And, also unfortunately, he apparently has some fans here based on the downvotes.

Maybe, but every video (or any animated format, really), gets downvoted on Lemmy. At the minute, this vid has the same number of downvotes as 'Why Aren't Swing Wing Aircraft Made Any More?'. A link to a remote site, that's known for serving ads and for being a pain to get back from on mobile, is going to attract downvotes. Some of it depends on how engaging (or not) various front-ends make this kind of content - a comparison between what anyone using lemmy-ui sees and what I see:

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