Youtube BOYCOTT Just Got Way Worse and Why People Are Scared 

I don't know where we're going to shoot the show next week, advertisers are dropping like flies on RU-vid, but one things for sure...I'M GOING TO KEEP MAKING YOU GUYS A BAD ASS SHOW EVERY SINGLE WEEKDAY! Thanks for being a part of this weird experiment. :)

In practice, having any kind of opinion about anything, liberal or conservative, isn't "advertiser friendly." But I bet CNN, FOX News, or any other of the old media corporations with RU-vid channels don''t get their videos demonetized when they cover racism, terrorism or other controversial issues.

i am a United pass rider and they constantly remind you of this before every flight its like their main concern with you flying free. If they are giving you a privilege follow the rules.

The whole "I don't do it for the money" spiel is really being put to the test.

All of these people are talking about "get a real job and stop being lazy". Any HUSTLE is a real job. Don't knock someone else's hustle because you have to do more at your 9 to 5 working under people just to make a quarter of what they make. Not knocking 9 to 5 jobs because we need those companies, but don't hate on the next because of their come up. That's a blessing.

The fact that internet privacy is even being considered is sad. Our privacy should be just that, ours.

My thoughts on today's show: 1) The advertisers are acting a bit like babies. Did they really think that every video and website that they were going to be matched to was going to be wholesome and friendly? If so, they were burying their heads in the sand. That said, I understand not wanting to be associated with hate speech, etc, but running away seems like overboard. I will, however, respect the argument that this may be the only way to get Google to listen, by taking their money away. 2) I've used the buddy pass system before and was warned that I had to dress up. I wore slacks, a button down shirt, and matching shoes. If you want a free/discounted ride, you follow the rules of the people who are paying for it. In this case, that's dressing up like you work in a business environment. 3) I would like someone to take internet access away from all of Congress for one week. No email, browsing, or anything. And their staffs, families, and others can't do it for them either. Let's see how long they can go without complaining about the practical necessity of the internet in daily life these days. Them maybe they will understand why it's such an important resource and why it must be protected against anti-competitive practices.

I knew it was coming this is why RU-vid needs a competitor for everyone to go to because I KNEW from the beginning that all this..this playground would not last. Just like everything,suits eventually destroy it.

Hi Philip, do you believe the war on youtube's monetization has anything to do with the new facebook video monetization program launching at the same time? would you see any "hiden" connection?

As a former flight attendant (who did not work for United) this is the rule with all airlines so you're getting bent out of shape for nothing...these girls were getting a free or nearly free ride and all the company asked them to do was dress in a way that properly represented the company. The pass riders and flight attendants agree to those rules (among others about good behavior) before hand so United was well within their rights to refuse them a spot on the plane. Don't follow the rules, suffer the consequences. Simple as that. You don't have to like it but then you also don't have to fly for free. You can pay and wear your leggings until your heart is content. :)

You said exactly what I was thinking! If people like to watch someone then support them. I personally hate seeing ads. Every time I see an ad I see price increases on whatever the ad shows.

People want to live in a. Democracy yet don't want to be offended by someone voicing their opinion and perspective 😂😂😂😂

To the bit on RU-vid: RU-vid became the massive success it is in large part because it was one of the only places to find consistent, raw, unfiltered content from real people that hadn't been tidied up with a corporate bow like most other forms of entertainment at the time. It's a place where people curse and make jokes you make usually in the comfort of your close circle of friends- clearly there was a huge want for that. There are so few people that embody the wholesome PG version of what mainstream cable caters most to. Sure, it's safe and that's why they do it, but there's also a need for other types of content and youtube filled that so well. I think the decisions RU-vid is making, while I understand they're just looking for ways to make the most profit (and I think that then goes into advertisers tunnel-visioning on the 'the best money is in PG content' idea), is going to ultimately lead to them stemming too far away from what made youtube so unique, desired and successful in the first place. They will have the safe tidy bow on them, content creators who can no longer make a living off their 'unsafe', 'non-advertiser friendly' content will need to leave, and when that happens, another platform will come along and fill the need for relatable, real content.

