nah you people made him famous just like you people allowed this world to burn, others will follow in his footsteps and you people have learned nothing.

[@visassess8607]

Selling your soul is not a positive trait

[@daniel4647]

He obviously didn't care what it made him look like, being the hero was never part of his plan. I'm actually willing to bet that the reason he came up with the exposing the evils of rich people niche was because he studied this in his spare time because it's what he aspired to. Nobody reads Machiavelli to learn what not to do, people that care about morals already know not to do those things.

[@Alphoric]

But these people spend big so when his views drop he ends up broke and depressed

[@jamie6387]

Are you trying to blame his subs for his actions? A bit ridiculous lol@@stackedgaminginc

[@sheeeeep12345]

Finally someone exposing this guy. He always got away with his scam documentaries with sometimes fabricated or exaggerated small evidence to support his views.

[@mantasr]

Shouldn't his audience be best prepared for this kinda scammery?

[@Tardvark]

You'd think so

[@mantasr]

@@Tardvark Yeah, that's kinda my point. It's probably the best place for these kinda scammy ads. Right after the video explaining them. He still gets paid, but people are less likely to get scammed.

[@javier4741]

Exactly what I've been saying if you are dumb enough to fall for those types of scams you deserve to get scammed

[@RisingRevengeance]

Gullable people will probably assume that what he's promoting is safe since he called out the bad stuff. I mean it's all the same garbage but I can kind of see naive people falling for it.

[@gregoryl.levitre9759]

@@javier4741speaking of stupidity, your opinion is stupid. There is a scam for everyone, and there are more scams for people who think they can't be scammed. Victim blaming is scummy behavior, and it's often perpetrated by the guilty.

[@chaosbringer5248]

*Jake: Exposes Scams* *Also Jake: Promotes Scams*

[@KovoriaTheConquerer]

"I play both sides so I always come out on top"

[@velstadtvonausterlitz2338]

@@KovoriaTheConquerer "how long do u think can you play both sides before your house of cards comes tumbling down?"

[@yourroyalchungusness]

His entire life were scams

[@godlyking2200]

He doesnt scam though, people are just hating on this man and saying he scams, and about that message when he said what do you expect from someone who teaches you to be evil this guy skipped the whole explanation he put after. You dont have to buy what is promoted, if you like it you buy. He is not scamming nobody, people want it they use their monney and they get it, and the content is good so they keep watching. There is nothing more to it. This just amounts to him being attacked because people are mad he is making good monney from his strategy of sponsering certain companies, its not like hes doing what the people in his vids do.

[@velstadtvonausterlitz2338]

@@godlyking2200 how very naive of you, lol.

[@zan6585]

He started rubbing me the wrong way at some point but I didn’t have the words for it, thank you. Earned a sub!

[@styleandtheman4333]

At least we can say he’s honest, because while he teaches us about exploiting the system, his actions are speaking louder than his words.

[@tfh5575]

what does he know? he’s not in the circles he claims to be exposing so how do we know he’s telling the truth?

[@chaosemerald4603]

I care. I unsubbed and quit watching his videos. It's not going to do much. But it's all I can really do :)

[@Sturmensky]

Even if it's only a drop in the bucket, it's still important. The more people who do that, the more of an impact it makes. After all, what is the ocean but a collection of raindrops? Incidentally, I also unsubbed him - though in my case, it was back when he first started hawking scams.

[@gregoryl.levitre9759]

Me too. You can only control your own behavior, not the behavior of others.

[@numa2k147]

I did so and tought it was pointless... But y'all are right

[@diabolicalthoughts]

i was gonna sub to him but then he started to promote the same things that he talked about his video

[@abysses]

same thing i did. i also had to do the same with Disrupt recently. i hate it.

[@oneofthechannelsofalltime]

I never understood how he could "expose" this evil corporations almost every day. And worse, seeing people praise him like he's some kind of Edward Snowden. His near zero effort journalism, clickbait titles and my fees getting filled with his garbage got annoying very fast. And this whole necessary evil sigma male attitude was too much cringe even for me. He's one dude I won't feel bad for if he fails over and over again. Fortunately, people are seeing through his bs now. Thanks for this video.

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

he doesn't want to expose them, he wants exposure to them.

[@Reflox1]

@Baxi I don't care if he's successful or not, his videos were always very low effort and presented you with nothing new beyond what you could read in any tabloid article. He can sit in Bali and pose with models and drive fast vroom vrooms, it doesn't change that the content was always shit and that's he's a cringelord. If you watch this garbage you have already lost either way.

[@vladimiradidas1945]

It's funny that he made a career exposing these corporations despite all of the info is available to the public kinda shows how lazy a lot of people have become when it comes to research. I don't want to sound like a boomer, but people nowadays don't think for themselves and because the education system is so fucked they *need* to rely on people who have more free time and energy to do all of that type of research. In a world were people, especially Americans, are sick and tired of being exploited by billionaires who take advantage of the system, they do nothing to stop it nor try to fix it because they feel that no matter how hard they try, they're efforts are gonna get fucked over by the next guy and the cycle never ends. Jake Tran knows this. He knows his fanbase are gullible. He knows they're easy to get swayed to his side. And as a result, he exploited them by giving them shitty apps that 'supposedly' gives people tips on how to make money fast. By going after shady corporations, he's learning how to be shady himself. He's not Edward Snowden. He's not even a renown journalist. He's a manipulative piece of shit who goes after vulnerable people thinking he's on their side, but in reality all Jake will ever see them as is a quick paycheck.

[@RavenFrostwing]

@Baxi try hard edgelord.

