The WORST of Youtube Sponsors

[@QuickRundown0]

Make sure to SUBSCRIBE and join my membership lol

[@ranelaan767]

0:19 sponsor shit and sponsorships?

[@Munked11]

Just zorked to this

[@CalixOne]

WHERE IS HONEY

[@lucasrodillo6739]

That's where Nord VPN comes in.

[@zaj007]

The guy who did the air up video (Shane McGillicuddy) also did videos on Füm and Factor and other sponsorships

[@Blaine-d3m]

Bro isn't getting a SINGLE sponsor after this💀

[@DriverNeku]

We moving into the cardboard box with this one 🗣🔥🔥

[@amitvirendra]

at least he will have some integrity

[@CalvinNoire]

Bro's gonna be broke

[@acoolcat.]

As we all know everyone who makes youtube videos does it soley for the money and sponsors and not for fun or to express themselves.

[@fojisan2398]

Good

[@maximyllion]

i love how Pie ended up OUTING ITSELF by saying they're from the same devs as Honey

[@PuppetWraith17]

Ikr. Like I always thought pie sounded scummy but I saw people saying “oh it was made by the guy who made honey” then the video came out and I was glad I never used either lol

[@peacetea_life]

Honey Pie, checks out

[@TheOneEyed-Music]

Pie is good, Pie is not. Honey is good, Honey is not.

[@sirgeohd]

We don't know if the "Honey scam" was implemented after the PayPal acquisition, and we don't have any proof that Pie is doing the same.

[@40Ccents]

i'm pretty sure the original devs that made Honey did not made the scummy practices, that's PayPal, but PayPal does owns Pie

[@katfrog1]

Sentbirds CEO is in a cult, which is fun when I see videos essays being sponsored by it

[@katfrog1]

Also factor is owned by hello fresh which already has worker rights issues

[@sadmermaid]

She's said like, funny moustache guy didn't do wrong..

[@sarahmckinnell8435]

Scentbird also makes it super difficult/ convoluted to unsubscribe, if i could go back in time to stop myself ever subscribing I would

[@sadmermaid]

@@sarahmckinnell8435 omg, I remember hearing that it was like almost literally impossible, ppl had to cancel their cards BC they wouldn't stop charging!! Ugh, I'm sorry, hope you didn't have to spend too much time calling them, I hate subscription models ngl

[@FurtiveCutless]

​@@sarahmckinnell8435 Manscaped with that nice automatic subscription that requires clicking through like 10 consecutive pages to get rid of. Or Surfshark, which literally doesn't have a "cancel automatic renewal" button, you have to mail their damn support for that (or you had to, two years ago)

[@grunkleg.2934]

Honestly, for as much as Raid Shadow Legends gets memed on, it's probably one of the better sponsorships out there. Like worst thing that happens to most people is they just play a bad game. Yeah, such games are built on the backs of whales and they really want you to be the whale that gets hooked, but I'd rather be sponsored by War Thunder or AFK Arena than Fum or Sofi. I think in general, if any YT sponsorship advertises itself as "X made easy" or "X reinvented", you're probably in for some shit

[@RadeonVega64]

bro I unironically play afk arena 💀

[@hornet1470]

war thunder is not that bad, it just sponsors creators a bunch and therefore a lot of people see it under the same light as games like raid shadow legends

[@idontknowwhatimdoing8095]

War thunder is actually fun though the mobile ads though suck

[@8xottox8]

That's the way I've always thought about it. The worst thing that happens is that you play a bad game and like it enough to spend money on microtransactions. That's not great, but at least you're not getting scammed or buying something worthless. Like a VPN for most people is pointless, gamers who already just sit at their desk for 18 hours don't need energy drink supplements, nobody needs meals shipped to their house uncooked, etc.

[@plebisMaximus]

I saw a guy being sponsored by some author to shill his book too. That's fine, worst case scenario you just aren't entertained. You run the same risk going into a book store and just picking something from a shelf. The issue is, legitimate businesses aren't going to do "influencer marketing" often, so you don't see games or books or whatever sponsoring anyone often. The more prevalent a company is on this site, the less likely it is their product is worth using. Coca Cola doesn't need pu$$y_$layer to tell people to buy their drink before he goes off to rant about wanting weed to be legal, they can just run a real ad campaign.

[@CyanPickle]

This right after the whole honey scam started making rounds on youtube

[@lePirateMan]

Ground news also sponsors more neutral people like Alex O'Connor. Might be that most people who actively talk about politics/news have strong opinions?

