Pachter goes berserk. Insults questioner. "scumbag" "Idiot" "bastard"

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DerNebel said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

DerNebel said:

That is far from irrelevant, they get paid for doing this, maybe even live off of it, that is exactly the point Pachter was making.

yeah but markets change.

People bitched that they lost their jobs when machines came in, but eventually they got over it and found other jobs.

People who live off advertising will do the same... they will whine for a bit and then find another way to make money. Nothing lasts forever.

Which is also exactly the point Pachter was making, if there's no money in the internet anymore then the content creators will go somewhere else.

The point pachter was making was that there wouldnt be any 'professional' reviews because they wouldnt do it for free.

The impact of this he makes it sound catastrophic, but all that would change is that there would still be plenty of reviews, they just wouldnt be done with the motive of financial gain.

I really dont think having movie quality audio and video matters in a review. The cheap equipment hobbyists buy to make videos just for fun are more than good enough, while their quality of reviews are actually better than those who seek targets to make money and skew their content accordingly e.g. the CPM deals.

Once again, its hard to tell whether someone who looks like a hobbyist is actually making moeny from their video or not, but assuming a world where there was no option to make money, PLENTY of good reviewers would still be out there making quality reviews.