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The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?
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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2024
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I've thought about this. Essentially, whenever a channel gets moderately successful they will be contacted by various agencies trying to 'sponsor' them.
All the people that make video for fun hardly get seen, and if they do it's not long before they sell out.
Yes, sadly this is the way :(