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  • tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    Can you explain how that has impacted the quality? Personally I still enjoy the channel and learn a lot from it. Does private equity bring the risk that their content will be too tightly controlled?

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      11 hours ago

      No, i can’t because i quit watching. I don’t support private equity.

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      12 hours ago

      Different guy, but to me while quality hasn’t really fallen they are starting to feel “less organic”. The stories feel more biased and sensationalised, in general I see more focus on entertainment than education. The “value” is still mostly there for me, but its purpose has changed from teaching to making line go up and it shows a little bit