Are the videos going on UA-cam at the same time as Patreon or a bit later? Also, this is probably just me not knowing about how to film a video, but what's with the ping pong paddle? Is that a mic?
Uploaded same day And yes, it is a microphone with a very dense ball of foam around it. It's one of the best on the market and I'm so glad I invested in it 11 years ago when I was working on Game Theory.
It took me until like halfway through the video for me to realize what you were holding wasn't some kind of sign you were going to flip to show something. And a few more seconds for me to realize that was a comically large mic lmao
The second and third, same. Ads? HA! I've been running adblockers everywhere since the 2000s. Mfs on _Blip_ were asking viewers to turn off the adblocker and I never did. UA-cam ain't gonna make me start.
Hey bro, this is a job, this takes effort and you're really entertaining, we like watching you for a reason. There's absolutely nothing wrong with you making a buck with your videos
Ok wow I did not expect to see an announcement like this from any creator ever. I'll definitely keep watching your channel since your the reason I ever got into comic's just to be clear though would watching ads be even a small way to support your content? cause up until now I had impression it's better to keep my ad blocker off. Now I'm not so sure
@@ComicDrake then I'll be happy to keep that blocker off 👍 I remember you told me a few years back there's no better time to read better than the present and I've enjoyed reading anything I can get my hands on ever since
UA-cam screwed us over, it time to screw them back. For me I use ad block for website and don’t care about watching ads. Thank you for the vid experience and making it also free.
As long as you still get paid that’s all I care about. You deserve it, I use YT premium and can take the extra second to fast-forward something I don’t want to see/hear. I wish people had more empathy to understand that content creators need to get paid too.
Oh hey, that's me as an example comment! Idk if us Premium watchers have helped you gain any money, but will give it a try and see how Patreon works for this. Good luck regardless and can't wait for more videos here and on Patreon!
Not even mad about it. Been subscribed for ever and YT has oddly weened you off my feed over time, so this is a nice little way to give you a boost in visibility from those of us who want to see your uploads
I just have UA-cam premium and adblock on so I can support craters that I enjoy. But I find it hilarious that this was at the top of my recommendation list when I open the app
Ya know now that you mention it I had your bell notification on and I was wondering my I hadn’t seen a notification about you uploading, you do you man I’ll still follow over to watch on the patreon
Honestly there's also the big issue that a lot of the sponsors turn out to be scummy. Like HelloFresh is abusive (and seems to use exploited monkey labor???), Bright Cellars is a scam, and BetterHealth is frankly evil.
I appreciate the gesture (although UA-cam funnily does notify me). I just hope this won't affect your revenue that much. Also personally I love your sponsors because you at least have fun seaways.
I feel like a lot of people (like me) are going to subscribe to one of his premium Patreon tiers just because of this. This is such a cool movie, and it also really shows his character. So, I'm definitely going to throw some money his way for it.
I have a video recommendation! You should do one all all the Weapon Plus Programs! I tried doing the research myself but it got really confusing, but there was interesting finds like Nuke and weapon 0!
I think the biggest problem is people use the home page NOT the subscription tab to see if anyone you like watching has uploaded then get recommendations for new creators only down the side or on the home page with some of your subscriptions mixed in
I use adblockers because more often than not i have to stop everything i do (like when taking a shower or something) to skip a 15 minutes ad (even sometimes full 2 hours conferences as an ad), and i don't talk about how much ad are unskippables now. When half of your experience on a 15 min video is watching ads this is an issue, not a feature. Sponsoring is great and a good middle ground i think, since you can at least choose who you work for.
I don't have adblock for youtube. I have it for web pages that cover the entire screen in ads to the point that I can't read the content. Wikis are pretty bad about this. I do pay for UA-cam premium too tho
This is such a cool thing to be able to do and I would love to see a future where it can be normal but in today’s climate I, like so many other I assume, don’t mind skipping through ads if it helps support the videos. I would personally just love to see Drake get his bag while making what he loves
Good for you. Honestly, I don't hate sponsored ads on UA-cam in themselves, as long as they aren't mobile games or other exploitive shit. I'm simply sick of every content creator having to do them to pay the bills.
