[kruuuder]

> If someone is using clickbait for their videos, the video itself is very likely to be low quality.

I disagree. There are many creators that produce content that I consider high quality that use clickbait thumbnails and titles. If they don't, they have a disadvantage because of the metrics the YouTube recommendation algorithm uses.

[gunshai]

Veritasium is a good example of this.

[kruuuder]

Yes, they also made a video about this specifically.

Other examples are Rick Beato and LTT.

[MaxMatti]

With LTT it's a 50/50 situation imho. Some videos are interesting and/or informative, some are basically just an ad for a medium-quality but expensive product. And most of the time it's not easy to judge which is which from the title and thumbnail. On floatplane it's mostly possible, but still not as easy as I'd like and there's still the odd video that is presented as being an honest opinion but in the end is just ads again.

And the way he addresses this when being asked about it on his streams is just adding insult to injury. It's kind of sad that such a good source of news and general information in that field is being diluted with so much (more or less blatantly) sponsored content.