These YouTubers MESSED UP....

The YouTube channel WATCHER announced they were leaving the platform and instead posting on their own streaming service where they will be charging fans to view their content BUT they've since announced they will be reversing their decision after pushback from fans...

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[Music] Kevin Macleod

[cathoffmann]

You can take the boys out of BuzzFeed, but you can't take the BuzzFeed out of the boys! 😂

[Ryanneey]

These guy's must be surrounded by "yes men" because this idea was so far off from what their audience wants.

[kizi]

Honestly we don't need the "Worth it" kind of content in this economic climate. They should promote small and local restaurants like Keith Lee does. Not going to super expensive Michelin-star restaurants to eat everything gold.

[Zotimelord]

I swear it's the "history repeats itself" in 4k. Everytime greed takes over they announce their fans need to pay. Then comes the backlash and suddenly it's "we're sorry we didn't communicate it well." No sweetie. You said it with your chest. You just didn't succeed

[mmwinner]

The episode of Top 5 with Brittany Broski, where Shane and Ryan were discussing eating habits and brought up Steven’s eating habits too. Shane said something along the lines of Steven ‘driving our company into bankruptcy’ (because Steven wants to eat fancy food every day)…that moment caught me off guard because of how candid and how passionate Shane said it. He said it with his chest. I am sure he was joking but I am sure there was some truth in the joke. With all that has happened, I think that comment makes a lot of more sense now.

[socialswithmichelle]

I'll never be over the fact that they monetised their "goodbye" video, when they're saying they don't appeal to advertisers...

[joesolove]

I read a comment that said “finally Shane saw a ghost, the ghost of his career” 😂

[mel-edyw]

It really annoyed me how they tried to spin this as them wanting to be able to pay their staff fairly ??? If you’re not able to pay your staff sustainably with the profits you are already turning then don’t hire so many people in the first place …

[bbyfcetm]

Their highest Patreon tier is $100 A MONTH....GMM charges $23 for theirs and with a million x more to offer from it.
Get these clowns out of here.

[Flutter_Aeina]

Stephen just doesn’t wanna admit that people are there for Shane and Ryan, not him

[markramos]

Can’t wait for the SNL sketch this weekend parodying the situation 😂

[londrisayala]

Why would I pay for Steven to eat steaks across the world

[sadaeuzumaki]

They HELLA fucked up. Ruined their relationship with us completely.

*There's clearly 1k+ people tht agree with me so yall comments ain't shit rn 💀

[ryn]

Game grumps, GMM, even SMOSH stuck with YouTube over the years and are well supported via sponsors, boosts and external support. Watcher just has a shit financial advisor

[joannabaparileszczynska]

A wild guess as to why the wanted their own streaming service: YouTube and Patreon take a percentage of their revenue. They wanted a place where they would keep it all.

[celinay]

They left buzzfeed, but buzzfeed never left them

[teaoverflow]

I was a big fan during the Unsolved days. When they moved to Watcher I bought all the merch I could. But after a time, I just couldn't get into the show like I used to. So this whole fiasco made me take the actual time to unsub. I appreciate the apology, but I just don't think these are "the boys" I grew to like back in the day.

I hope they do succeed! And I am sure this fast back track helped them gain back many viewers.

[MsSparkle]

1:35 😂 there s no way I’m paying 6.99 to read the rest 😂😂 I died

[edgeofsevnteen]

So this was all for nothing? They just ruined their relationship with their subscribers, when we never asked for this. So sad that they never realized that we watched them for them and not their fancy technological advances.

[karlifdalkxipqnahpifkx]

Man you just can't trust any celebrities for real. Shane and Ryan, our parasocial relationship will never be the same 😭