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So I think I'll say that as much.

OK, I've never really looked.

I will say this.

I've never really looked into these projects thinking I would ever make money from them.

I didn't make money on any of the YouTube originals.

None of the short films that I've made on my channel ever have been about making money if you compared to the cost of making it versus ad revenue or whatever.

It's miles away from me just playing games online and putting ads on those.

But it's also never been about that.

I wanted to spend like responsibly because it was my money.

But also I'm like, you know, I always look at it as like an investment into my own ability and my fandom.

They give me their time, so I should be willing to spend money and not worry about it too much, even if it doesn't make money back because they deserve it, because their time is the most valuable thing they have.

Yeah.

We

We had offers from various companies early on, and I learned very quickly that sometimes those deals are not very good.

Because if I was not a YouTuber and I had to take those deals, then yeah, you have to take those deals.

And the argument being there for the other side, they're taking on all the risk.

And I can even kind of understand that.

I am in a unique perspective.

And I know that I would love for this to be a template for all other independent filmmakers to follow.

But I can't say that without the qualification that I have 38 million subscribers.