My father has worked for an airline (not United Airlines) for as long as I can remember, and I can say from experience that dress codes for friends/family flying on company passes is not a new concept. Any time I've used one in the last decade, I was explicitly told to be dressed appropriately or risk not being allowed to board, and my little sister has received the same warnings from as young as 5 years old. Either the employee who gave the girls the passes did not properly explain the dress code, or the girls decided to risk not following it and got caught. Either way, this is not a case of 'body shaming', it's just someone who didn't follow the rules.

My problem is on videos that are still listed as monetized, but are showing 90% less ads than they were before. I would love to appeal, but because they aren't actually fully demonetized, I can't do anything about it. Also, none of my videos have anything to do with the type of content this is supposed to affect.

Money has ruined this fantastic creation.

The silliest thing about all off this is that companies think we as consumers are going to associate their brand with a random video on RU-vid.

I am not a creator, just a humble, long time fangirl of RU-vid creators and their content. I HATE what's happening now! Everything I love about RU-vid content is at risk of being phased out :( I've also been unsubscribed from some of my favourites RU-vidrs even though I'm over 30 and don't use Restricted Mode. Furthermore, not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but a high majority of RU-vid's suggestions for me lately, both in the sidebar and on the homepage, end up being fluffy, boring white-bread drivel :(

I don't see ads on any videos.. and I don't have adblocker.. no ads on this video Do you see ads on your desktop or pad?

I'm an insanely small channel and I've even been affected by all the brands pulling away from advertising on YT. This is insane

Phil, this is media conglomerates moving in on monopolizing their influence on the internet. Radio is dead, TV is dying, and the internet is the future.

if you're getting free or cheap flights, following a simple dress code should just be common sense.

"Gotta get rid of the humans and we'll start with the escalators" - Skynet XXXXAD

it's like the TV channels got restricted and they called it "piracy" to send individual and unregistered TV airwaves. they are starting to only allow state-approved content on the internet.

You know how in watch dogs you can click a button and it'll tell you "this person watches lots of hentai" or "that person has medicinal marijuana?" That's our future.

If they gave me a free ticket, I'd follow what every stupid rules they had. "Free ticket if you fly naked and dance once we reach cruising altitude for 5 minutes" DEAL

My mother is a former United employee, at one point I was getting on a plane from Salt Lake to L.A, and I was wearing very short shorts. The gate agent told me that I needed to put pants on before I got on that plane, due to them being way too short. On one hand, I understand this and was not upset when it happened. But in general, I don't really like the dress code thing for public things such as school or even airports. But the "dress coding" thing does happen often, and this is just the first time someone tweeted about it.

I never interpreted advertisers on youtube specifically endorsing anything that appeared on youtube, and honestly, I don't know anyone that thinks that way.

my mum is an air stewardess for BA (british airways) and i personally have flown on what they call staff travel (basically the same thing) and the same rules apply there, they specifically say to employees that no sportswear is allowed (this has come to include leggings) (sometimes even trainers depending on how clean they are/wear and tear etc.), no ripped clothes (even if its the fashion design), nothing that shows too much skin, no jeans etc. This rule applies to people of all ages, when i was 5 the rules applied to me same as they do now if i ever travel on staff travel, my mum took this to mean that i had to wear a shirt with a collar, polo was the minimum, chinos or something similar, and dress shoes, when i was a kid that basically meant my school shoes. my mum felt as though i wasn't only representing the company but also her, if i turn up wearing tacky clothes, i would make her look bad, and therefore the company through association. The reason for this rule is that staff members sometimes get a priority seat for standby customers (NOT PAYING CUSTOMERS) essentially if there was a seat on the flight, the company would essentially pull rank, captains get first, the co pilots, then senior staff who have worked there longest (with my mum i would basically get a seat in BA's CLUB section of the plain, also known as J class priority). Therefore you would sit in an area for significantly reduced (rarely free as you still pay about £200 (i may be wrong about that figure) for tax when leaving from Heathrow airport) where you would sit with customers who are often business men/women. If therefore you represent the company wearing whatever you want, the company may look bad if it is found out that you are on staff travel. This is essentially the company trying to cover there own ass, but i'm 21 now (and i have been flying around with my mum for almost my entire life under these rules), my brother is 26(same things as me), and my mum has worked for BA for over 30 years and this rule is one that has never changed except to add more clothes to the "banned list". I can see why the company does this, but i think it should be less strict when applied to children, however, technically, the company was well within their legal limits. P.s. Im a big fan of you and your co-workers from the vlogs, love your show, always watch it and for the most part i actually agree with you, there is a video i watched recently that i hope you include in today in awesome, its is a TED talk about a woman who was raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, in the video she has a lot of things to say which i think you will agree with and also like, and i hope you add it to today in awesome to share it with your viewers But i love yo face and keep up the great work on the show