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

@Baxi Evil only wins when good men do nothing. When we fucking hanged people in town square, we didn't have ANYWHERE NEAR the problems we have now. How many scammers or corruption do you think would plague the world right now, if they knew they'd hang for it.

[@aaa-a-aaaaaa3144]

this video is insane. you're an incredible creator. I love seeing your thought process through this.

[@officialdavidhuffman]

I seen it. He went from one of my favorite channels EVER in a very short time to be seeing it for what it was and avoiding the channel... All in like 8 weeks.

[@elindred]

A classic story of building a brand by grinding rep with your customers and then transitioning to withdrawing from your brand and reaping the rewards. When you start understanding this pattern you start seeing it everywhere. The one upshot to this is that many people are becoming more discerning in how much they invest in brands. Hopefully.

[@anonihme5142]

Activision Blizzard Tran xD

[@Hlieyto]

Yep, I enjoyed his documentaries when he narrated them, some were quite interesting. Though always skipped past the ads/sponsor segments. And as soon as he stopped narrating, and he got other people to basically do it for him. It became generic, overly dramatised, repeat snippets several times, American documentary style that just instantly turns me off and unsubbed. And saw what he was doing too, built up his rep, let other people do it in his place while he reaps the rewards.

[@johnr797]

Babish

[@madpad4397]

Annndd what’s the issue? Work hard and real Th benefits later. Y’all are just jelly

[@Merivio]

@@madpad4397 We're all seeking meaning rather than addiction, and don't want to support addictive practices. If you don't get what I'm saying by this, then there's no point discussing it.

[@rugbyf0rlife]

Im a scriptwriter for a number of 1m+ sub "documentary" channels on KZbin. You would be surprised by how few of these channels write theri own scripts or do the research. In fact, almost every part of KZbin except the voiceover, gets outsourced. However, judging by Jake's channel and his quality, he literally doesn't care or review the work.

[@lordtette]

Does the channel owner tell you they want to make a video on a certain topic, and you have to do all the research and then write a script? Or do they come in with the research in hand?

[@rugbyf0rlife]

@@lordtette depends from channel to channel. Most of them just give a topic and a vague indication of the type of theme or key points they want to make, then I go off and do all the research.

[@shaness112233]

@@rugbyf0rlife Do you work with Simon Whistler and his small army of channels? Do some channels request specific writers?

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

@@shaness112233 lmao! I was gonna ask the same question!!

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

This is why on the channels I actually watch and enjoy I give props to the host's researchers also.

[@romainbanks356]

I watched this guy channel since the inception. He was fully open on his practices (YT or journalism was not a passion but a get rich quick scheme for him), I was aware of the shady ads but did not care because that was not a channel oriented to a young audience (and his content was never about him, not like a classical influencer per se). Content is king and I liked discovering new subjects and making my own research on it after. At one point quality started to drop, the new voices didn't sound as good as his own and it is really important in this type of content. People started to complain a lot in the comments, myself included because the quality of the scripts and the subjects chosen started to take a nosedive. I hardly ever watch anything his factory is producing nowadays. I prefer channel like "moon" at the moment. Will see how long it last.

[@stepoole597]

I’m well into Moon as well, does some good pieces. He’s got a crime channel as well now

[@LikaLaruku]

Yes, the two channels are quite similar.

[@staciefreshener4032]

Even Moon is doing similar man , like he's just almost there. His vids also have questionable scams. Infact I found Jake Tran from comment section of MOON.

[@freethinker3083]

Man, you did a DAMN good job of breaking this all down!!

[@ekki1993]

It's a misconception that knowing biases makes you less succeptible to them. The point of human bias is that it is inescapable, and that's fine. In fact, thinking you're less succeptible to bias actually makes them more effective when they (inevitably) get past your defenses, because you have a harder time seeing the scam after it gained some ground on you.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Correct. Everyone is susceptible to a degree of Dunning Kruger driven denial. Check and balance is a must.

[@NelsonStJames]

it's not knowledge of your bias that makes you less susceptible, it's having a bias that you only have because of ignorance.

[@ekki1993]

@@NelsonStJames You don't have bias because of ignorance. Bias is part of our brain's hardware. It doesn't depend on what you do or don't know.

[@kringle7804]

Knowing of your bias helps against bias but never completely stops it

[@ekki1993]

@@kringle7804 Just "knowing" about bias doesn't dispel it. You can make an active effort to fight against it, which can somewhat help. But, in the end, that effort will inevitably have its own bias attached to it.

[@sz3611]

Jake forgot he isn't an oil billionaire, just some youtuber

[@BlooftubeBloof]

He's gonna turn into boogie.

[@NelsonStJames]

I don't think he's forgotten, and if he's as smart as he seems to be, he's probably already secured enough assets that if the youtube thing were to fold tomorrow he'd still be better off than the majority of people criticizing him for the rest of his life.

[@MrInsiipid]

@@NelsonStJames This. He's milked the hell out of any and all sponsors and already checked out enough money to not care about the fallout (if any at all). At this point it's a cash cow; and he'll just keep running it that way because, honestly, it's working for him.

[@jackson.6282]

@@MrInsiipid that’s like saying things are working for a heroin addict who’s always able to get his fix. I’m positive guy is just like everyone else, trying to fill a void with money. And he’ll learn just like everyone else that it doesn’t work. I don’t get why people think making money actually makes you happy, because from my perspective that’s what this comment looks like. Scamming, harming, doing people wrong, it always catches up with you. In some way or another. He might not care now, but some day he will. The universe works that way.

[@thecousinbellic]

@@jackson.6282 Does it now?

