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I'm surprised at the negative view here. He had a very interesting interview with Joe Rogan a while back where he explains his business model. He does crazy exp

by ardkf 3y ago

I'm surprised at the negative view here. He had a very interesting interview with Joe Rogan a while back where he explains his business model. He does crazy expensive stuff on the main channel that might break even but often loses money. But this funnels viewers into the other Mr. Beast channels, like gaming or reacts, that are much cheaper to produce and do make money. The flywheel turns and he makes more money which goes to his philanthropy efforts or bigger videos on the main channel. At the end of the day he's given away more money than I'll ever be able to by finding a glitch in the system that seems to be working out, at least for now. If kids like it and it inspires them to be charitible themselves in the future then I can't see how that's a bad thing. I will say that I find some of the videos uncomfortable to watch when it's him just giving out money. But it's not any worse than what's been shown on regular TV for decades. The videos where he bought out entire grocery stores to fuel the food banks his company runs or the car lot where the cars were a dollar each are much better than straight up handing out cash.

prepend 3y ago
> crazy expensive stuff on the main channel that might break even but often loses money I remember him bringing this up in the interview and it’s an odd statement. “Often loses money.” It makes more money than it loses, obviously. So it’s weird to call out how some videos lose money. Yes, that’s how the world works. And some make make money. More make than lose, that’s just how everything works. And then he donates some profits to charitable causes. Im not sure if he’s not sure how business works or his audience doesn’t. Im not sure why this line about “often loses money” irks me.
- ardkf 3y ago
  I'm not sure why either. My understanding is that the main channel videos are big and flashy but expensive, basically acting as a loss leader that increases the population that watch the rest of his channels. So they make money indirectly I guess.

by ardkf 3y ago

prepend 3y ago

> crazy expensive stuff on the main channel that might break even but often loses money I remember him bringing this up in the interview and it’s an odd statement. “Often loses money.” It makes more money than it loses, obviously. So it’s weird to call out how some videos lose money. Yes, that’s how the world works. And some make make money. More make than lose, that’s just how everything works. And then he donates some profits to charitable causes. Im not sure if he’s not sure how business works or his audience doesn’t. Im not sure why this line about “often loses money” irks me.

ardkf 3y ago
I'm not sure why either. My understanding is that the main channel videos are big and flashy but expensive, basically acting as a loss leader that increases the population that watch the rest of his channels. So they make money indirectly I guess.