The Downfall of Donut Media

Recent HiLow series caused some controvery with the Subaru community and has people wondering if Donut Media is no longer an automotive channel; but an entertainment channel. In today's short, we talk a little about it and why you may want to cut them more slack than you think. But is Donut straying away from who they are or have they always been an entertainment channel?

[AlexMartini.]

I love the donut team, but what do you think about their content? lmk below!

[Project_Flat]

The videos people claim to dislike are what pays for the videos we all love. You have to support the company as a whole so they can continue to grow. I’ve been watching Donut since they were shooting up to speed in the hallway, and it’s awesome to see how far they’ve come.

[TheAshPriyam]

Personally, I miss the Up To Speed series where James was the literal Sensation

[acekoala]

Gotta pay the bills somehow.

The most Recent Hi-Low was their most expensive.

[gabriel]

And now zack and jerry left to make their own channel.

[nuevillanueva]

I really miss Money Pit. Zack was the best host! Dude was just a natural!

[UguisuAnko]

As a fan of donut media for many years now, I'd say they should bring back the up to speed and dive deep more about tuning shops in Japan like the RE Amemiya, JUN, Seeker, Top Fuel, FEED, Garage Mak, Car Shop Glow, J's Racing, Le Mans endurance racing, Wangan Midnight, Time Attack racing especially its origin which is located at Tsukuba Circuit and ofc, Best Motoring Official!!! I know that may sound a lot but atleast they should cover one of them hopefully at the very least tho!! Anyways, I still love their contents regardless but I wish they could be able to bring back that up to speed series someday!!!

[rbrt_]

I lowkey just miss Up To Speed and Miracle Whips

[jackbankson]

Seeing as Zach and Jeremy left, it's gonna go further downhill.

[thedeadsoul]

I miss science garage. Learned so much shit from hours of watching Bart explain shit in a fun and informative way

[im.weasel]

I love the guys that work at Donut. I would watch them review food.

[janciganik]

The new content isn't too bad, we just want a new up to speed lmao

[jjfordingpoursoulstudios]

Donut got bought by a large conglomerate and is now told what kind of content to make, unlike the content/direction decisions they made prior. A big reason Jeremiah and Zach left the company.

[stephenelder]

And now jerry and Zach have their own channel, long time coming

[drake]

Not every video is gonna be a hit. The problem with informative entertainment companies like this is that they can only cover so many things before they run out. They still do cool things and have fun, and I'm here for it. The small team makes it more personal too, I like that about donut

[Spermwhales]

The only issue I have with Donut Media is that I'd like to see Up To Speed come back. It's my favourite type of content they've done.

[HCivicFg]

Donut is still Donut. They just added some sprinkles that some of us don't care for. To afford what they're doing they need the daily videos to support the builds. Watch what you like. Don't watch what you don't.

[MrTusk-emqh]

I honestly don’t care, as long they upload I will support them and keep watching every video

[rajivbeachoo]

Gotta admit, the donut team are responsible for some if not most of the best and funniest commercials
And it's made by THEMSELVES

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YouTube ruined car culture. Once every channel started building custom $250k builds with 10 turbos and 2 engines and 6 wheel drive, it alienated us regular wrenchers. Most of us can afford one project car and maybe a daily driver if we’re lucky, and many don’t have a garage to work in, so seeing over-the-top insane rides kinda kills the joy in what we’re able to do at home with harbor freight tools. Donut’s staff get rich and famous and no longer relate to us. That’s why the tool reviews are popular. Top Gear is similar, once they started only showing exotics, we said “no thanks, man”