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by joshschreuder 2750 days ago
Fair point. I think Captain Disillusion is a good example of this, his production value is extremely high with regards to visual effects for what is a fairly niche subject matter.
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Captain Disillusion is nowhere near the quality of a Netflix show. I love the guy and support him on Patreon, but at the end of the day, it’s a garage version of myth busters. It still has that “youtuby” feel of a guy doing a thing in his spare time.

The budget is incredibly low; look at his Patreon. Compare this to the millions of dollars that go into a film considered “low budget”.

If CD is YouTube’s high quality content, then that is exactly the point GP was making.

For an example of high quality Youtube content, check out Good Mythical Morning.
Still, imagine if he got a Netflix deal(how awesome would that be), the production value would go up
To me it is perfect expansion for Netflix.

Youtube offers a universal service provision, Netflix could carefully cherry-pick the top youtubers and offer them the money.