It's ridiculous how bad sponsors are getting. I use Premium and I pay for ad-free services, yet sponsors in videos are practically just as annoying and just as shady as regular ads too. Yeah, I know it's out of YT's control. Yeah, I know UA-camrs need to put food on the table. And yeah, I am aware SponsorBlock on PC exists, and I'm aware sponsors are skippable. But this sponsor BS is putting a bandaid on the problem. For one, it's ridiculous how every year, UA-cam keeps making it so creators earn less and less revenue, and even more ridiculous how they keep making monetization guidelines stricter and stricter. Creators have to put in more effort for less money, and that's stupid. For two, there's a lot of UA-camrs who already make a lot. There's creators with tens of millions of subscribers and yet they need sponsorship money? And think about this for a second: so I joined your channel membership. I joined your Patreon. I donated money to say "Thanks" on your videos, I even bought your merch from your merch store. And you're telling me that none of that is enough and you want me to buy from/subscribe to a shady company? Some of these creators I know for a fact make a shit ton of money, and sponsors just seem so ridiculous. At the end of the day, an ad is still an ad. I just hate how no matter how much effort you go through to get rid of them, and no matter how much you pay for an ad-free service, there's still always going to be ways to advertise to you anyways. They are so damn intrusive and half the time scummy, and it's just the same with sponsors. It's just ads with extra steps. I don't care that Adblock and Sponsorblock exist. It doesn't make advertisements and sponsors any less annoying. The point is that I shouldn't have to go through all this workaround BS. This shit should just be a given. Like my Prime Video subscription is not cheap, and they just made it so I have ads now, and have to pay an extra $3 a month to get rid of them. I'm not using your service for free, so how about I get zero ads because I'm paying for it? And Amazon makes so much money and even paid negative-percent taxes once or twice one year, you can't tell me they can't afford to not have ads. Even dumber still is a lot of Prime content is only available on FreeVee now, which has no ad-free options period. I haven't seen YT ads in so many years since getting Premium, but I always hear about just how bad they've gotten. Numerous unskippable ads back-to-back, excessively-long ads for a 5-10 second video, etc. And since YT doesn't moderate ads, anyone can make an ad which means there's been a lot of scam stuff. If people really wanted to put sponsors on their videos, save it to the freakin' end so it's not intrusive. Not that it matters anyways because nobody ever researches their sponsors, they just take the money and run without a care in the world. They don't care that RAID Shadow Legends, Hello Fresh, BetterHelp, etc. are all under constant fire all the time for being scummy. Established Titles came out as well, I knew from the beginning that was a scam as well, and look at how quickly everyone jumped on THAT bandwagon. Most other products that are sponsored are often mid at best, and I guarantee you that UA-camrs NEVER unironically use products or subscription services outside of the sponsored video segments. I'm so tired of there being advertising in everything that I see and do no matter how much I try to avoid it, or pay to avoid. Overall, the modern internet experience is very intrusive, and it's very overwhelming.
Yeah I'm still gonna keep watching here mostly because I respect the hell out of this and want you to get paid. I use premium and watch all of your videos asap. This is dope though.
Side note but if anyone has Adblock but still wants to support certain channels, I highly recommend UA-cam premium since it will still give UA-cam channels you view Adsense without the hassle of watching the ads
A reason i haven't been seeing your videos is the premiers, youtube doesnt let me add it to watch later from the notification so I end up forgeting about it and not watching it
followed. i'll likely upgrade my membership at some point, adore the work you do but don't have the funds at the moment. i'm really sorry youtube screwed you like this.
I don't know if this is the case for everyone but UA-cam doesn't notify me when a video is "premiering", any other videos i get notify, but when a video is going to premier i have to click the bell on the premier video before it starts in order to get notify. At least thats the case for me
To make things clear: I WILL STILL BE UPLOADING TO UA-cam!
Yeah don't be watcher
Thank you
Are the videos going on UA-cam at the same time as Patreon or a bit later?
Also, this is probably just me not knowing about how to film a video, but what's with the ping pong paddle? Is that a mic?
Uploaded same day And yes, it is a microphone with a very dense ball of foam around it. It's one of the best on the market and I'm so glad I invested in it 11 years ago when I was working on Game Theory.
And I'll still give you that UA-cam premium watch time as I always have. Good luck with the new strategy!
Funny enough, UA-cam DID notify me on this video.
They're really Selective
Same
Me too lmao
SAME
Same
same
I didn’t realise you’re mic had a cover and was wondering why you were holding a random frying pan…
I was sooo confusedddd, thank you
aaa thats what this is!
I thought it was a prop for some kind of joke until like halfway through the video lol
pretty sure it's a PUBG reference. :P
Oh that isn't a frying pan!?
Algorithm kills video, UA-camr goes into nuclear passive aggressive mode
I agree
"well, I'm gonna make my own video site, with blackjack, and hookers!"