[@YehudiNimol]

Sorry, but your 'theory' on Ground News is complete dogshit. They're geared towards right/left leaning audiences because many of the people in these audiences actually *want* to correct their biases, so they're the perfect target audience for the product. The KZbinrs take these sponsorships cuz money. They advertise in the US (and also Canada) cuz money. It's really that simple. I never used Ground News and have no reason to, as I live at the other side of the world, but I think that if you criticize them you should at least target their main selling point (about correcting biases) instead of coming forward with a bunch of speculative BS

[@8xottox8]

Haha oh brother you actually believe it when people say they want to "correct their bias"? No man, obviously that's not true. People want to affirm their biases. That's why changing someones mind is actually factually impossible. They don't want to have their minds changed about things they feel invested in. The reason I'd use something like Ground News is the same reason I browse r/Conservative and similar sites. To get that daily rage bait, to see what the morons on the other side of the aisle think about stuff with their dumb brains. It's the same for them, they want to see the mainstream and leftoids not mention foreigner crime etc and get mad about it.

[@8xottox8]

Haha oh brother you actually believe it when people say they want to "correct their bias"? No man, obviously that's not true. People want to affirm their biases. That's why changing someones mind is actually factually impossible. They don't want to have their minds changed about things they feel invested in. The reason I'd use something like Ground News is the same reason I browse r/Conservative and similar sites. To get that daily rage bait, to see what the morons on the other side of the aisle think about stuff with their dumb brains. It's the same for them, they want to see the mainstream and leftoids not mention foreigner crime etc and get mad about it.

[@vickypedia1308]

In my own research about Ground News things like their usage of AI generated summaries came up. I've also heard that if you read articles on Ground News instead of the original website they were published on, the original author and publisher don't get revenue. I don't know how true the latter is considering the source was Reddit, but it's something worth looking into I think.

[@seandoroja907]

Yea, thats the only part of the video I'm weirded out by. How does showing you "Hey the news shit you reading is biased" make people want to continue to read the same biased news I dunno why dude had to preface "this is just a theory" and "based on nothing" and still say dont buy into this cause its stoopid ;-; (I dont use ground news btw and the vid was great , just in case dude sees this ^^;)

[@8xottox8]

Haha oh brother you actually believe it when people say they want to "correct their bias"? No man, obviously that's not true. People want to affirm their biases. That's why changing someones mind is actually factually impossible. They don't want to have their minds changed about things they feel invested in. The reason I'd use something like Ground News is the same reason I browse r/Conservative and similar sites. To get that daily rage bait, to see what the people on the other side of the aisle wrongly think about stuff. It's the same for them, they want to see the mainstream and leftoids not mention foreigner crime etc and get mad about it.

[@flarflecakes]

tbh i hate when people go “the youtubers knew all along!” or villainize them as much as they do in thumbnails, considering a lot of youtubers probably just see the sponsor email and go “hmm, i get cash for that? seems legit and i get paid.” it’s sorta what made me so ehh about these sponsors cause like also at the end of the day, if nothing shady is going on, it’s just a bad product.

[@concerningindividual]

Yeah, blaming KZbinrs for taking sponsor money even if the sponsor sucks is just inconsiderate when whether or not youtubers get paid off ad revenue is already a roll of the dice for some creators. It takes a lot of dignity to not take sponsors when KZbin takes so much advantage off of creators thanks to dominating the long-form content industry, knowing they don't have another option.

[@Wolpher]

You are just a fanboy. AINT NO WAY The KZbin is absolved of guilt. Most of them will dig deep into subjects they are talking about in their videos and you mean to tell me they can't do one f*****g google search to research the product they are literally SELLING to their audience? You gotta be on some hard-core drugs

[@Kt-hp7cv]

I disagree. You are still essentially giving a bad product/shady practice a platform on your channel. Even if the sponsor seems off, a portion of the audience will be influenced to pay. While the consumer has the responsibility to vet a product before they make a purchase, that does not excuse the KZbinr to ignore doing adequate research on the sponsor they are platforming.

[@flarflecakes]

@@Kt-hp7cv i mean of course they take responsibility for that, i’m not saying they’re all angels. it’s just that these youtubers aren’t nearly as bad or as corrupt as most people would display them normally.

