Like Dave Chappelle says, his favorite thing happens to always be whoever paid him most recently. The video on which the spot appeared garnered thousands of dislikes, with many viewers questioning the decision to accept the sponsorship down in the comments section below. In the same way that few, if any of your favorite podcasters actually use Hello Fresh, MeUndies, or Squarespace, odds are that none of these YouTubers are genuinely excited to play this travesty of a game. The Linus Tech Tips channel has only been sponsored by Raidonce and it did not go particularly well for them. The reality is that anyone who takes sponsorship money to promote Raid: Shadow Legends is just trying to keep the lights on, and they always disclose that “This video is brough to you by…”, or something to that effect. Content creators have been learning the hard way over the past year that YouTube is not their friend, and it has become increasingly difficult to be monetized on the platform. The easy route might be to point an accusatory finger at the many content creators that have taken money to promote Raid: Shadow Legends, but that's not the correct course of action. Ultimately, it falls to consumers to cast a critical eye on the endless propaganda that has invaded the internet, and now, our favorite YouTube content creators. 2019 saw revenues for mobile gaming dwarf the individual revenue for console and PC gaming, so there is profit to be made.

The fact is that the mobile gaming market is ballooning at a rate that few expected.

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