I support this
thats a comically big mic cover
Because Drake
I don't even know how I missed that.
It took me until like halfway through the video for me to realize what you were holding wasn't some kind of sign you were going to flip to show something. And a few more seconds for me to realize that was a comically large mic lmao
"Can I have some ice cream?"
"Only a microphone-full."
*pulls out comically large microphone*
I was thinking the same thing, like "why is he holding a ping pong paddle the whole time?"
yeah i wouldn't have the balls to do this if my full time job was youtube
Ngl, I couldn't imagine watching videos without ads, sponsors or patreon plugs. Just seems like the new normal at this point lol
Yeah, it's wild.
true I usually skip em cause it's the digital age They aren't like commercials to me.
The second and third, same. Ads? HA! I've been running adblockers everywhere since the 2000s. Mfs on _Blip_ were asking viewers to turn off the adblocker and I never did. UA-cam ain't gonna make me start.
The opposite of the watcher channel 😂
So he not gonna upload to yt
It's not gonna change for most people nlg
The duality of man
I got a bell notification on this video.
I get, like, every other one.
Never seen your channel or a video before, however this video alone has made me a fan. Subbing and checking out the rest of the vids!
Hey bro, this is a job, this takes effort and you're really entertaining, we like watching you for a reason. There's absolutely nothing wrong with you making a buck with your videos
Ok wow I did not expect to see an announcement like this from any creator ever.
I'll definitely keep watching your channel since your the reason I ever got into comic's just to be clear though would watching ads be even a small way to support your content? cause up until now I had impression it's better to keep my ad blocker off. Now I'm not so sure
Absolutely, watching ads is the best way to support the without directly giving money to me.
Glad I could get you interested in this amazing hobby!
@@ComicDrake then I'll be happy to keep that blocker off 👍 I remember you told me a few years back there's no better time to read better than the present and I've enjoyed reading anything I can get my hands on ever since
@@ComicDrakeOh neat you’re sitting on your new gaming chair (throne)
@@labgoat6787 You must be new here. 🤣
UA-cam screwed us over, it time to screw them back.
For me I use ad block for website and don’t care about watching ads.
Thank you for the vid experience and making it also free.
Wow, you're the most transparent content creator. Wishing you the best of luck.
Interesting, more videomakers need to try this, rather than rely on shady sponsors!
As a YT premium viewer, I'll still watch here, but I also watch every video so I support your choice in whatever way my dude!
You holding the BIG SPHERE MIC is really funny
As long as you still get paid that’s all I care about. You deserve it, I use YT premium and can take the extra second to fast-forward something I don’t want to see/hear. I wish people had more empathy to understand that content creators need to get paid too.
Oh hey, that's me as an example comment!
Idk if us Premium watchers have helped you gain any money, but will give it a try and see how Patreon works for this. Good luck regardless and can't wait for more videos here and on Patreon!
Not even mad about it. Been subscribed for ever and YT has oddly weened you off my feed over time, so this is a nice little way to give you a boost in visibility from those of us who want to see your uploads
I just have UA-cam premium and adblock on so I can support craters that I enjoy. But I find it hilarious that this was at the top of my recommendation list when I open the app
Massive respect for making a hard call like this. UA-cam is unforgiving and you're awesome for standing up for what you believe in.
Really wish you kept at least some of your VODs up, woulda liked to see the City of Heroes playthrough
Ya know now that you mention it I had your bell notification on and I was wondering my I hadn’t seen a notification about you uploading, you do you man I’ll still follow over to watch on the patreon
Thanks Drake and your giant -Frying Pan- Microphone
Bro I don’t mind the ads get yo money
Right like TV. Don't like the ads. Skip or go to the bathroom.
Honestly there's also the big issue that a lot of the sponsors turn out to be scummy. Like HelloFresh is abusive (and seems to use exploited monkey labor???), Bright Cellars is a scam, and BetterHealth is frankly evil.
Drake: _Makes a video announcing all his videos no longer will have any ads or sponsors_
UA-cam: *I'll pretend I didn't hear that*
That would have been the perfect time to say “All my videos are going to be 100%… thanks to Raid Shadow Legends!”
Comic Drake just venting his trauma of the 3000 skillshare segways he has heard in his life.
That microphone is amazing.
I appreciate the gesture (although UA-cam funnily does notify me). I just hope this won't affect your revenue that much. Also personally I love your sponsors because you at least have fun seaways.