[@pancake-d1z]

Bro the youtubers manipulate their audience, Ludwig said « I’m the biggest fan of Honey » they follow the phrases they are asked to say for the ad, they use the love and trust that the audience have for their content creators to sell. Not doing research and doing the sponsor to your audience isn’t just an impersonal ad, it’s a lack of respect to your followers to just tell them lies and promote useless bullshit just to get a quick buck when some of them are already fucking rich. By saying they shouldn’t be « villainized » you defend them, they don’t need to know it’s a scam to be villainized, the fact that they didn’t is why they should.

[@damaramu.]

It's kinda weird to focus on saturated fat, when the trans fat is right there. Saturated fat is actually good for you as long as you don't exceed a certain amount, while any amount of trans fat is unhealthy. Oh wait I misinterpreted what you were saying, what you're actually saying is the one with trans fat is better because it has less saturated fats. Just an FYI, you're better off eating a lot more saturated fat than any amount of trans fat. Also the trans fat one has a lot more sugar in it, which is also quite bad for you. Not to mention about 2 and a half times the sodium. Excluding trans fats, fat is a very good and HEALTHY source of energy for your body, you have sadly fallen for big sugar propaganda. Try reading some health studies made in the last couple of decades please.

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

Everyone makes big mistakes

[@atomgamer7853]

Honestly anyone who cares even a bit about nutrition and fitness would learn this stuff at the very start of it. I don't watch this guy's channel and I also don't plan to but at least I know he ain't a gym bro at the very least. But yeah you basically perfectly described that fat isn't inherently unhealthy and it's a basic nutrient that your body needs and only trans fat is the unhealthy one. And for anyone wondering what trans fat is it's basically just the fat you find in most fast food and fried food. It's made to preserve the food longer which is mostly the reason why it's unhealthy. And if you're wondering how it's formed it's basically hydrogen infused vegetable oil.

[@64videosgunner]

I hate how some of these sound like actually good products, but because they're youtube sponsor slop you know that they're either a scam or simply garbage.

[@skinnygrandpaman]

If feels like nowadays you can’t trust any KZbin sponsors because most sponsors are literal shit or straight up scams.

[@Ellisepha]

I've been going off this assumption for years. If a youtuber tries to sell me some sponsor then I'll 100% avoid them.

[@faveless]

at best they're just mediocre overpriced landfill you can already get at real life establishments

[@pancake-d1z]

They all are, it’s not a feeling, it’s just shit. They’re al shit.

[@plebisMaximus]

Nowadays? It's always been like that. A reputable company doesn't need to pay a guy 10k to lie, they can sell their product based on merits.

[@samueltesta1558]

Wait, the FÜM sticks only last 3 days? At that point it’s actually cheaper to just keep vaping. A cheap vape will cost you like 10 dollars and last you a week. This is not getting anyone off of these habits and like you mentioned, is simply just creating new habits except now your habit is even more expensive. If you’re trying to quit then just switch to Zyns or any other type of nicotine packets. A pack of 10 costs 5 bucks and it gives you the same reward and can even give you the buzz you get from inhaling nicotine. It’s also safer, just change the spot you put it in or your mouth will get very irritated and start to hurt. Also you can chose the concentration of packets you want to use so you can ween down and eventually quit depending on the brand.

[@kaymoller1553]

FÜM are not even Vapes. It's literally just "essential" Oil inhalers

[@scriblespider]

Thanks for pointing out the hypocrisy of what Drew Gooden said. I'm a really big fan of his videos, but i was confused why he was criticizing others on their sponsorship practice when he's recently been taking a lot of SoFi sponsorships. Unlike the HelloFresh ones, where i could see why he would personally vouch for the product, SoFi has literally nothing to do with him at all.

[@meh4294]

SAME this video put a bitter taste in my mouth because he had a sofi sponsor then had a whole section of the video monologing abt why it's wrong to feed your audience misinformation, I had to click off the vid cuz my blood began boiling

[@Halucygeno]

Videos like these make me wonder what the price tag on my integrity would be. I could be naive and pretend that these offers wouldn't sway me, but damn, 7,000 bucks for a single ad read from Raid... Also, damn, your delivery is so raw but articulate. Preach!

[@SaromeGamer]

Tbh if it was from raid i would accept bc i would just sponsor a bad game but if it was from a scam then i would def not sponsor it

[@torenthe_expert8977]

​@SaromeGamerI think I would still accept a scam sponsor and just hope my audience isn't stupid enough to buy it.

[@SaromeGamer]

@torenthe_expert8977 tbh i would only accept a scam if it isint even something my audience is intrested in and ill also try to hint at the fact that its a scam

[@eddie-roo]

No way you just called Adam Something “extreme left”. That guys is the most liberal center-left guy I’ve ever seen. I’d expect you to mention people like second thought or hakim who have been sponsored by ground news if you really wanted an “extreme left” example comparable to Ben Shapiro.

