Also, good riddance, MatPat?
No, but seriously, it’s getting annoying.
This is like the 2000s all over again!
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Tom Scott has been planning his semi-retirement for a while, and since he handled it well others are getting ideas.
But it’s also just that a lot of popular channels started 10-15 years ago and at this point they’re ready to stop. Who wouldn’t want to retire early if they could?
I abandoned YouTube as a source of entertainment a while ago. Personally the format got a bit tired for me. And everyone seems to have gone the clickbait route. Plus I stopped paying for Google music and couldn’t deal with the ads anymore.
Totally! I also must say that the pivot to video in general hasn’t been very conducive for me personally. I would much rather read a news article than have some zoomer superimpose their body over the article and scream their interpretation at me.
the internet is changing, and they’ve been at this for 10-15 years. They can try to adapt or retire/move on to something else. Tom Scott did what he wanted, still has projects going, and is slowing down. Matpat has a family and made bank, why learn new tricks when he could settle down?
MatPat is 37 and he was making videos about FNAF knock-offs. I have a lot of respect for the man for a number of reasons but it was about time for him to quit.
The tech bubble has burst, this kind of video based social media is no longer profitable for the tech companies, and the creators get shafted as a result. I think Twitch is also laying off a bunch of staff.
I’m not sure this is entirely accurate. When talking about huge YouTubers who have been successfully making enormous sums, some have been big for over a decade, their revenues will hardly have dropped over time. If anything I’d argue they’ve made so much money that they now have the privilege to go pursue less profitable but more enjoyable occupations.