[@JACKBOOT12]

In all honesty Jake is a strategic genius in a twisted kind of way

[@i.m.3940]

I remember watching the lottery video when it came out. When it got to the ad segment I was actually amazed, I was thinking no shot he's actually going for it, to advertise a lottery in the middle of a video about how lottery is bad/evil. But he went for it, it was a real thing. I went down to check the comments and almost nobody gave a shit. My mind was absolutely blown that day. It's funny, in a way all of this just proves what hes been trying to "teach" in his videos all this time, his whole channel is living proof of it. As much of a scumbag move as it is, if you leave morals aside for a second it's kind of admirable how fast he figured out the formula and cashed out. There's definitely a lesson to be learned from all of this.

[@jazerasor1455]

Most of his viewers are aware of what he's doing but you're spot on, they don't care. I've never engaged with a sponsorship shown to me in a video, and frankly if you're stupid enough to fall for a "risk free lottery" we shouldn't call the scammer a criminal, we should call him a teacher.

[@ManWithFace]

videos been out for 10 minutes and the Tran Defense Force is lowkey here already

[@maskettaman1488]

Tran-ies are known to brigade and harass anyone that calls them out

[@vontai4553]

Not defending him but I don’t think he’s ever took a moral high ground … the whole purpose of his content is to be aware or use to your advantage

[@ridhosamudro2199]

@@vontai4553 he's stupid tho by revealing his hands too early

[@vontai4553]

@@ridhosamudro2199 honestly him getting exposed I don’t think most care or we’re even suprised I’d never buy anything from him …I think ppl only dislike him now is because he doesn’t voice his own videos and those narrating the videos copy directly from sources like Wikipedia

[@melonpoodle2728]

​@@vontai4553 Being honest about being scummy does not absolve you of you criticism. It means you're not a hypocrite, it means no one should "expect" anything different, but that's not the argument being made. If someone you know is an asshole suddenly punched you in the face you wouldn't go "meh, it's on brand for him" and walk away.

[@BigFx]

Loved his content, the turning point was a video about NFT rugpulls and how to detect them, that was completely legit. But at the end of it he plugged his NFT that checked all the rugpull boxes (wolf society or smth), I thought it's just a fake site to test you, but to my real surprise it was functional minting and they did extract a lot of $ from people.

[@tomusmc1993]

Ditto. I wasn't a Jake everyday person, so I was late to the party. Saw the NFT video and dipped out, laughing to myself at the balls on him.

[@tomburress4928]

This is the exact moment I decided never to watch his stuff again. He had some interesting videos he also always had some sketchy ads but after this I thought “yup not watching anymore of his bs” and haven’t watched anything of his since.

[@BriannaWinebarger]

Which video is this?

[@BigFx]

@@BriannaWinebarger I think the name was "Evil business of NFTs"

[@ghostguch1007]

I’m supposed to feel bad for the people who got scammed like that? I get it, it’s wrong and all, but if it’s that easy to scam you then I can’t help but think that’s a you problem.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Lol this is hilarious justification! I stopped watching Jakes videos several months ago when he unironically did a NFT scam video while promoting NFT’s from a similarly shady distributor. The next video was someone else entirely doing the narration and I saw where it was going and never looked back.

[@ujin5610]

LMAO finally someone made a video about this scammer. I thought he was authentic at first till he started creating videos that are over the top fear mongering conspiracy theories with a spec of truth.

[@RubyBlueUwU]

I’m glad to be the type of person who finds what he’s “achieved” depressing and unnerving, not admirable.

[@xxdesertstorm]

for real he's a fake useless human and needs to lose everything and these companies need to come after him for fraud as he's openly defrauding them

[@TstrangeO]

Hes not forcing you to watch

[@RubyBlueUwU]

@@TstrangeO I’m not watching, lol. I’m giving my opinion on the situation, which I’m fully entitled to do.

[@Artem_Shepelev]

@Spookylilgirl Horrid things, like showing 5 second ads for lotteries? Your bar for "horrid" is extremely low. He turned his channel into business. There is nothing admirable about it, but nothing inherently evil either

[@achka]

Tru. These mfers makim him look like he's some kind of mass murdered lmao

[@scum-scum]

In a sense, everyone wins. If all the old viewers left (like i know i did), and were replaced with double the new viewers, then the new viewers probably don't even care about things like hearing Jake's voice or seeing Jake's face. It's just a channel to them, and maybe in time people will even wonder why this Money, Power, Crime channel is named the way it is.

[@bobbobber4810]

Yeah, people are on youtube mostly to get entertained. Most didn't care anything else. And this is not like he was stealing other people videos. He just turned his youtube channel into his own business with his own workers and money come in when he only have to do the minimum. In a way, this is not that different from big company doing videos...

[@DruNature]

@@bobbobber4810 yeah I really thought Kira's predicted next step was for it to become like a watch mojo or something, but tbh it already is that just not out in the open about it.

[@thorogood473]

I wonder how many of us old viewers un-subbed so far? Once he started advertising crypto everything went down hill.

[@scum-scum]

@@thorogood473, presumably as many as there are new subs, if two join for every one that leaves. :P J/k, but i'm assuming a lot. I think he had reached a lot of people who are interested in these EviL CoRpOrATiON exposés out of ethical curiosity for what the underreported happenings are on that scale of business. Most of those probably feel abandoned once they see those same approaches being used on them. There's still other channels, like Moon for instance, which cater to the same curiosity (and using a lot of the same marketing approaches), but without the exploitative ads (at least with none of those just yet). I am curious to see how this stuff develops, but i'll be watching from afar. :>

[@thorogood473]

@@scum-scum I think the if another Jake tran-like channel comes along it will be his undoing.

