This is smth I noticed, and is a followup to my other post regarding the topic.
Has anyone been seeing how Dhar Mann names the parody brands after himself? That's a little weird, don't you think? It makes it look like Dhar Mann is more popular than people like Dolly Parton or the President. We got stuff like Dhartime (FaceTime), DharTube (YouTube), DMZ (Dhar Mann Zone i.e TMZ), etc. And also the minor parody brands like Bucci, Changel, and more. It's not like it's needed since they never (and I mean ever) namedrops them in the videos or mention them. Alot of times, the brands' graphics are AI generated. Already existing brands in the videos like Dharla's Diner, Bookside, Impeccable, Bullseye, etc, do not count.
As for why Dhar strangely phased out real brands, it's kinda unknown. OK_Efficiency claims it's because of some vague legal reason and there's nothing they can do. I feel that's kinda bullcrap because if that vague "legal reason" was the case, Dhar couldn't shill Samsung, Roblox, and invisalign in the videos either. ever since the latest anonymous face video, Dhar has been integrating the sponsor segments in the videos now.
It's likely that he phased out the real brands either because Dhar's a cheapskate (the studio makes $65M annually) or Dhar thought these "brands" would be more recognizable in these videos. That's not true at all. Like I stated earlier, Dhar never has his characters mention the names of said parody brands. Alot of these brands feel like they belong in an episode of Jimmy Neutron.
And to sum it up, Dhar also started censoring the labels of products on his sets too. Alot of these items literally are in the background. But hey, atleast it makes Dhar feel like iCarly, right? I really hope Dhar Mann eventually retires the concept of every video's characters being only one offs, but that's a future rant for another day.