#watcher

[incorrectghostfiles]

Watcher, once they read all the comments to their announcement:

[mando-lore]

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

The most important comment in this whole mess

[mitchsmarners]

We all understand wanting to leave YouTube. The issue here is, instead of just getting their own website and shifting the content, they are going full throttle on making their fans pay for every single aspect- including content they’d already been given for free, over multiple years.

Plenty of content creators have had their own content sites over the years, with free content and then content specifically for their paid tiers. Not unlike Patreon but everything in the same place. So that fans could enjoy their content, especially videos they’re already viewed and enjoyed for free, but they are getting their freedom and their subscriptions.

It’s a strictly business decision and that’s fine. I just hope they’re prepared for how many regular viewers they’re going to lose because people can’t afford this, or straight up just aren’t willing to pay for something they used to get to free.

[vira-with-no-v]

Do you guys also love it when you watch a youtube show for about a decade and then they decide to put it behind the paywall? And you can’t even pay for the subscription not only because it’s expensive and you’re already subscribed to plenty of other services BUT because you PHYSICALLY CAN NOT pay for a subscription of a service from a different country

Great, that’s exactly what we all wanted and needed 👍

[sentaluise]

alright game plan: who‘s downloading all the old videos & putting it in a google drive & who is taking one for the team, getting that subscription & sharing their password with everyone?

[dishgranted]

the fact that last week we were all so hyped for the big news and now we look like this:

[wearewatcher]

We’re Leaving YouTube

[incorrectghostfiles]

While I'm proud of watcher for branching out, I'm not sure hiding everything behind a pay wall was the smartest thing to do actually.

[kilogramoftears]

shout out to the people who are about to start saving and archiving every watcher video in light of the news

[the-uncanny-dag]

The comment section under Watcher's new announcement

[moonbeamdagger]

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

[youlooklikeasixtiesqueen]

watcher paywall announcement moodboard

[monstersw1thv1bes]

things the watcher guys could do that aren't CREATING A WHOLE ASS NEW STREAMING SERVICE THAT THE WORLD DOESN'T NEED:

put seasons of their shows out on DVDs. bonus if you can add behind the scenes content or even commentary that would then only exist on those dvds, so people have more reason to buy (leave the originals up as they are, though).

put their shows on already existing streaming services, preferably ones that are already popular rather than really niche ones, though I do understand that maybe getting your stuff on a popular streaming service is harder than on a less popular one so i wouldn't flame them for that.

idk sell more and better merch? like I've looked at their merch before and none of it seemed all that nice to me even though I am an impulse buyer and always wanted everything by the people I'm a fan of (you wouldnt believe the amount of clothes i have that are straight up youtuber merch. we're talking more than 2/3rds of my wardrobe). probably would have actually bought some of watcher's merch if it was better. the only thing I was ever tempted to buy was the professor plushie.

also lowering the price of good merch even marginally (without making it not-profitable) = more people can afford it = you earn more.

create a new show that isn't already available for free and put that on your patreon or something. give your viewers who can afford it a better reason to pay you.

[winged-fool]

Oof imagine hyping up this big announcement all week only for everyone to react by saying it's the worst idea ever. A swing and a miss, my guys.

[thedeaddandy]