#My condolences to the watcher fandom you actually fucking deserve better
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i’ve been scratching my head over the whole watcher situation. I’m not a fan myself but got dragged into it cus of the people I follow, i only watched their puppet history series and the buzzfeed unsolved series from way back- honestly, i couldn’t care less if they locked all their stuff behind a paywall. I’m so neutral on this whole thing, i might as well be swiss.
but i’m not neutral? In fact, the whole thing really bothers me and i couldn’t figure out why.
cus i get it, yanno. As a company that thrives on creativity, i understand you’d wanna cut yourself off the mega-capatalist-giant that is youtube to get rid of annoying restrictions, and asking monetary support from your audience so you can really stretch the limit of your creativity. I GET IT.
And it STILL bothers me!
And then I figured it out:
the whole “any future videos they’ll be making will EXCLUSIVELY be available through a streaming service you have to pay a monthly subscription for” comes less across as “please support us monetarily so we can grow as creators”, and comes more across as “if you want to continue being a fan, or even being a part of the audience, you’re gonna have to pay up. You have no choice in the matter. It’s either pay, or you’re not a ‘real’ fan or a ‘real’ part of our audience.”
THAT’S what’s bothering me about it. It feels like they’re gatekeeping who gets to be part of their community with money (that not everyone might have). And knowing where they come from and how they started…. That’s… extremely tone deaf. To put it gently.
#Watcher#i had to get that out#My condolences to the watcher fandom you actually fucking deserve better#This perspective coming from someone who was only really subscribed for puppet history#Like to me and people like me this announcement is really just “your mediocre support isn’t enough”#“We’re gonna make it so you HAVE to watch all our content in order for the price to be worth it”#“Or you don’t get to watch any of it at all”#And like… yeah fine no more watcher it is then nbd#But did you HAVE to push out like THAT??#Listen I’ll GLADLY pay 6 dollars for every episode of puppet history#The money is clearly on screen and it’s cheaper than going to the cinema so it’s MORE than earned#I am however not paying that same amount monthly for all the watcher content including all the stuff i’m not interested in#Your content ain’t THAT good
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