Ask Lemmy

I watched a channel called- Escape the dream restoring a French chateau. I watched it religiously for likr 5 plus years and it helped distract we through covid. Within the last year as they became more popular the ads and selling amped up so much that I couldnt stand watching anymore. Before it felt relaxing and fun to watch now it feels like they are always trying to make money off everything to the detriment of their actual content. Full videos that are only ads, lots of content locked behind patron and now also YouTube membership too and the obnoxious in video sponsorships

Recently? Besides some specific and lesser known YT channels I watch, EWU and JCS comes first to mind.

All time? That is way too much to count but some most famous imo are PewDiePie, AVGN, JohnTron, =3, ТиХ (This is хорошо), Stonewall008, tons of ones I already forgot about.

Upisnotjump

The videos have the same vibe and all, but there is no soul. It feels like there is no overarching point anymore, just opinion pieces in the same format. It feels like most videos could just as well have been ai written

Catfish Cooley. He made some funny parody redneck shit but it because clear he was not playing a character and that is what broke it for me. It ceased to be funny when you realize what he was behind the mask.

SMG4 is one that comes to mind, having watched his channel since its early days. His older videos, while clearly lacking polish and obviously made by a teenager, were actually funny and memorable. As time went on though, his content started to slip. Sure, the production quality improved as he started Glitchy Boy and later Glitch Productions, but the humour ended up becoming secondary as he switched from self-contained episodes to various "seasons" with ongoing storylines. It meant you had to keep up with every episode to know wtf was going on (the same mistake South Park made), and his attempt at making the series more of a drama than a comedy meant that the humour was more of a distraction that made it hard to take the drama seriously. Why should I believe Mario will die this time if I've seen him survive being blown up, set on fire and shot dozens of times before? Some of the best characters (Bowser, Toad, etc) ended up taking a backseat to his numerous OCs as well, and the voice acting sucked compared to back when everyone spoke with various meme clips and subtitles.

SMG4 was at its best when it was a bunch of multicoloured Marios just doing random funny shit, and didn't take itself seriously one bit. It's pretty clear Luke's passion is with Glitch's other productions, hence why SMG4 finally ended.

Is that the right wing religious anti woke weirdo? I know that there are two guys who do similar content, and even have similar names, but i haven't seen them in years.