Remember when RU-vid was just used to watch silly cat videos?

This is why I'm having loads of trivago ads 😭😭😭

Advertisers won't come back. If you pull your ads but your competition doesn't, they gain customers and you lose them. But if there is an excuse for BOTH companies to pull advertising, then neither loses out, and both save themselves all that ad money. This exact thing happened when tobacco advertising was banned in sports. Ads don't make you buy a product. They just influence you to buy one version of a product over another, when you had already decided to buy SOME version of that product. Companies would rather NOT advertise, but they have to if their competition is. If Brand A returns to advertising on RU-vid, then brand B of the same product type will be forced to return too, and both will lose money for no gain.

Am I the only one that feels that the corporation of RU-vid itself needs a serious change of leadership?

Remember Snowden, he does not sound so crazy now!

I wish those ads are back because I miss them

So that's why the only ads I've been seeing are pop tart ads

1. Woman denied entry with no other information - Outrage that's preposterous 2.They were representing the United and getting free/heavily discounted tickets- Follow the rules you are in a sense representing United, therefore, you should dress as they deem appropriate by their dress code. Plus your tickets are heavily discounted/free 3. The 10-year-old girl was one of the three girls - I don't believe the young girl would be considered representing United, therefore, let her off, but the two older can be seen as representing United, therefore, follow the rules.That's Just my outlook on the situation

You can't have "demonetization" without "demon"

I've been using Tor for almost all of my browser traffic for a long time. I use the FoxyProxy add-on extension to chose how to route it. A big PROBLEM with Tor is that some sites are Tor-HOSTILE! They either just refuse to return anything, tell you to stop using Tor, or send you a CAPTCHA. I run into a LOT of CloudFlare CAPTCHAs. The fscking thing DOESN'T WORK half the time! (You solve it, and just get another one) So you have to use a direct connection to that site.

I always hesitant about using TOR I'm worired if it safe or not safe to download an advce on what on or safe ??

As I am worried about the potential end of internet privacy, I believe is something that all Americans, regardless of their political stance, should stand up against this. Yes, I understand that some of our personal information (internet search, shopping history) are tracked in a way, but with this action, we potentially lose our choice of privacy and personal datas are sold left and right to advertisers, including bank account informations which can fall into the wrong hands

My parents work for a major airline, and our family has frequently flown standby/non-revenue (i.e. for low or no cost), ever since I was around 5 years old. It has ALWAYS been understood that there is a code of conduct for non-revs, and a business formal dress code. This is taken VERY SERIOUSLY, _especially_ in premium cabins. You are absolutely a representative of the company, and you must dress and act as such, or you can buy a ticket like everyone else. This is *not* an issue about women's rights. This isn't somebody telling a 10 year old girl what she can and can't wear. This is simply a case of people DISRESPECTING a company policy that has been in place for decades and is well known and understood throughout the entire industry. Furthermore, this is a case of people disrespecting the United employee they were friends with/related to who allowed them to fly on a pass. Because they were not only representing United, they were representing the employee who's pass they were on. And this disregard and disrespect for the well-established rules will likely not reflect well on that employee, especially considering how public this has gotten. The fact that these people went on social media to defend their actions just further shows their apparent lack of class. The entitlement they must feel is astounding. It's honestly sad - there used to be a time when people had actual respect for the aviation industry.

i find it funny how people are saying 'go get a real job' lol make a video everyday see how long you can last its not easy its not great its draining its not worth doing youtube if you have no spark then you might as well not try and being social is important in life you lose that in youtube don't fucking tell me youtube is easy when its not.