[@nanopanda]

4:58 the difference is (and they don't tell you this) YOU CANT FREEZE THEM. yeah. Thats why its weekly bc they expect u to eat them every week and you gotta remember to skip a week or change the menu. None of it was good. They got bought out by hello fresh btw

[@xMeikax]

i froze them and they were fine, honestly. You can't freeze the sauce though. The bigger problem was the fact that the trays were damaged, and the food was literally leaking out of the containers, and that happened almost every delivery.

[@LTDLetsPlays]

and hello fresh is being investigated for illegal minor migrant labor

[@SaromeGamer]

​@@LTDLetsPlaysWHAT

[@sharp4174]

i was unaware of how bad sponsorships are getting (sponsorblock my beloved)

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

Adam And Eve is ironically one of the better sponsors, I guess. Imagine being more morally sound sponsoring a LINGERIE company than these guys.

[@pkemr4]

Me watching Muta take sponsors and then back track it months later

[@Ramonatho]

Me not watching muda cause I realized he farms hate watching clicks

[@EmilyAinsworth-i2p]

that’s some OLYMPIC level of bridge burning 💀💀💀

[@MrBrick-pv9ux]

marketing fum as a fidget toy is just kinda weird since its purely a stick, when it comes to conventional fidget toys you can do stuff with them, bend them, twitch them in a way, pop them to the otherside, even i when i fidget with something its typically a pair of scissors, idk how a stick sounds appealing, it just sounds like a dumb marketing tactic and i got so upset when a youtuber i liked promoted them, i havent watched their stuff since

[@faveless]

they're rebranding a design flaw as a feature so that people wont complain about it spinning loose

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

To be fair whenever I fidget it's usually spinning a pen or pencil between my fingers. Calling them a fidget toy is obviously nonsense, what they mean is that smokers may have developed the habit of holding something in their fingers and keeping their hands busy may reduce the impulse to reach for a cigarette out of habit.

[@nicolasclaus4557]

I think I would be more forgiving to KZbin sponsorships if they weren't all carbon copies of one another. I could open up a newspaper right now and there'd be more variance in the ads in there than what you see across sponsored YT segments, much less the stuff you'd see on TV or before the video itself. In the older days of sponsored KZbin, I feel like people were allowed to be more creative. In the past 3-5 years I wanna say, I can think of maybe 10 YT sponsorships that were advertised interestingly enough to catch my attention, which is pitifully low for a platform that's about expressing the real "you". And on a related note, if your entire brand as a creator, your "you", is flexing how much better a person you are than whatever group, please stop taking these sponsorships. If your channel's in it for the fun times, do whatever unless it's a super stinker, but otherwise I'd go as far as not taking any sponsorships unless you can talk it through with someone not terminally online. I don't need another holier-than-thou creator instructing me on how to feel about a certain issue to unceremoniously plug Factor or Displate halfway through the video. Imagine if part-way through a Mr. Rogers episode, Fred awkwardly transitioned into a Ground News ad read. Sounds jarring, right? In concept, not too far off from what we see on YT

[@Ramonatho]

To your last point, that did used to happen on TV in the early days. News and entertainment segments would switch over to the host smoking a cigarette, and mentioning how nice that cigarette is. Weird times. Edit: now I wanna see Mr. Rodgers puffing a dart

[@Wamitoba]

I got to give props to this dude, Under 2k subscribers, Honestly not many small creators would make an video exposing sponsors. So your basically standing up for others as well losing opportunities to make money. Honestly gives you a lot of credibility. But sponsors usually favor larger creators yet some creators who already have enough money to sustain themselves yet they take the sponsor anyway. It's not the same for every big KZbin though obviously but still.

[@JohnMezzo]

I've had suspicions about KZbin sponsors, but I was too lazy to bother investigating this stuff myself, like Honey, I thought the "catch" would be that they were doing data harvesting and/or spyware, I hadn't anticipated that they were just straight up stealing from the very people they advertised with, that was kinda funny.

[@SaromeGamer]

Fr

[@PuppetWraith17]

Honestly I feel like if I was a big boy KZbinr I’d feel less shame asking for members or shilling a Patreon rather than something I know is a scam

[@ant2551]

"I don't hate youtubers for taking sponsorships I know some ppl just need to make money somehow" and then proceeds to be the most spiteful and annoying person on the planet and refers to drew gooden as a washed up viner fight for relevancy????? What???????? I don't even watch drew gooden like that but going on here trying to make it seem like you're calling out corporations and not people and then going out of your way to then do the opposite of that is kinda silly.