I feel like a lot of people (like me) are going to subscribe to one of his premium Patreon tiers just because of this. This is such a cool movie, and it also really shows his character. So, I'm definitely going to throw some money his way for it.
Great video! You always do a very good job and, from one comic book fan to another, I appreciate what you do! Keep it coming please.
find it funny that i never seen your channel before and youtube is just now showing me it
Now's a great time to start checking out my content. I hope you like it!
I thought that was a ping pong bat...
I have a video recommendation! You should do one all all the Weapon Plus Programs! I tried doing the research myself but it got really confusing, but there was interesting finds like Nuke and weapon 0!
Crazy how I've been subscribed for so long and this is the first one of your videos to show up in my recommended in the past few months
I watch all your videos the hour they premiere. UA-cam can't stop me
"Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor"
-Wayne Campbell
I think the biggest problem is people use the home page NOT the subscription tab to see if anyone you like watching has uploaded then get recommendations for new creators only down the side or on the home page with some of your subscriptions mixed in
Good luck Drake
I've been a paying member of his patreon for years and he's pretty cool.
If UA-cam was a person watching this video, their mind would be crashing SpongeBob style
I don’t have ad block on. Mostly because the sponsors still happen.
this is fascinating and by far the most interesting and viable way a creator has "left the youtube ecosystem"
Absolutely hilarious that UA-cam sent me a push notification for this video
Literally never had this problem
The only reason i got ad block was because youtube was increasing the number of ads and it go really annoying
I use adblockers because more often than not i have to stop everything i do (like when taking a shower or something) to skip a 15 minutes ad (even sometimes full 2 hours conferences as an ad), and i don't talk about how much ad are unskippables now. When half of your experience on a 15 min video is watching ads this is an issue, not a feature.
Sponsoring is great and a good middle ground i think, since you can at least choose who you work for.
Your ad voice is pretty perfect though
Respect for Comic Drake!
I don't have adblock for youtube. I have it for web pages that cover the entire screen in ads to the point that I can't read the content. Wikis are pretty bad about this. I do pay for UA-cam premium too tho
I am glad theres ads still, gotta keep our homeboy Drake in comics and cereal
I commend you for this, it's a rare thing.
This is why I just check my subs by hand once every few weeks.
This is such a cool thing to be able to do and I would love to see a future where it can be normal but in today’s climate I, like so many other I assume, don’t mind skipping through ads if it helps support the videos. I would personally just love to see Drake get his bag while making what he loves
i see this as an absolute win
Not sure how much of my premium bucks goes to you, but I'm always glad to see less ad.
This is super cool of you. I'm probably going to be subscribing to one of your premium tiers on Patreon.
I've never seen a single video from this channel and UA-cam recommended this to me... Bruh.
Same
Thanks Comic Drake
Ay man just do whatever works best for your pocket. I'll watch anyway.
The algorithm is brutal, you just made it less brutal. Thank you!
Good for you. Honestly, I don't hate sponsored ads on UA-cam in themselves, as long as they aren't mobile games or other exploitive shit. I'm simply sick of every content creator having to do them to pay the bills.
Yep i didnt SEE any videos like for 3 months and i need to catch up
Yeah, UA-cam's notifications can be kinda wonly at times.
It's ridiculous how bad sponsors are getting. I use Premium and I pay for ad-free services, yet sponsors in videos are practically just as annoying and just as shady as regular ads too.
Yeah, I know it's out of YT's control. Yeah, I know UA-camrs need to put food on the table. And yeah, I am aware SponsorBlock on PC exists, and I'm aware sponsors are skippable. But this sponsor BS is putting a bandaid on the problem.
For one, it's ridiculous how every year, UA-cam keeps making it so creators earn less and less revenue, and even more ridiculous how they keep making monetization guidelines stricter and stricter. Creators have to put in more effort for less money, and that's stupid.
For two, there's a lot of UA-camrs who already make a lot. There's creators with tens of millions of subscribers and yet they need sponsorship money? And think about this for a second: so I joined your channel membership. I joined your Patreon. I donated money to say "Thanks" on your videos, I even bought your merch from your merch store. And you're telling me that none of that is enough and you want me to buy from/subscribe to a shady company? Some of these creators I know for a fact make a shit ton of money, and sponsors just seem so ridiculous.
At the end of the day, an ad is still an ad. I just hate how no matter how much effort you go through to get rid of them, and no matter how much you pay for an ad-free service, there's still always going to be ways to advertise to you anyways. They are so damn intrusive and half the time scummy, and it's just the same with sponsors. It's just ads with extra steps.