Finally my time to shine! My father has been a pilot for approximately 40 years and has worked for Twa/american airlines for about 30. I have used the buddypass several times whether to visit family/friends abroad and domestic. My father has ALWAYS stressed that I am supposed to wear a collared shirt+ slacks whilst flying on the airline's bill. I agree that its ridiculous that leggings are not allowed however the clause under American Airlines TOS implies that you are "representing the airlines as an employee/beneficiary and are to conduct yourself in the appropriate manner." My father says that "its a benefit, not a right. One guy wets their pants and everyone wears diapers. Most of those people and their benefactors probably lost their passes." He personally uses the passes to travel to his host destination so as to avoid having to live in the state hes based out of (as a pilot). I've looked at it as a simple trade. I look like a good boy and get free stuffing. Whats not to love? My father's words. "If someone pays a few thousand dollars for a ticket (hes elderly) and you look over and see someone dressed like a "bum", you may feel cheated by the airline as a paying passenger. You also have to deal with ticket agents who (i agree) are poorly paid and badgered by unruly passengers all day. They may not always be on your side.

Well my internet provider is not going to like how into trees i am.

If someone gave you 80% off on a 700$ ticket I would wear a hot dog suit

Was there a link to learn more about VPNs? I'm not seeing it.

To anyone concerned about internet privacy and wanting to get a VPN, I highly recommend using Opera. It's a browser that looks a lot like Google Chrome (but it isn't, obviously), it has a free built-in VPN you can enable and I would recommend getting the HTTPS everywhere extension as well.

I have to wear the same clothes to work every single day. Well, effectively the same, not literally the same. And that's because I'm representing the company I work for. If I greet my customers with athletic shorts and a tank top, I'm gonna make myself and the company look stupid. If you represent someone or something, you have to dress and behave as they would. That's what representation is

My father worked for Air Canada, they had the same rules. We used to wear suits and ties to fly. It's a respect thing, for the company and the people paying for their flights while we traveled for free.

As long as RU-vid has the monopoly this will keep happening to creators. I'm suprising no one has tried to put up a startup the same as YT but much better. Like spotify vs apple music.

Just a thought: Could there be any relationship between ISP selling our info to advertisers without our consent, and the fact they are now pulling out of RU-vid enmasse?

I'll wear a fucking dress for free flights

I'm sure there are enough #TaiLopez ads to make up for all these companies leaving

how can I flag ads? ad for this video was extremely graphic, it showed fucking toothpaste and blood spit repeatedly. gross af. please RU-vid. Viewer friendly ads only.

I think they all just figured out nobody watches youtube ads.

My wife talks about nutrition on RU-vid and sometimes brings up eating disorders -- NOT encouraging them -- and her videos were demonetized. Seems really odd.

As someone that worked for Verizon for 5 years, I can tell you that your internet usage is already monitored. Not to the degree of what you are using it for, but how many devices are connected and how frequently you are online is. Also, as someone that worked for Verizon, it is scary that they would collect info, because as a whole they are pretty half assed, or at least the home services portion is. Verizon is all about making money, and that means if they can do something halfway decent on a shoestring budget, rather than do the job properly for twice the cost, guess which option they go with. As an employee it was always interesting to see typos spell check could fix inside our internal systems, that would persist for weeks or even months. Often they would make major changes to things like TV lineups, and then inform us a few days later of the changes they were making as if they had announced it in advance, when in fact the changes were already in place. On top of that, there were a number of areas that they oversold services in, basically selling services they could not provide. Rather than upgrade to meet demands, they would throttle internet speeds. I know there was also a major network issue in Florida, that persisted for almost a year before anyone was able to figure it out. A lot of times they simply don't have capable personal to find and fix problems. I heard from a couple sources that during the first few years they were forming they laid off/fired a lot of their experienced techs, and then hired a bunch of inexperienced techs for half the rate. And yet, Verizon makes billions of profit every year. It is not that they can't afford to do things the right way, they just choose not to. They are also considered to be one of the better ISP's. Think about it, your personal information will be in the hands of a company filled with employees that are pressured to meet goals that can only be met by doing things half-assed, or taking shady approaches, because the company wants to maximize profits. There is no loyalty on the part of the employees, and no loyalty to the employees. A company that settles for "mostly good enough" rather than aim for excellence. But hey, I hear Comcast is worse.....

