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Donut Media. They got bought out by an investment company and then all their videos became Buzzfeed style listicles.
I find Speeed is as close to the original vibes as you can get. They've actually got some great videos. I want to like bigtime but I'm starting to wonder if they may have been part of the problem
I've been enjoying BigTime but I think they're struggling hard behind the scenes trying to replicate their old, expensive production style in one of the most expensive areas in the country (they employ like a dozen people as a fairly new YouTube channel) as if they still have that funding, along with not having the technical expertise to do all the work they want to do to their projects.
I really hope that garage space doesn't blow up in their faces...
Me too. Not even having a ramp into the garage seems like a huge issue but the area seems like a good fit for them since there's other youtubers/speed shops next door.
They do seem to be trying to grow too fast, but we'll see. There were a lot of comments warning them about fire/insurance risk due to the style of roof their old building they bought has.
I love all of James' stuff so much when he was with donut, but speeed isn't hitting that spot for me. He seems to be just reviewing random stuff. Like I'm not watching his channel because of his hiking gear review, I'm watching it because dude has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of car companies and their history.
I like what they're doing with the channel though. I'm kind of tired of channels only doing one thing, and then eventually they run out of content and start producing clickbait and what the algorithm wants. or just high budget stuff that the average person doesn't have a chance of doing themselves.
I want them to make videos that they care about, because that is what results in a quality video. and if it's not a topic I care about, then I just don't watch the video.
like that hiking gear video - I'm not interested in watching his opinion on that stuff. I'm not interested in a review from three people who probably know less about that stuff than I do doing a semi-clickbaity comparison. but I did click through the video just to get the vibe, and the vibe did not turn me off. idk, I'd have to watch more to be sure.
Fair. To each their own.
I'm in the same boat here. I think that video was great and didn't read as an attempt to sell me on anything. They talked generally about the technology differences and it was more of a history lesson that I'm sure dispelled some nostalgia for items that I used when I didn't have aching joints, leaving me to think they were more comfortable.
glad to hear my impression from skipping through was pretty consistent with how you found it
it's not a video I'd sit down to watch, but I probably wouldn't turn it off if it were in the background while I was working on something
They also lost all their content creators, but BigTime is boring and clearly they have no good ideas for content.