For me it’s Skallagrim. This is a channel of a guy who specializes in ancient armory and weaponry, he also reviews swords and stuff that’s sold online and tests them. Pretty cool.
But then I started to not like him for some reason and it took me a while to put my finger on it. Until I saw the video where he tried criticizing weapons in video games. Then that was where I found problems with him as a channel.
His personality comes off very pretentious and one of those pseudointellectuals you know, who try sounding smarter than they really are. He even has the voice tone to back that with.
So yeah I really once loved his channel. Though whenever he goes on tirades about things that are meant for fantasy purposes which aren’t supposed to make sense when translated to reality, as well as try to poke at fictitious things that borrow from ancient history, I feel he misses the plot of his entire channel and why people like me once subscribed to it.
We didn’t subscribe to your channel for your stupid takes on - anything. We subscribed because you seem to know your melee weapons and historical backgrounds of said weaponry. Stick to those.
I find most channels will degrade once the creator makes Youtube their full-time job. Afterwards, it’s all about selling products, donations, sponsors, and memberships.
Survival Lilly and SirSic and two channels that come to mind.
On the flip side a channel I recommend is “low buck garage”. Within the last year or so (I don’t remember, time flies) he mentioned being able to do YouTube full time and now we get longer videos more often. No ads, or shilling yet and he doesn’t seem like that type as the channel name implies, he tries to fix stuff for cheap. Extremely smart dude who thinks outside the box in every video. All his videos are great and I always learn something new from them.
Auto repair isn’t my thing but it’s good to know there are still quality channels out there. Thanks.
He did or used to have a Don’t Tread On Me flag, but his dad and then himself are such hoarders it’s hard to know if he even remembers it’s up there. I’ve never heard a political take from him ever, nor does he give off that vibe so I watch him still.
Survival Lilly also seemed to have a switch a long time ago where she sexualized the channel, leaning heavily on being scantily clad to attract attention. Then the APO-1 knife came into play, sponsorships, etc…
I looked at her channel. Judging from the thumbnails it seems to be a lot of politics and “the sky is falling” content. She used to be about bushcraft.
science channels remain consistent though, although i suspect most of them do it as a part time thing and its relavent to thier fields.