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A lot of people complain about the clickbait headlines or that he's hamming it up for the camera. He does get a lot of hate.
I personally find him entertaining and I like most of the other presenters. I don't mind the clickbait headlines because they're all clickbait, it's like a running joke itself.
Yeah they've openly said that they wish they didn't have to do the clickbaiting, but that the effect it has on their total views/revenue in undeniable. It's kinda just how YouTube is at this point, adapt or die
Veritasium did a video about it, with data to back it up. They took old video and reposted them with and without clickbait titles and images. The difference of views is staggering. People just like it o suppose.
There's always option c, which is not pursuing a media empire... lots of small channels that are successful without the clickbait crap.
A lot of what they want to do and do in fact do wouldn't be possible at a smaller size. Their new lab uses equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece.
Not to mention the hundreds of staff they now have that need to be paid
Aw, that's unfortunate. Clickbait by itself shouldn't ruin a creator for someone. Gotta look for the positives, not the negatives.
I'M SO ANGRY. I WAS BAMBOOZLED INTO WATCHING A VIDEO I ENJOYED.