Comment on Commodore shocks retro TechTuber with option to buy 'the whole company'

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve never heard of Peri until this thread so I have no opinion of his motivations, but I do watch The 8-Bit Guy and I never got the impression that he was in it for the money. What makes you think that?

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What makes you think that?

    Haven’t you wondered why he’s all but stopped making videos on his primary channel? In January of 2024 he released a video where he openly says that he can’t make money like he used too so he’s dialed back his “main” channel and is instead focusing on his Barcade channel.

    This isn’t the first time he’s done it either. Remember, he started off as the “TheiBookGuy” where you bought, fixed, and resold used Macs. When that stopped making money he quit doing it and launched a PC Repair channel and when that didn’t pay off he moved to RetroComputing.

    Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy his historical retro type content. I also appreciate the projects and energy he contribute(s/d) to the Retro community but in a contest of altruism between The 8 Bit Guy and Perifractic there’s really no contests.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I guess I wasn’t paying enough attention. TIL!

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