[@drowsyspook3455]

cry abt it😭

[@pivomanslovensko]

Poor baby, whatever shall he do!

[@8xottox8]

Because there's a difference between taking a sponsor deal, and what Drew in his video was doing. Try to watch the segment without bursting into incoherent tears and get back to us. KZbinr A takes a bad sponsor. That's not good, but he needs to pay rent too, so whatever. KZbinr B takes a really bad sponsor. Then they proceed to make a video where they call other youtubers bad people for having bad sponsors, without a hint of self awareness. Is this difference not obvious to you?

[@batgal5471]

Lol I agree with you. Drew shouldn’t have taken the Sofi sponsorship but all the other sht is straight spiteful venom. It was really off putting for the rest of the video ngl.

[@jaml-w9q]

is drew gooden under your desk??

[@MckadeHancock]

Bros hate for Drew Gooden is undying🙏😭

[@cringeopedia]

@@MckadeHancock Honestly based.

[@Strawfruit1413]

I like Drew Gooden but bro was spittin facts

[@iamafish7]

I got raycons back in like 2018. The charging base stopped working after a month. I got some cheap over-the-ear wireless earbuds, only costing $20, about two months later. I'm still using them to this day. Granted, the sound seems a bit off lately, but years of use compared to a fucking month? For $60 less?!

[@0PY0]

Sponsorship scams are why I decided to get a Sponsorblock.

[@creamybonbons2803]

THANK YOU!!! Thanks for compiling all the problems with these GARBAGE sponsorships, selling out is too easy to do for some KZbinrs...

[@L0WLI7E]

My mom bought into the Factor craze then saw her cholesterol skyrocket. It’s even worse when you see glorified drama channels, “commentary”, that you used to watch promoting things that could kill someone. If it was my dad who ate those kits he could’ve had a heart attack sm

[@waterSuja]

oh my god 😦

[@faveless]

and those channels have the audacity to say "they care about their viewers health" eughhh

[@SaromeGamer]

Oh my god im so sorry that happened to you

[@maximillianlylat1589]

Im so sorry that happened to you. Factor is just a glorified tv dinner with a new look. I screwed up my gut eating too many boxed food and havent touched one since. As someone who has a family of diabetics you have my sympathy

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

WOAH DREW GOODEN IS *THAT* BAD? Woah 😭 Also WHAT, the Füm part is horrifying, is this truly real? WHAT

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

I just skip sponsor segments

[@Ezra-e2f]

Sponsors are running away from you after this video man 😭

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

Best for a youtuber to have their own merch, patreon/subscribestar/kofi, develop a video game, or make a comic; while having an irl full time job to ensure finances remain stable.

[@Bealey-d8j]

Honey and BetterHealth take the top and while Prime Video isn't attached to any KZbinrs I know of, they are all over KZbin and promoting MrBeast, a guy who knowingly hired and defended a child predator, freaking ew bro.

[@flarflecakes]

he didn’t knowingly hire and defend a child predator, he was unaware until the situation came out. mr beast is still awful for pushing cryptoscams though.

[@xMeikax]

@@flarflecakes lol they might also be talking about Ava Chris, Mr Beast's literal best friend he knew since childhood lol.

[@flarflecakes]

@@xMeikax yeah that’s who i was talking about. people hide things from their friends all the time, even best friends. it sucks, but i don’t think and there’s no evidence towards mr beast endorsing that behavior.

[@xMeikax]

@@flarflecakes but do you really absolutely have no idea about the friend you know for literal decades? There are some hints he totally knew what Ava was up to, but just chose not to pay attention to it.

[@flarflecakes]

@ it’s speculation at that point. which means trying to frame mr beast as if he knew wouldn’t be reliable at all. it wouldn’t be right to put it up as a point of contention when we have no idea what happened between him and ava.

[@raumsegler]

For me the main problem with displate besides ai content is their discounts, they literally have a 36% or something similar for the whole year and just name it differently and then make it seem like its limited on their website. Like how is that even legal

[@Ramonatho]

It's not, but the internet is larger than the government's ability to regulate

[@prisma.]

