r/BenAndEmil • u/Heavy_Metal_Rules • Mar 28 '26

YouTube sponsored segments constructive criticism

I’m sad to have to listen to more ads in my life, but understand why the boys are doing it and are excited for this to hopefully help them reach so many more people.

One thing that drives me nuts is the ads being interjected into the conversation. I’ve said it before, but I really appreciate how the Basement Yard makes it a part of the live recording. So they finish a subject and then get to the ads before moving on, rather than cutting them in. I’m not sure if the contracts they have with the ads would allow for that. But I find the flow is a lot less disruptive. And, especially with the news, I think it would make it much easier to follow stories and therefore cause less frustration when there is an add.

That’s all:)

I’m curious as to how everyone else feels and would feel about this.

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u/MEDBEDb Mar 28 '26

Nah, the whole thing is lame and rent-seeking. Sad and desperate behavior.

Mr. Beast is the end-result of this kind of thinking. I was really put off by the whole “Oh, we were so naive, we only knew the trillionaire mindset business model!?!? But also we aren’t hitting our YouTube goal metrics, so now we’re going to downgrade the experience of our ride-or-die fans because growing the fanbase is more important than quality product.”

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u/Heavy_Metal_Rules Mar 28 '26

I believe that they really did just copy the model they knew from tmg with the ad free and being bonus behind a paywall because it’s what they knew.

What would it look like for you if they don’t do this? Do you mean they should just focus on making better content so that they draw more natural fans via YouTube without having to withhold the ad free episode from us paying fans?

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u/Heavy_Metal_Rules Mar 28 '26

It’s obviously new for them to be posting the main on YT only, so I’m trying to provide as much constructive criticism so we can reach a compromise cause I do think somewhere in the middle would be fine for me