i don't care if you don't got any hope for me

[allhailbrokeloose]

EVERYONE PLEASE PLEASE VOTE UK TOMORROW PLEASE

[allhailbrokeloose]

really? am i supposed to feel sorry for a dude driving tesla? and no im not entitled to free content i watch it while its free and i pay with my time or where do those views they love to brag about come from? if it’s not free im just not gonna watch simple as that, ik it may sound groundbreaking but their content is not as vital for my survival as six fcking bucks

[duncanlesbianism]

[s0fter-sin]

people are acting like we’re saying creators shouldn’t be paid for their work; they absolutely should. and watcher already is. they have a patreon, they get sponsors, their videos regularly get millions of views which gives them ad revenue, they sell merch; they are getting paid. feeling indignant and disappointed that they’re asking us to pay for content we were already getting for free isn’t entitlement, it’s expected. ​they wanted to make bigger produced shows and now their budget can’t sustain it, that’s not on the viewer to make up for

[theladyinsilver]

i'm seeing that y'all are gonna let watcher control the narrative and act like we misunderstood them and they were never gonna remove their stuff from youtube. you can say whatever you want about their streaming service, but one thing is a fact: they are lying to us pretending that was not their intention and we're spreading misinformation. we not only aren't stupid and understood the video correctly, but also they told variety that that's what they were doing.

[jellogram]

Really weird how many of you worship Shane and Ryan so hard that you're like "They have a right to be paid for their art!! Stop being a brat and support them!!"

Like it's not about whether or not I want them to make money. Obviously I do. It's about how they:

teased this as a big exciting update

have been dropping serious amounts of cash on shows that no one asked for

hinted in the video that they are doing this so that they can continue to do the big expensive shit that no one asked for

keep reminding us that Steven drives us a Tesla for some godforsaken reason

are acting like everyone on earth can afford the subscription and that international exchange rates don't exist

skipped over a million other options like patreon shows and ad-supported independent streaming before jumping straight into thinking they deserve a streaming service

Like can you stop being parasocial for one second and realize how fucking terribly this has been handled. They are showing zero respect to their audience both in their decision and how it was presented. Can you not look at that and think "Huh, maybe my guys fucked this one up?"

[moonbeamdagger]

love that everyone is united in just going “terrible idea. wish you the best. thanks for the laughs. bye.”

[trans-pilled]

genuinely cannot imagine dickriding the watcher guys the way some of you have been. like they made a bad business decision! they alienated their audience! they made jokes about "eating the rich" and then one of their owners turned around and bought a tesla! they said they'd pull all their old content off youtube and then immediately backpedaled and started gaslighting the people who noticed it! they're just guys on the internet, they're not your friends and they are not anti-capitalists. they just want money and they don't care about their primarily young/international/non-wealthy audience.

[allhailbrokeloose]

smells a bit like kp0p over morals bc why you running around poor shaming ppl for the sake of three dudes that just slapped you in the face? wanna pay for it go right ahead but don’t expect other ppl to be this unhappy about their lives

[commandermaxil]

shout out to the 5 1/2 people defending watcher….couldn’t be me but I gotta appreciate the parasocial dedication

[the-name-i-want-was-taken]

The most important comment in this whole mess

[psychicpinenut]

it's also kind of insane how fan reliant their business is. aside from are you scared, too many spirits, ghost files that literally use fan submitted stories as their premise, the marketing done by the fanbase is huge. i alone have several watcher posts over 10k notes on here that have breached containment and made it to people's dashboards who don't know what watcher is or never seen an episode. i've had the watcher socials use my posts as memes on their own sites. even the biggest memes that are still from their bfu days (hey there demons, it's me ya boy) is good marketing. what are they gonna do when all of this goes away?

[wallys-left-eyeball]

i lied abt only posting abt this situation once, i just saw this lovely person’s comment!! passing it on to tumblr 🫡

[allhailbrokeloose]

also shane is the only one acknowledging that what they are doing is silly jokey stuff (even tho his content is the most valuable) the other two really think they are redefining the industry here. btw unsolved only became popular bc of shane after shane joined. and idk why worth it was popular i never seen a single episode but im sure it’s not bc of steven he’s unlikable af

[allhailbrokeloose]

ppl who are defending this controversial decision are saying they have the right to profit off their content as if they weren’t doing so before! they weren’t doing charity and it’s never about the community or whatever. where does that tesla come from and ofc those 200 dollars jackets if you will (lol)? not like they were driven by pure enthusiasm magic of friendship and concern for your mental health all this time but finally snapped and decided to get at least six bucks out of it. truth is the boys got greedy and it cost them their entire career

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

gonna buy this god-forsaken web site and charge all y'all $8 a month to edit reblogs.

[mindflamer]

i love how u can tune into mystery files like hehe silly boys discussing fun mysteries! and ryan and shane are like btw fuck capitalism fuck racism don't trust the government also you should steal things