[@avocadoarms358]

So happy more people are making videos about his shadiness… we need more of these from a bunch of creators

[@SpankMyFace]

I'm genuinely impressed, especially since I could literally care less about a sponsor and what they are advertising.

[@joeadeleke]

Just take what you want from the video and discard the rest. It's free content in the first place

[@Oujouj426]

I was always weirded out by how his sponsors were straight up exactly what he was talking about.

[@yeetboi268]

Weirded out? It's funny. I don't understand why people are complaining about Jake, the sponsorships are clearly jokes.

[@johioju5990]

@@yeetboi268pretty bad and unfunny jokes if your promoting shit to the same people you are "educating" for personal gain. Its a "red water ocean" by him "shit talking" other cereal but then promoting his own, he has become a shark who kills other sharks.

[@yeetboi268]

Duh, we are supposed to laugh at the cereal company for approving the promotion. You simpleton just don't get it.@@johioju5990

[@knightawz]

@@johioju5990 and thats funny in a twisted way

[@sakanagakyoko]

Evil company doesnt mean bad product i guess? Idk i stoped watching him years ago

[@jaxshake2077]

This dude looks like Elliott Rogers if he actually did win the lottery, yet still can’t get a girlfriend….

[@nebeskisrb7765]

holy shit you're right

[@judahfade1003]

Maybe he's gay. He looks gay.

[@nebeskisrb7765]

@@judahfade1003 nothing wrong with being gay

[@judahfade1003]

@@nebeskisrb7765Oh no, don't misunderstand me. I did not insinuate it being right or wrong, I'm just taking a guess on his orientation.

[@homoerectus3355]

I can’t believe he didn’t just do the tiny amount of work it would’ve taken to voice the videos

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

Guess dyeing your hair purple and getting fitted for lace vest tops takes too much time to allow for this :/

[@bentonrp]

Anyone with morals would, but anyone without morals would see how much money it gets due to how well it works, and says: I'll do it. All evil success is built on the foundation of duping the stupid. And the supply of stupid on this Planet ...is endless!

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

@@bentonrp LMAO so very true

[@homoerectus3355]

@@bentonrp I’m saying though if he just did the voice over work it wouldn’t of been a lot of effort but it would’ve kept a lot more of his audience and meant a good amount more money so seems silly and utterly lazy.

[@bentonrp]

@@homoerectus3355 And I'm saying that it's not silly and utterly wasteful. It's proven in the 3rd part of this video: The majority of his viewers just don't care. It's proven in the title: The video is called Jake Tran Exploits His Audience And No One Cares. It's proven in the thumbnail: How To Be Evil. Because it's not silly and utterly wasteful. What it is, is Evil. I know what you were saying. That's why I responded the way I did. Or, to put it in other words: It's kind of the point of the whole video, that I've been trying to point out to you...😀.

[@vlweb3d]

Yes, I watch Jake's videos ... and I completely SKIP OVER the sponsor segments. I've been skipping sponsored ads from MANY KZbinrs for years - plus I also use AdBlock. Remember, this is not traditional TV - so you are not forced to watch the ads.

[@AnythingForSouls]

i stopped watching him after i seen him push better help as a sponsor about 2 months ago even after them being fully exposed for having no qualified mental health professionals and other shady practises i knew something was up

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Better Help ads is how I tell which content creators are tw@ts that only care about money

[@hellwashere3821]

interesting, i watch double toasted a lot and they push better help a lot, youtube is a scamland, i never fell for any of it, but i had no idea ppl would be so blatant about it with such big channels.

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

I stopped watching because I always thought he had a punchable voice.

[@forgotten1s]

NO qualified professionals??? My mom is a doctor of psychology and works w them so thats at least 1

[@jessislistless]

This is a perfect example of when outrage spins out of control. At some point (ca. 2016) their terms of service allegedly read: “we do not control the quality of the Counselor Services and we do not determine whether any Counselor is qualified to provide any specific service as well as whether a Counselor is categorized correctly or matched correctly to you,..." This does not means that there are no qualified mental health professionals. It just means that betterhelp didn't have to check their credibility and the responsibility was passed on to the clients. It's also crappy but wording shows the difference between nuance and falsehoods. Today, the terms and conditions express that credibility is checked and to what extent with regard to the therapists in the US, UK & Australia. I use betterhelp and I'm pleased to share that I was thankfully assigned a real professional. People like to fault youtubers for making commissions with sponsorships like this but it's no different from any other company to me. As long as I'm made aware of the sponsorship, every decision is of my own volition not the influencer's. Besides, if my favourite KZbinrs hadn't continuously shoved betterhelp down my throat, I may have never really considered well needed therapy.

[@monzterzackuncut948]

i actually cannot stand this sort or mindset, being rich at the expense of everyone, damn, really hate that he keeps getting away with it but he for sure knows what he is doing

[@NelsonStJames]

I don't agree with it, but what I've come to accept is that I have no control over it. Jake Tran obviously can't get rich at my expense, because he has no appeal to me. He succeeds because he is on some level giving people what they want, or he would fail. So being angry at Tran is equivalent to being angry at a large demographic of people that I have to accept are there -- and trust me if you look at the state of the world, there are a lot of terrible mindsets and ideologies out there. I don't have the time, nor the energy to worry about any of them, only to be knowledgeable enough about them to figure out how to avoid them and which are a direct threat. If I'm super angry just because someone got rich by unscrupulous means that didn't affect me personally than I've probably got some issues like envy, or jealous in my subconscious that I need to check unless I'm that rare individual that gets angry over every injustice and not specific ones -- and I happen to know that I'm not.

