#i bet it's due to some tax/law stuff. why would they willingly cut off the non-us audience?

[theskoomacat]

HOLY SHIT YOU ARE A FUCKING BABY. it's like people have forgotten that companies actually need money to run and now are throwing a tantrum that they're not going to get entertained for free anymore?? it's fair to feel sad that the income from yt/patreon/promos/merch wasn't enough to keep them at the level they strived for, but it is their right to raise their labor's price - as much as it is your right to not buy the product anymore! but to turn this simple transaction into some moral problem, to invoke capitalism here (has this... not been capitalism before?) - typical baby behavior.

I don't think steven and the rest of the Watcher team are idiots. i don't think they foresaw the intensity of the backlash, but they must have known they were trading a bigger audience that pays cents for a smaller one that pays dollars. this tells us that either a) they want to maintain/increase their content quality, or b) they really fucking need money. both options do not warrant this backlash. omg it's so anti-capitalist praxis to not pay your staff a fair wage🤪

i'm fine with people deciding not to subscribe*. i'm fine with people feeling disappointed they won't get to watch their stuff anymore (i know i will). but to scream that you've been "betrayed" and accuse the team of being morally bankrupt for their decision is beyond unreasonable in my opinion.