Or are people just venting because the initiative is struggling to succeed
It’s this one. He lives rent free in people’s minds because he made a video 9 months ago that has 1 million views where he says he doesn’t support it because it would cause undue burden on developers. Focusing on YouTuber drama is really taking away from the message of consumer rights.
There’s more to it than that. It’s not because Thor was publicly against SKG, it’s because he misrepresented the entire situation to his much larger audience. The reason there’s a big focus on this now instead of 9 months ago is because Ross (the creator of SKG) specifically didn’t want it to become “youtuber drama”. The reason it’s happening now is because the SKG movement is almost over and has been struggling, and Ross put out a video explaining how Pirate Software mislead his audience and actively turned public perception against SKG right when it was building momentum.
It’s this one. He lives rent free in people’s minds because he made a video 9 months ago that has 1 million views where he says he doesn’t support it because it would cause undue burden on developers. Focusing on YouTuber drama is really taking away from the message of consumer rights.
There’s more to it than that. It’s not because Thor was publicly against SKG, it’s because he misrepresented the entire situation to his much larger audience. The reason there’s a big focus on this now instead of 9 months ago is because Ross (the creator of SKG) specifically didn’t want it to become “youtuber drama”. The reason it’s happening now is because the SKG movement is almost over and has been struggling, and Ross put out a video explaining how Pirate Software mislead his audience and actively turned public perception against SKG right when it was building momentum.
And now it’s YouTuber drama.