[@deadeyedblack2350]

It's a dog eat dog world buddy

[@claudeyaz]

I thought it was smart

[@MrSqurk]

It doesn’t really sound like he has broken any law to me. His NFT thing maybe but I don’t know the details

[@freethinker3083]

@@NelsonStJames Very wise thought process. I used to get very angry as well but in the end, it's just people doing whatever they can to make as much money as possible.

[@ninja_tank25]

I've been watching/listening to a lot of stuff on how scammers and the like make their wealth, and there's something slightly disheartening about it all. They usually get away with it, or pay very little in consequences. I can't put my finger on how it makes me feel either. I'm not jealous of them, nor am I disappointed in my own journey. I guess it's a disillusionment with the powers that be as a whole. People do honest work, play by the rules, and see moderate success at best, but those willing to cast ethics aside make it big.

[@knightawz]

exactly why psychopathy are in high positions of power

[@princered10]

Also applies to dating sadly.

[@HerotsLament]

Don't be deceived, no one gets away with *nothing* in this life without paying the consequences for their actions. You might never get to see it on their end but you reap what you sow and whatever you believe in, something very much real takes charge of making sure you get the same exact taste of your own medicine at some point and if you gave bad at any point you will get it back and it won't be pretty.

[@altimagedesignperth340]

inb4 he sells his channel for some ridiculous amount and sets off a chain reaction of youtubers selling their channels and then becomes the new meta of making money on the platform.

[@pilaf43]

Makes me wonder what kind of upbringing he had to act so grasping of money.

[@madpad4397]

Bruh why is wanting to have lots of money bad lol. THIS CIDEO LITERALY DESCRIBES NORMAL BEHAVIORS IN CAPITALISM OF OUTSOURCING and all a sudden we hate jake for taking time off after creating a successful channel. You people are RE TARDED AND I MEAN IT

[@Syrxen]

@@madpad4397 Personally I don't really look down upon what Jake Tran is doing, but I think you don't understand people aren't mad about him outsourcing anything or capitalizing off the channel. It's specifically the type of sponsors he chooses which are very sketchy. Just think of a Twitch gambling streamer for example. Ain't no one mad they're making money. What most see as the problem is that they sell out their audiences for it.

[@joshjonson2368]

@@Syrxen if you don't wanna get scammed, don't buy it lol. Maybe you whites aren't used to that concept but in Asia this is practically natural law; if you get scammed it's your fault

[@Syrxen]

@@joshjonson2368 I'm Asian, and I personally don't care 😂

[@Ahmed-qu1mp]

@@madpad4397 wanting to have money is not bad, it’s the shady and exploitative practices that most people at the top do that make it bad.

[@bartslepecki3780]

Single best video about the whole situation I've seen. Love it that you just state facts and let the viewer judge instead of telling anybody what to do with a mindset that you are some kind of all-knowing godlike creature like some of bigger youtubers do. Can't wait for more content!

[@AquaCoalaNest]

Well, he stated moral opinions.... Crazy that you see the word "evil" and even after that you think these were pure "facts". Yes he set a moral tone.... That is not a bad thing though. The bad, that in today's world people are more and more uncapable to differentiate. You too, my friend, no offense.

[@theblobconsumes4859]

@@AquaCoalaNest The problem is how he presents them and his ultimate purpose to gain money out of it, while spreading misinformation on his way of presenting his moral opinions. It's a whole problem with everything he does.

[@SLRModShop]

"about the whole situation"... Can you do something for me and read the comments on this video and actually tell me what is that 'situation' exactly? All I can see are hundreds of people appalled at the 'situation' but none of them puts any words on it... Let me do that real quick: Stupid kid, makes documentaries, makes money, hires voice over, script writers and go partying... Oh, you meant the sh!tty sponsorships? You mean like all the other youtubers? Sorry, but seeing your favorite youtuber shilling a predatory mobile game doesn't make it less "evil" because every other youtuber is also shilling the same product... 20% of your favourite youtubers have just been "exposed" for accepting sponsors from Established titles and Kamikoto... So, clearly, we're not talking about bad sponsors here... So, what's left? Stupid kid, makes documentaries, makes money, hires voice over, script writers and go partying... That's the 'whole situation'. In other words, this video was a massive nothing burger. You guys are appalled because the tone of the video put you in a mood where you were supposed to be appalled... In other words, this video alone is a greater scam than Jake Tran ever pulled ^-^ Your strings have been pulled. You have been played.

[@sakanagakyoko]

Hey nice video, i stoped watching him out of being tired of his format, i never realised the quality dropped. Well this is a lesson for us viewers to not marry any creator and always look for quality content, you never know one day your conspiracy youtuber becomes a literal content farm

[@holz_name]

That's why I always use web ad blocker and always will. The moment KZbin will stop working with a ad blocker I will stop watching KZbin. I seriously don't get it how people not use ad blocks on the web.

[@Xdgvy]

Jake Tran is a corporation. Corporations are not your friend.

[@joshmaxspeed6906]

Well what is a corporation

[@Xdgvy]

@@joshmaxspeed6906 Something that makes money. Nothing else.

[@eko9554]

@@joshmaxspeed6906 Another word for company or any kind of business.