Call me petty but I unsub from any KZbinr that grabs these sponsors, there are million of KZbinrs out there I won't die for not watching any random slop anymore

[@SomeRandomPersonOnTheNet]

Glad someone mentioned the essential oils in fum… been saying it for months to my brother… that fum is not safer

[@Lumi_Tassu]

How does fum got away with this from FDA? Dunno, my opinion on everything like that is money and bribery. Or some other bogus sounding legal loopholes.

[@batfreeze56]

Had no idea Drew was like that. Very disappointed, but not surprised.

[@DoublePlus-Ungood]

Like what? Ain't nothing wrong with Sofi. Been using them for couple years now. It's just an online bank. Works exactly like my local Credit Union.

[@cringeopedia]

I’m just glad someone called him out for this. Not sure if anyone else has but it’s literally so scummy that he’s promoting a CLEAR scam WHILE talking shit about other youtubers not doing their research. Of course since he’s him it’s okay to do it in him and his followers’ eyes. I stopped being subbed to him myself.

[@themelnova]

I really wanted to believe he was different but now that I've seen him in this light I can't unsee it.

[@AnimeXFever54]

Who is Drew

[@cringeopedia]

@@AnimeXFever54 Drew Gooden

[@crispyandspicy6813]

no one: *nothing* Scammy sposor segment at the start of the video: "ROAD ROLLA-DA!"

[@myanimations3068]

I've done meal kits and Raycons. I don't really regret the meal kits beyond the waste aspect and price since I got to try a bunch of things, but Raycons were an assload of garbage that stopped working right in under 6 months and nobody replied to my attempt to use their warranty.

[@chance713]

Mine lasted 2 years

[@engchann]

adam something's sponsorship of masterworks caught me SO off guard, like you made your career off exposing tech bro bullshit, what are you doing 😭

[@Dinosaurwith42heads]

I get why they do it, but let's be real, none of these people use the products they sponsor

[@cadalisbian]

i dig the new stuff youre doing with pulling up visuals

[@QuickRundown0]

Editing is gonna massively improve now that i'm off of freeware bullshit

[@Doink-ql9rp]

Willy mac was always weird for shilling fum as a "fidget toy" imo

[@joerandal3798]

After 1000 years, FINALLY a new vid

[@Ixarus6713]

You ought to add Better Help to the thumbnail. That sure wasn't a good sponsor to have either... 😬

[@samuelgraham270]

It was in Part 1's thumbnail Granted it's so bad it probably deserves to be on both thumbnails

[@faultyvideos2215]

Better help ain't great but it's also not discussed in this video, compared to all the sponsors that are in the thumbnail.

[@WanArk86]

Masterworks was sus to me from the get-go aside from the potential tax exemption (or something in the line of that) involved around fine arts. The line read was like a refined version of NFT grifters trying to make new members as a bag holder.

[@Feroce]

This is the thing, fine art is by definition NFTs so it's no wonder the people shilling for it sound the same.

[@samuraikaoss1455]

I got cologne in the mail.a couple of years ago. I don't wear cologne. It was from Scentbird. Saw it was a subscription and immediately emailed them and canceled.

[@l0caljohnny]

putting fugo as füm in the thumbnail is WILD bro

[@dabort]

Where’s the VPNs? No, like all of them. Not just THAT one, you know, just, just all of ‘em.

[@Nik0__]

Nordvpn?

[@schwarzwaldbrot]

I think it's also important to note the most of the mainstream VPN providers are managed by the same few companies

[@dabort]

@@Nik0__ Yup.

[@ProfoundKrab]

No way a real sponsor stole the "Chum is Fum" catchphrase from that one SpongeBob episode

[@QuickRundown0]

😭😭😭

[@tamara9181]

How is thia vid not viral wth??

[@QuickRundown0]

Last one was so here's hoping this one is make sure to share it to your friends 👍

[@woj95]

Since i installed sponsor block I forgot there are even any sponsored segments in videos 😆

[@Ramonatho]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how there's no youtubers (to my knowledge) who are taking sponsorships from people they personally know, like friends or other youtubers who have gotten into real business. I'd love to see someone advertise something they know about personally. Only similar thing I can think of is F9 making in house branded key wraps and neck gaiters they have their friends make.

[@waterSuja]

i never ever use anything from sponsorships

[@ajdndbdjbdj]

Take a shot everytime he says the word unironically

[@garlicxi]

Honestly, I did have suspicions with Ground News, seeing that it's sponsored everywhere on channels covering geopolitics

[@BiBiren]

In the videos exposing Honey and PIE, I see Ground News being sponsored. I was thinking "hmmm... how long will Ground News be exposed for being somewhat a shady company or something?"

