Kind of a trend, the amount of youtubers who i had loved but their content became generic after gaining popularity is quite a bit, most drastic one being mrwhosetheboss, his uniqueness went down faster than MH27 MH17

  • @CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world
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    361 year ago

    Lock picking lawyer.

    Used to be a channel about how locks works, how lock picking works, cool locks and shitty locks.

    Now it’s just a channel to sell his tools.

    • xam54321
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      651 year ago

      Eh, I would have to disagree with this, I have been watching him for a while and as far as I can tell the quality is the same the only difference now days is that he mentions his tools in the videos while picking the locks, so the videos didn’t even really get longer.

      • @JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
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        111 year ago

        He’s very much not liked in the lock picking community.

        Not only does he push his overpriced tools a lot, most of them are very much not needed. He also puts a lot of focus on specialized car lock picking tools which are expensive at, made for each brand basically, and in a very dubious grey area which is a big no no in that “sport”.

        From a purist side there are also a lot of complaints.

      • @fishos@lemmy.world
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        61 year ago

        Agreed. Before it would be “so I made this tool by filing down this other thing, you can probably make one yourself” to “I used this tool that you can get in my shop, and here’s how to pick it with a few standard tools as well…”

    • @CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t agree, his techniques and format are still good and though expensive, the covert instrument sets are some of the finest tools I have. If the guy wants to make a buck and offer a one stop shop for the hobby I don’t see the problem.

      I guess my only complaint with LPL is seemingly running out of challenging locks, which is more a fault of manufacturers.

    • Someone who becomes good at something selling goods/services isn’t exactly what I would consider offensive. Consider the guy who did Mouse Trap Monday videos who is now selling his trap commercially: do you have any idea how long he spent testing and reviewing traps to reach a point where that was viable? I suspect he spent thousands of hours on this.

      Level1Techs sell basically the only DisplayPort KVM worth a damn, that’s a pretty great offering to have. They don’t bring it up much but it’s there.

    • ThePowerOfGeek
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      41 year ago

      This seems to be the prevalent trend with most channels that gain traction. They start focusing more on selling their plushies, clothing, tools, or other shitty branded merchandise, and less on the content that got them there.

      Maybe it’s because original content creation is hard work. I get that. But holy shit, when they start hawking their stupid merch hard their credibility just goes down the toilet.

    • @Z4rK@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      I think he’s been incredibly consistent with his videos and don’t find any of his ads offensive or annoying, even though I’ll never buy something. I guess I disagree that the quality has changed. I do feel I’ve seen most content already though and he’s not doing much to keep interest growing.

    • @PixxlMan@lemmy.world
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      -81 year ago

      I stopped watching when he started covert instruments and immediately realized what every single future video would be like. I was right…

          • Man picks lock with skill and tools, not allowed to mention he also sells tools? Shit that would knock out so many YouTubers… LawrenceSystems, NetworkChuck, Level1Techs, pretty much anyone who does electronics or home automation…