[@KovoriaTheConquerer]

@@Xdgvy an entity dedicated to making money, not necessarily something that happens to make money. Mothers and fathers have to make money for their families, it does not mean they are untrustworthy and evil. But if they were solely dedicated to hustling and getting rich and their family coming second and suffering for it, then yeah those labels may apply. I mean technically, a corporation is simply a group of people or other entities that act as one entity legally, i.e. a brand like Amazon. An honest mom and pop shop could be a corporation and I would consider them a friend, whereas some lone grifter I would not consider my friend. There are also sole proprietorships in which a business is wholly owned by and is essentially one individual, which can be better or worse than a corporation. I could go on with examples but it is unfortunate how oversimplified or wrong that the average person or KZbin commenter is about various topics. There is nothing wrong about that, until they start acting like they do know and tell other people misguided or false information confidently, as you have done.

[@Xdgvy]

@@KovoriaTheConquerer Fair enough, I will tweak my definition: Something that *only exists* to make money. As for the second part, I disagree. Mom and pop shops don't care about you either. Now, mom and pop care about you (assuming a small enough consumer base) and they value your money- and can even value you as a person. But the shop only exists to make money. Same thing with proprietorships; but the point isn't that people can't be your friend, the point is that a nonliving entity with *literally only one goal* is not your friend. As for why my answer was so simple? The complexities of corporate structure in this context have less bearing on the topic at hand IMO. I kept it simple, but (as you rightly pointed out) I missed two very important words. I have rectified it here. Edit because I'm dumb and phones are not conducive to typing.

[@Ant_105]

Such an odd feeling, a feeling of envy for what he has but also disgust for what he's done

[@gunnerroo6514]

I feel ya and it's weird isn't it?

[@Ant_105]

@@gunnerroo6514 yep

[@madpad4397]

Kira went from calling out criminals to successful peers calling them EVIL LOL

[@DewTime]

Same

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

I doubt it's any real envy. More like disgust at how people can think this is ok. If ur envious then daymn!

[@michaelpinkerton460]

I always saw it as the videos just telling you not to click the sponsors but the ad read being “convincing” enough to make the advertisers happy enough to pay him

[@sagarzeus4748]

It's like history teacher teaching about hitler and he becomes one of them.

[@azazel166]

Don't make him destroy you.

[@mx338]

Did he really want to destroy it, he made tutorials to be evil after all.

[@sunnyhero1922]

He exposed what he swore to become.

[@Sk0lzky]

He became a better player

[@zentyrant]

Fight fire with fire Duh..

[@Sk0lzky]

For some reason I had this gut feeling a long time ago, before his content started going sideways. Something about the physionomy, the way he spoke etc. I got scammed by a friend with similar characteristics long ago and met just a handful of other people like that - each time they ended up doing something fishy, often without soiling their general reputation. Stereotyping might be bad but god damn is it useful lol PS I don't actually consider his sponsorships exploitative, at least not for the audience - it looks like he's screwing over the sponsors on purpose. If you're blind enough to click on a lottery ad after watching how lotteries are bad (or have 0 comprehension skills) then you either disagree with the message and no harm done, or are at most 10/legally incapacitated and have a legal guardian to make financial decisions for you

[@florkyman5422]

I stopped watching him normally before he stopped voicing it.

[@ItsDevlcon]

When people say "don't judge a book by it's cover" they are just trying to stay incognito lol.

[@Sk0lzky]

@@ItsDevlcon oh I don't, I just place my bets and observe :v

[@goranjosic]

That gut filling is you sensing a psychopath. A lot of people can feel that something is wrong with specific people, but since they haven't had direct experience, they don't know how to respond and keep them self safe (especially when it comes to friends who can use you for their own goals). Since psychopaths have no sense of empathy, their "feelings" are an act, a show, that can sometimes feel like that weird gut feeling - uncanny valley! Trust your instincts and stay away from such people.

[@DruNature]

@@florkyman5422 same wtf I didn't even know he stopped voicing the vids. His somewhat soothing voice was the only reason I watched at all

[@ToastyCoyote]

I guess its a “people like their bullshit upfront not behind their backs” bit. It not like he’s pretending to be good so people know what their getting into so people don’t personally feel wronged so they aren’t affected.

[@royalblood832]

I recognize the bullshit when he told ppl to follow him on Instagram to win 1000$ , that's when I noticed the flamboyance, then started blocking videos because he wanted you to pay for a youtube membership called "Join" to see his exclusive videos about corruption . The irony

[@SuperRayW]

It doesn't matter, he still makes millions of people aware of scandalous shit that should be common knowledge, but isn't; he's never gotten a dime from me, so I can't really feel "scammed".

[@xeokym223]

What baffles me is that no one ever stops to wonder why someone who (supposedly) makes millions has to sell a book (tutorial, whatever) to make money in the first place. If I made millions, I certainly wouldn't be concerned about selling my "secrets" so other people could do it as well.

[@Hlieyto]

That's basically what it is, it suckers in desperate/hopeful people who then become just a resource for more money, only teaching them generic stuff, but probably not the full "this is how I did it" while milking them for it

[@roydominic4080]

I don’t remember him putting a gun to my head and making me do anything. So I don’t see how he’s exploiting anyone, I mean if that’s the case then my job is exploiting me. Even though I applied and worked there by choice.

[@KiraTV1]

Your job almost certainly is exploiting you. Also exploit doesn't mean force. You seem to be using an odd, incorrect definition of the word.

[@jasongreen6826]

Hey, I was watching Jake Tran for a long time and I was calling him out in the comments long before coffeezilla did, I didn’t understand how no one else would notice it or say anything

[@axnoro]

Call me shallow, but I began having my suspicions after he dyed his hair.

[@cendrieeR]

Never trust guys dyeing their hair with flashy colors.

[@Wroar2020s]

@@cendrieeR what about dantdm long ago? Edit: Oh wait...

[@haisee1671]

True! never trust people who preach and modify/hide parts of their body, look at Jim Jones reference.

