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rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months agoMost of them are pretending that they aren’t corporate. YouTubers are generally trying to keep up the illusion of authenticity, which on YouTube usually includes pretending that you’re on your own.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I mean, the vast, vast majority of entertainment media is an act. Do you watch Top Gear and assume that everything they did happened organically?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months ago
No, but the point is that tv shows or movies generally don’t pretend like that - you cannot make those on your own, but it has been possible in the past to make a successful YouTube channel on your own, which is why it’s possible to pretend in the first place.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Its the same reason I hate “reality shows”. Give me reality or give me fiction. Dont try pretending its real when its not