[@Terigena]

It is a news aggregator so it basically pirates of actual news organisations. Every time someone reads an article on a news aggregator the people who did the actual journalism miss out on revenue. It isn't for nothing that newspapers have been fighting Google news. Ground News dares to ask subscription fees for undermining the journalistic landscape.

[@CaptainFutura]

​@@BiBirenI know, right? I see them sponsoring everywhere. They must be spending millions on influencers. But hard as I try, I just don't see the point. You already know the bias of the media you consume. It's not like some big revelation.

[@8xottox8]

​@@CaptainFutura That's exactly it. I don't need to see what like, Alex Jones at Infowars or Tucker Carlson said about something. If I hit my head one morning and decided to need that, I could just go and see on their own websites and channels. I can just open up FOX, CNN, etc. if I want to see mainstream news.

[@pivomanslovensko]

I really dont see how ground news could even be a scam. Im pretty sure the only thing they sell is a premium version of their app.

[@EthanSchaner]

This is a great video. Encapsulates the thoughts I've had on KZbin sponsorships for the past few years now. You've earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@Cheeseburger_the_bear]

Unironically wearing my new Christmas pair of raycon’s to watch this

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Well now you have to wear them ironically.

[@Flatwares]

factor is just the meal plans they put old/disabled people on but with better marketing

[@cryingrightnow7928]

It’s been rubbing me the wrong way that Mr.ballen is still taking sponsorships from Better Help

[@edwardrhoads7283]

If a youtuber has one or two sponsers that end up being scammy but it would have been hard or impossible to know so (aka honey) then you really can't hold that against them. However, if a youtuber has allowed EVERY scam to sponser them then I unsubscribe. AKA Graham.

[@darthvaderbn]

Jojo bizarre sponsorships

[@dravenmartinez6311]

I have seen ground news ads literally from sml a plush show.

[@ChickadeeBoi]

With Ground News I also can't help but wonder what is their metric? What is the formula, and what data pools are they using, for the weighted left-center-right scale? Who by, how and why is each source ranked as left/right and accurate/false? I need more transparency if I am to believe anyone making a claim to be non partisan. Cause to be blunt, I have grown suspicious of both sides of the fence after realizing the fence sits on shared property and serves the same homeowners association (so to speak). Many on the left repeat slogans with no grasp of the ideals or peoples said slogans rep...and well the right is just maskoff with the superiority complex, that is all too often just as common but more subtle on the left. Basically the entire compass is busted, so I have just opted to return to old school sailor style navigation in my political life.... (Ie trust your gut and read the surroundings)

[@membranealpha5961]

the fact thats its even a left vs right political landscape is in and of itself a massive problem, when there's no third or fourth group everything becomes us vs them to a level where its almost impossible to have any meaningful conversation. honestly im of the opinion that we should do away with political parties entirely, even if that's not realistically possible.

[@ChickadeeBoi]

@@membranealpha5961 I actually couldn't agree more. I myself can't help but think, aren't the left and right wing the same bird? And don't all birds inevitably wind up shitting on many heads?...Perhaps we should vote for competent leaders, not just alternating wings of a undeniably incompetent bird?

[@towel_gaming]

​@@ChickadeeBoi personally I think we should all vote for the liver or the heart because they keep the bird alive

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

​@membranealpha5961 any third or fourth group would still be part of the left/right dichotomy.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

​@ChickadeeBoi This is just a misunderstanding of what the right/left dichotomy is supposed to be. Basically, to oversimplify it, the left/right dichotomy was first categorized in the French Revolution where the seating arrangement in the National Assembly was split between supporters of the previous regime on the right with the progressive on the left. You will always vote for alternating wings because no matter who you vote for they are either a candidate for progress or someone promising to revert back to better days.

[@HolyApplebutter]

11:23 Seriously though, did he mess with camera settings or something? That shit's bright enough to be considered a bioweapon in direct sunlight.

[@february4206]

tbf my old boss had highlighter yellow hair just like this. some hair dye is just crazy pigmented.

[@ScritRighter]

7600$ is 7 months of rent? Not in this economy. That'll earn you some nice cardboard and some spit in your mouth in NYC.

[@Ramonatho]

That's 10 months of rent where I live lol

[@Tree-Nutz]

Bought a pair of raycon earbuds in 2022 and they fell apart in a month.

