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Until the richest YouTuber isn’t an adolescent set up to prey on his peers with unboxing videos, these measures are all half-hearted attempts at keeping the cas
by facethrowaway 7y ago
Until the richest YouTuber isn’t an adolescent set up to prey on his peers with unboxing videos, these measures are all half-hearted attempts at keeping the cash flowing. More regulation is probably needed.
- hackinthebochs 7y ago>prey on his peers with unboxing videos What exactly is predatory about it?
- CryptoBanker 7y agoThey are literally video-length advertisements
- derefr 7y agoI dunno, unboxing videos often satisfy (part of) the urge that made me want to get the thing in the first place. It's like the psychology finding that telling people about your goals makes you less motivated to achieve them. Part of my motivation to buy the thing was to get the experience of unboxing it; now I feel like I've already gotten that.
- angryasian 7y agoall cartoons that were aired were ads to sell toys.
- thrwaway69 7y agoExactly what kind of regulation are you looking for if this is not enough?
- dean177 7y ago> prey on his peers with unboxing videos How is an unboxing video predatory?
- mkl 7y agoSuch videos are themselves ads, presented as if they're not.
- angryasian 7y agoyou say this like all cartoons growing up weren't giant ads. Almost every cartoon of my generation was created by a toy company. He-Man, GI Joe, Transformers, etc.
- mkl 7y agoThat's probably because I didn't watch cartoons growing up! But yes, I am aware of that connection.
- xtracto 7y agoDid you know that is how a lot of cartoons started? I recommend you watch https://www.netflix.com/mx-en/title/80224167 https://www.netflix.com/mx-en/title/80224167 . (The Power of GraySkull documentary). Cartoons like TMNT, Thundercats, Silverhawks, etc where done for the single purpose of selling toys.
- geddy 7y agoHow about regulation by the parents over what they allow their children to watch? Or is that too much of an inconvenience these days?