[@blissghmedia]

😂😂😂

[@1130MarsV]

@@Wroar2020s what did he do?

[@Yetizens]

Let's face it, he was probably going to get fired soon from that web job.

[@andrew1498]

So far this just sounds like Jake Tran making full use of capitalism.

[@wadejohnston4305]

His views seem to be down over 50% since 9 months ago and his growth has slowed to a crawl. Can't say I'm upset.

[@michaelhutchings8599]

I call it "Doom Porn." That didn't originate with me but it's fitting. It's all this scaremongering with no solutions (unless you call 'lining Jake's pockets with cash' a solution.) Fear makes people helpless, especially when you push it and push it (which is also lucrative in dollars and cents.) So who is the "Evil" one? A person playing on people's anger and fear and making money off it, disguising it as "eye opening information" while pushing scams... Or the Corporations that you already know are openly evil pricks? They both are. His reaction to Coffeezilla was the nail in the coffin for a lot of fans. I'd had it after he just had these "WOW, X is EVIL" Clickbait titles. We know Royal Dutch Shell are evil. In fact anyone who has an Internet connection and is inquisitive, already knows these companies and their scandals. My mate who is 6 years older than me dropped knowledge bombs on me when I was 17-18 and onwards, some of which included the stories of IGFarben, RDS, Monsanto, Bayer Pharmaceuticals and many other's.

[@jakehero95]

I understand your feelings of frustration in those last few sentences. Just keep being a better example and shining a light on what you can. Appreciate the videos you make my friend hope you don't stop anytime soon 👍

[@thomasfriesejr.9198]

When he put out that video about how he grew his channel made it really obvious that he doesn't care about solving any of the problems he talks about.

[@Tschoii90]

MOON is slowly but surely stumbling in the same direction. Really sad to see.

[@snippingtool7810]

And even worse that KZbin is hiding dislike count, more and more people will hooked up by this guy channel without even noticed that his videos getting a lot of backlash, even reaching almost 50/50 in like to dislike ratio.

[@stevenphillips3506]

I have no idea why people even listen to these so called influencers, It just goes to show that people will watch any shit nowadays.

[@derpderp8440]

Correct, should not watch kiratv since he is also an influencer. Shouldn't watch any other youtube at this point. Another sheep like me bub.

[@esbenm6544]

@@derpderp8440 cry👶

[@baabaaer]

Jake Tran is kind of Harut and Marut of our age, teach us how to be evil while telling us they are just a test.

[@atreestump]

I like to think I can tell when the "heart" of a channel begins to fade. I've never heard of Jake before but there was a point where I stopped caring about Game Theory's videos and I'm pretty sure it's similar to what this Jake guy went through, but in a lesser way

[@phht0568]

When he started propping up brain powder to raise your iq adds, i bailed immediately

[@Sinyao]

Same.

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

I'm sorry he did what? lmao I love this stuff, it's like the modern version of eating endangered animal toenails or whatever to make your dick huge.

[@phht0568]

@@appalachiabrauchfrau im actually surprised he didnt addvertise intellafuck, the only sexual improvement supplement that also increases iq

[@alexanderl.6207]

It wasnt the tabloid nature of his videos?

[@labtec514]

He'll probably wash up on a beach somewhere after pissing the wrong person off

[@utubecop11]

God I hope so

[@SprinkledFox]

Lmfao

[@mandisaw]

Or just blow through all his money. Low-effort outsourcing is easily reproduced, so this gravy train won't last. Folks who get rich quick have a hard time holding on to it - especially if they obsess over status symbols & performative wealth. He's a kid, with few/no skills - it takes a lot of money to live that hard for 50+ years.

[@alexanderl.6207]

Hopefully

[@torontoreviewed]

That’s not nice, jeez, can u not say you learned something from jakes videos, you’re all vultures and will turn on a dime 🤯

[@user-ht9gj8ui8x]

So he escaped matrix but didnt to go to prison and do somewhat legal stuff I guess

[@scotiancharmz7907]

This video earned my subscription, thanks buddy

[@KiraTV1]

My pleasure dude

[@danielbingham1531]

The video editing on this was next level! Whoever is editing these videos, your work is noticed.

[@17th_Colossus]

I hope he enjoys it, I personally couldn’t. But then again, I have a moral compass.

[@goldendydy]

Remember when Jake Tran had a "program" for his viewers to submit ideas for future video ideas to win $1,000? You had to submit a video idea, the video title and video thumbnail text. Catch is, they (Jake and his team) would only reach out if they used the exact thumbnail text and title you submitted. So, they'd make a video using the idea, but change the title and the thumbnail so they never had to contact the person who submitted the idea since it wasn't the exact title and thumbnail idea. They would also claim that your exact video idea, title and thumbnail were already in their video backlog if you ever reached out about them making a video with your idea.

[@harry9828]

If he views himself as a teacher maybe those are his tests 😂😂

[@CrusterfunkShenanigans]

wow very well made documentation on Jake Tran, I have been following "his" channel for a while now, sometimes felt the weirdness of the sponsors he took but never realized what you just laid out here. Thank you for your work!

[@natsudragneelthefiredragon]

His content fell off fast, the scams got old, and he got lazy with not even voicing his content anymore Then he showed his true colors as everyone (who isn't stupid) expected after Coffeezilla made his video, but by then I was already well aware of the poison jake was spewing with his scam promoting

[@j4y167]

Hilarious you reference coffeezilla here considering he's just as bad if not worse. Everyone likes to forget about the channel he abandoned after multiple false accusations he levelled at people. Dude has zero integrity

[@natsudragneelthefiredragon]

@@j4y167 I haven't heard of these myself as a newer viewer, tell me about them

[@BlooftubeBloof]

youtube hasn't recommended it to me in months. Dude flew too close to the sun.