[@Llurr-e9n]

I agree with the vast majority of your points, but i do think that you are vastly overestimating how many people actually buy these products. In the final section you take a supposed "conservative estimate" of 10% of people who watch an EmpLemon video sponsored by Keeps buys their product. There is absolutely no way that 1 in every 10 people who see a product will end up buying it. I'd be extremely surprised if even 1% bought it.

[@KuniKu-y6x]

Dont forget as soon as someone says "this video is sponsored" spam that 10 sec skip button 🔥

[@undeadsweetheart7508]

Not rlly related ig but one of the most annoying things about KZbin sponsors for me is when they're at the beginning/middle of a video. Like, I'm not stupid enough to buy something advertised by a KZbinr, just put the shitty ad at the end of the video 😭

[@Ellisepha]

At least most of them film the sponsor segment on a different day wearing different clothes, so you can tell easily how far you need to skip ahead 😂

[@SaromeGamer]

Im glad my fave childhood ytubers would put it at the end of the video

[@8xottox8]

Internet Shaquille is a real one for that. The ads are always at the end.

[@AverageDudehere]

Deadass got a factor Ad as soon as he talked about it😭

[@pharisaeus6493]

Got a betterhelp ad on this

[@thesswb4463]

The only good sponsor is when someone gets paid to promote youtube premium lol

[@LuigiFan77]

18:14 what's that song called

[@maksscratch]

that's kira yoshikage theme (i don't remember the name)

[@popezosimusthethird269]

Just when you think things can't get any more baffling, you see youtubers promoting Fake Fragrances, a company that quite literally sells replicas and counterfeits because certain formulas can be approximated. And the cherry on top is that they get some watch youtubers to promote it. Y'know, watches, one of if not the most counterfeited product segment on the market. You just can't make that shit up.

[@placeholder-t7j]

I use raycons and their actually pretty good but your arguments are good too so fair enough

[@ChickenTenderBender]

Dude I got a factor_ ad before this video LMFAOOOO

[@lazer_cat0o0]

I honestly think that anyone who sits through sponsor segments aren't human. Anybody who buys this shit is an actual npc

[@coltfrtyfve594]

Erm actually there's an umlaut over the u, which means it's pronounced fYOOM ☝️🤓 I had to & I'm not sorry

[@bananechoc-1p5]

I feel vindicated knowing I didn't buy into any of the sponsors even if my favorite youtuber SHILLS it hard

[@OzymandiasMC]

The raid shadow legends in question:

[@akkemaster]

I just ignore yt sponsors, I have never bought anything a youtuber has shilled and probably never will They all seem so goddamn shady, I just assume the crap being promoted is a scam

[@andrewdiaz3529]

I mentioned that Masterworks was just fine art nfts in that Adam Something video when it came out

[@thekazuki4888]

Ngl ground news sounds a way to pay for a news graph

[@TheMightyN]

Somebody write a song titled "My close shave with Manscape." It's a bop guaranteed.

[@adzdrawss]

personally i think that raycon is one of the best sponsorships. i’ve seen people have bad experiences but mine has been extremely positive. they work super well and they have good quality. the battery life is great. they also fit well in my ears and aren’t uncomfortable. every pair i’ve had has worked perfectly.

[@Chad42963]

Sponsor block goes hard

[@NotUrProfile]

wait till this fella finds out what honey is doing

[@QuickRundown0]

This script was made and recorded months before people exposed honey, sadly 😭😭

[@meh4294]

Funnily enough kaz rowe a historical youtuber got a ground news sponsor on thier latest video, and they are apolitical but on the left leaning side ,they claim that the sponsor helped them research the video where it's completely unrelated cuz it was on the queer history of the wizard of Oz ,now i don't know how ground news can help someone search about a fictional story with fictional characters and show tiktok clips of Arianna grande like sure man whatever,this news filter related to news coverage of our modern time can help someone find news from an old newspaper lol

[@notafurry4929]

banger video, keep it up.

[@undeadsweetheart7508]

Great video, man 👍

[@40Ccents]

6:29 "B-but, we're just a culinary company!!" ass mindset

[@KanaMedia101]

Surely brilliant and skillshare don't have something terribly wrong with them. If I'm wrong about this then there truly are no good sponsors.

[@jaml-w9q]

brilliant is actually so tuff omg. i didnt use skillshare yet.

[@Ramonatho]

I've heard skillshare is mostly made up of rich people blabbering about nothing with 10% being real actual information

[@40Ccents]

11:19 i keep on hearing "SCP 500"

[@knarfxd4071]

As scummy as these ads often are, you'd still have to be a fool to actually spend money on them. (you're probs right about ground news lmao)