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[–] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

They're private equity. Have been for a while now.
I jumped ship when I found out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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

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