Anyone who actually needs to know that info

Yeah, it's a forum, it should be more like a cafe in terms of anyone talking to anyone, regardless of who that person is.

For big personalities and stuff every time it mattered in reddit, I saw proof that they're them (ama's usually)

That's on the creators tho, not the platform I feel like it's not an argument against paying for the platform, at least not when there are plenty of videos that don't do baked in sponsor ads.

Edit: if you exclusively watch content with baked in ads, I can see it from a purely consumer end point of view.

/dragonsfuckingcars and /r/carsfuckingdragons I just need them to exist

The game isn't even out yet and people are excited for mods that will fix bugs. JFC there's a reason AAA games these days launch incredibly broken

How is the us a real place wtf?

I think for most it was just a feel-good move, like carbon offsetting or belittling people for using plastic straws, once the idea of getting serious about it was put on the table, suddenly people started rationalizing the abandonment of any "efforts" they made.

I don't think anyone changed their minds aside from maybe a few honest and naive folks (I might be one, didn't think twice about how pointless it was to promise I'd be back until I saw a video from Luis Rossman slapping me with reality, though I was planning on an indefinite blackout because that's what I thought the plan .)