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    A real-time look at the TheFineBros loosing subscribers cause they're upsetting/scaring people with their React World idea.

    Maybe they should do a React video of them watching this slowly go down.
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      Editing … Wait, why are they losing so much followers? I don't get this.
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      Editing … People are negatively reacting to their whole React World idea. I imagine it's because people are scared as to how much control it can give the Fine Brothers in determining what is and isn't a reaction video that falls under their React trademark that they're trying to establish. Certainly doesn't help that this is coming out during a time where YouTube content creators are having such a hard time dealing with getting around YouTube's automated copyright system (I imagine the last thing they want is another restriction). So maybe the people are sympathetic, jumping on a bandwagon, or just like to watch something fall.
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      Editing … Oh. I don't quite understand, and the loss of followers seems rapid. Interesting.
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      Editing … So is the React World thing them trying to license react videos or only react videos that use one of their trademarks (Kids React or something like that)?
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      Editing … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-vhZoO7wM Here's a React video that Boogie made in response to it. It's what I watched after finding out about them loosing tons of subs and I think it does a pretty good job of giving the gist of the problems people see in it. I too find it interesting.
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      Editing … I just watched the Boogie video, so basically they made a statement of "We're licensing this, yay" and everyone is losing their shit because FineBros didn't say what they were licensing and how.
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      Editing … That's a huge mistake from them, the inability to communicate.
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      Editing … Basically they want to trademark their React branded content (Elders React, Kids React, .etc). Then they want to license out their trademark to content creators so that they themselves can make "React" style reaction videos, giving them the means to do so as well as promoting it (Kind of the same way Fast Food franchises work). What is upsetting people, I believe, is that they see it as something that can be grossly misused, and in the update video the Fine Brothers released they never made it clear what their intent was. This lead to people - who are arguably jumping the gun - to think that the brothers are trying to trademark reaction videos and that their intent was malicious. Just bad PR really.
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      Editing … But man seeing this much concentrated hate is interesting. They've apparently already lost 2mil, and it's still counting.
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      Editing … The only big problem I see is the possibility of taking down content that is using their license. Should YouTube be treated like regular tv in court, or should there be "internet law"? But yeah, bad PR.
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      Editing … I just watched the FineBros' "Update" video. They are bad actors. They are trying to be more sad and broken than they are. It's hilarious.
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      Editing … The classic "Half eyes open so we look like we haven't slept in a week" and the really downplayed mannerism.
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      Editing … lol I just watched it. Love how the guy on the left does his best best to show how "frustrated" he his by doing as much shrugging and eye rolling as he can. Also your fucking response to losing 2mil subs is a 3min long video that comes of as if you couldn't be fucking bothered to make it. Beautiful
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      Editing … And the fact that it took four days from them. Jesus.
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      Editing … I just burst out laughing when I realized that they said in the announcement video "We can't wait to look back into this day, to this exact video"
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      Editing … Some angry Youtuber (AlphaOmega something?) was claiming they have shut down other Youtube channels with copyright claims and done some smelly poop. Not sure how great a source the guy is though, he wears a beany and yells a lot.
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