[@natsudragneelthefiredragon]

@@BlooftubeBloof Me either, I completely forgot about jake until this video, I have no plans to return to his trashy channel though

[@Snollygoster-]

@@j4y167 Got any reference to that?

[@Trouchy]

Wait, so he says "Lotto bad, heres why, never Lotto" > "Play this Lotto"? That seems fine, it means they weren't listening to this video?

[@MaxHarden]

Besides promoting gambling, nothing wrong here. Hiring someone to do your job is a great strategy and employs others.

[@ashu6306]

Thanks, I was one of the first follower of jake tran, i remember i used to share his video with my friends and we used watch him at discord party. now i have unsubscribed when he started doing shady sponsors, man feels really betrayed.

[@KiraTV1]

Thanks for the support, super generous of you. I get you, there are creators I've also unsubbed from for doing things that don't align with how I see things, it always sucks

[@henrik1743]

Hey Kira, Love that you finally expose him as well. I woud like to add and you should do a follow up on this, how much he plagiarizes videos from popular european documentaries (coffe beans, chocolate industry etc) and just copies them word by word, he should really get copyright sued or something.

[@AquaCoalaNest]

One of the most popular channel in my country just flat-out translates popular videos. No one will ever mind.

[@flannel_punk]

@@AquaCoalaNest what channel is it and what content do they copy?

[@takechiyochan5379]

Damn, wtf? Gotta boost this comment so kira can see this

[@whisperienced]

You'd think it's MXRPlays, any time he needs a pay boost he cries about youtube demonetization or copyright strikes.

[@ForLorNVuLgaR]

I stoped watching his content about a year ago because he started using narrators. I haven’t gone back either but as far as I can tell he went back to do his own voiceovers.

[@MorbidEel]

If you view them as how to videos it makes sense. "How to be evil" is probably an unfilled niche on youtube.

[@eko9554]

Jake Tran reminds me of that one Twilight Zone episode called Monsters are Due on Maple Street. Where the characters were trying to expose the monster but in reality they were the monster themeselves.

[@poopieinmybuthole3379]

Great episode. Can be used as a metaphor for many things

[@christopherfunakoshi1272]

This documentary could be renamed how to start a youtube company

[@unkleturpis9253]

2024 and it looks like Jake Tran is slipping. 100k+ recently versus the million+ views from over a year ago.

[@arielgrossman3303]

A new Kira video on the main channel. Yay!

[@narxic]

We care. But more people need to see videos like yours. I talked to some who didn't know this was happening.. Thank you for adding your perspective.

[@biibris9950]

The only thing I see wrong here is the sponsorships, the rest is just good business.

[@nerdzone]

I am very glad I watched this video. This way I could blacklist the channel and help against accidently clicking a video of his.

[@attackdoughnut]

It's interesting how far you can get if you are purely in for the numbers. This system rewards recklessness and his success proves him right. But I also wonder how many failed with this exact approach lol

[@chuhwey3632]

Nothing's reckless of his approach. Sloppy. But calculated somewhat.t

[@thew26x]

that is so wild holy shit. just goes to show you that ethics mean so much in terms of all this. That is why your channel is good, Kira. Thank you.

[@verti3213]

Very good documentary. I like your factual approach to the topic without overly either criticizing or slobbering over Jake Tran.

[@chucknya1448]

I'm just sad to see someone clearly intelligent and go "all in" in morally bankrupt behaviors for his personal gain

[@redcherry8137]

When he's all alone and realizes money is worthless will it finally hit him. Our shame eats us slowly but it never stops consuming.

[@Cloudsurfer69]

Its amazing that everyone that retells the JT story miss the fact that he not only looked up to Graham Stephan, but paid for his "become a youtuber like me" course and got a massive boost from Graham parading him around using his success as proof his course works lol. he got a nice little hand up and im sure it give him a nice boost, but its hard to deny that he can make some good content. no where near good enough for him to be acting like David Lynch or Stanley Kubrick, he thinks he is making god tier masterpieces but the truth is he is just average imho. nothing special about his content (not saying its bad or not well made) you can find hundreds of videos like that from channels that have like no subs. he was one of the lucky ones, if anything.

[@moonsvc]

Sounds like every video essay youtuber ever

[@shaness112233]

I really don't mind all of this. The ads are iffy, but if they're being allowed on KZbin then that's KZbin's issue. Everything else just seems like good business. The man was utterly transparent that the money was the priority, not the content. Like he himself said, what did you expect?

[@sternenwind00e]

I have to add something. Not only the YT Algorithm doesn't care, a significant part of the internet community also doesn't care. As long as you follow the rules of the Internet, you can be exploitive and evil. In his case this would be the rules: - be transparent - never apologize - be entertaining or informative and keep producing content And he will keep being successful until somebody else comes along and does a better job. At one point he will get lazy and somebody else comes along and does a better job. Maybe this someone is even a former contractor and script writer. And then we will see, if he understands all rules of the internet. He can either comeback and regrow or punch down, trying to shut down this new rival. - never punch down the internet roots for the underdog

[@themudpit621]

heads up.... nobody cares, not really.

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

The algorithm seemed to start caring in March 2020... y'know when that pesky "misinformation" started to bother the Pfizer bought Corps... i doubt Jake Tran would ever make a video about that, but go to the alternate video sites and you'll get all the information deleted here.

[@dougray30]

It's the old fable of the scorpion and the frog, except in Jake's case he is a scorpion who can also swim.