Nevertheless some make a decent living through subscribers and views.
And that’s the whole point on why the resort to tactics that earn them the most click and views. It’s their bread and butter, it’s how they earn their living. Why would they do something that will earn them less clicks?
I do YouTube videos on and off and it’s not easy as it takes a lot of time to come up with the content, record, edit etc so it’s a full time job cranking out videos the way iJustine or Marques do.
I understand a lot of what people pointed out here and how frustrating click bait gets though. And I agree that some of the reviews look half assed.
What frustrates me personally is that you can tell that they’ve only spent no more than an hour with the product and then they rush their reviews to be the first to get the most views and likes by being on top of YouTube’s search engine on what’s trending. The reviews that I enjoy are the ones who spend at least a week, or even a month so get as much real world personal experience instead of reading what’s on a spec sheet or press release.
And finally, the trend these days is focusing more on fancy cinematography vs actual content. Take for example iPhonedo on his Razer Blade 17 review here:
I’m actually a fan of his reviews but in this video, he focuses more on the fancy intro and editing but in the”review” he says almost nothing about gaming performance on a gaming laptop. He spends most of his time talking about upgradeability and the aesthetics but doesn’t compare it to anything, no benchmarks, and other stuff gamers will care about. Total cringe when I saw that video. But when he actually does put effort into actual content, it’s really good.
Anyway, my 2cents. Drop a like and subscribe 😂