I don't care that Adblock and Sponsorblock exist. It doesn't make advertisements and sponsors any less annoying. The point is that I shouldn't have to go through all this workaround BS. This shit should just be a given. Like my Prime Video subscription is not cheap, and they just made it so I have ads now, and have to pay an extra $3 a month to get rid of them. I'm not using your service for free, so how about I get zero ads because I'm paying for it? And Amazon makes so much money and even paid negative-percent taxes once or twice one year, you can't tell me they can't afford to not have ads. Even dumber still is a lot of Prime content is only available on FreeVee now, which has no ad-free options period.
I haven't seen YT ads in so many years since getting Premium, but I always hear about just how bad they've gotten. Numerous unskippable ads back-to-back, excessively-long ads for a 5-10 second video, etc. And since YT doesn't moderate ads, anyone can make an ad which means there's been a lot of scam stuff.
If people really wanted to put sponsors on their videos, save it to the freakin' end so it's not intrusive. Not that it matters anyways because nobody ever researches their sponsors, they just take the money and run without a care in the world. They don't care that RAID Shadow Legends, Hello Fresh, BetterHelp, etc. are all under constant fire all the time for being scummy. Established Titles came out as well, I knew from the beginning that was a scam as well, and look at how quickly everyone jumped on THAT bandwagon. Most other products that are sponsored are often mid at best, and I guarantee you that UA-camrs NEVER unironically use products or subscription services outside of the sponsored video segments. I'm so tired of there being advertising in everything that I see and do no matter how much I try to avoid it, or pay to avoid.
Overall, the modern internet experience is very intrusive, and it's very overwhelming.
Well most of us don't use ad block anymore after youtube initiated that change that make vids buffer and lowers the resolution to like 240p lol.
I just check my subscription feed, and everything is there
This is the first time I ever got a notification for your videos 😮
There is a way of skipping product placements and ads without having to pay for UA-cam Premium
I check for your videos, it’s a better day when one drops
Tnx for 10 yrs man! Let's get this guy to 500k subs! 🎉♥️🇵🇭
Yeah I'm still gonna keep watching here mostly because I respect the hell out of this and want you to get paid. I use premium and watch all of your videos asap. This is dope though.
Personally use adblock, but also use UA-cam Premium because UA-cam is my main source of entertainment
Honestly this is a really interesting experiment, I’ve never seen another youtuber try this before. Really hope it goes well!
Side note but if anyone has Adblock but still wants to support certain channels, I highly recommend UA-cam premium since it will still give UA-cam channels you view Adsense without the hassle of watching the ads
A reason i haven't been seeing your videos is the premiers, youtube doesnt let me add it to watch later from the notification so I end up forgeting about it and not watching it
It's enough to just have cute baby Drake in the videos ❤️😍
I actually have a Google extension that will skip Sponsorship
WE GOT THE THRONE BACK
Respect, it's something you do not need to do at all
I mean, I'm sticking to here where I do use the subscription tab and pay for premium. But this move is dope as all hell, you rock my man.
UA-cam did notify me of this video but not the Luna Snow one
Based announcement dude! Love the content keep it up!
Anyone recall some other UA-camrs also going completely no ad/sponsers at all?
i have you whitelisted on my block list except on my phone bc ads are really distracting when driving (i watch mostly on my comp anyways)
followed. i'll likely upgrade my membership at some point, adore the work you do but don't have the funds at the moment. i'm really sorry youtube screwed you like this.
I don't know if this is the case for everyone but UA-cam doesn't notify me when a video is "premiering", any other videos i get notify, but when a video is going to premier i have to click the bell on the premier video before it starts in order to get notify. At least thats the case for me
The irony is that this video was on my recommended video haha
It's a shame UA-cam almost doubled the price of premium here in Australia. I just dropped it as a result.
I know this isn't related to the video but in my opinion, John Constantine and sans would be friends
"No adds! No sponsors! No patreon pledge! Look at that it looks like to balls and a bong!"
- comicdrake
been a fan since the old Crossover game theory days! glad you are making this big step! love ya drake!
"you can't skip in video sponsors"
there is a sponsor block though, it's great.
UA-cam notified me lf this video but only today. I knew you uploaded it last week but didn't get around to watching it until now. UA-cam is busted.
I love your content and will support!
I got notified for this one. But I haven't been notified of one of your videos in forever.
You can actually skip the sponsors with sponsor block extension which is community driven and will skip any ad placement in videos