What RU-vid fail to realise is that their channel is also an eyeballs game. Do I come here looking for a certain "rated" content? No. I come here to see what is newsy and hear what posters have to say. And not surprising, any ad that pops up does get my attention. And my interests range from particle physics to cookery to movie reviews. My question is, why is RU-vid listening to advertisers demanding stuff that's more attuned to the old media way of doing things. RU-vid is one window to many things. It's like putting an ad along a popular walkway versus one in the supermarket. You do both and I'll catch the one along the popular walkway most likely.

7:21 well that escalated quickly..

This Internet Privacy vote sounds like we're on the path towards George Orwell's 1984 and I don't want Big Brother looking over my shoulder.

To comment on the spandex leggings issue: If the ticket was free or heavily discounted because someone agreed to the terms and conditions that ticket came with, then they either do what the airline says or do not fly. It is not "body shaming" or "sexist." This is not a case of wearing a religious symbol (such as a female official being forced to wear a hijab for a meeting (throwback)), it is representing a company based on the fact that the person has agreed to the terms accompanying the free ticket. If they do not want to do that, then they can fly on another airline or not fly at all. There are authoritative figures in life and it does not matter what gender or color they are or you are, if you have agreed to put yourself underneath their authority (such as a higher up in a company) then you quit or you obey.

youtube has the worst marketing team and uses the worst and laziest strategies. I have 2 examples. I am an English person that lives in bilingual Canada. I looked at videos in german and the next thing I know ALL of the ads I get are in French. All of my settings are for English. Even reseting everything there is nothing but French language ads. I contacted some of the advertizers and told them I would like to know about their product and explained the youtube ads. Another poor marketing ad was the Dr. Pepper ad that tried to get me to fill out a questionare on childish questions to watch an ad. 10 mins of questions for a 3 min video...nope not doing it. I phoned the company and said if this is their marketing now, I will not buy the product. I also explained I was a life long consumer and at one point in time could only get Dr. pepper at burger king in Canada in the 80's. I still do not buy Dr. Pepper.

I've never been interested in your channel until I watched one of your videos where you touched on the PewDiePie drama. I love how you're honest without being crass, and how you put forth your opinions in a mature manner, something that I find the YT community sorely lacks. Also because you're (obviously) one of the good guys. Keep fighting the good fight, Philip.

I am a pass traveler on United and this is actually kind of common. It its not just applied to traditional women clothing but I have had to change from shorts into jeans before boarding a flight and I know I have seen others have to put on more then a T Shirt before. The person you get these buddy passes from should have explained the rules more clearly as my family member always does with me.

My father works for a major airline. I fly standby all the time. Dress rules have always been in place and are always strictly enforced. I had to change my sneakers to dress shoes once. Hey, the rules are rules, lets not sexualize the situation. If you dont like the rules then PAY for your ticket.

I get " free pass tickets" from another airline, but I have always been told to dress up. We are unable to wear blue jeans, tshirt, leggings, even shorts. So I think that this was in the airline's rights.

I'm surprised no one has made a website like RU-vid

If you're getting a free flight, and the company believes that you are representing them, then I think it's perfectly acceptable for them to expect you to dress according to their regulations. Thinking about how companies want to present themselves, that's probably going to be at a smart-casual level, a level which leggings definitely don't fit into, no matter what age you are. I also agree with Phil, the gate-attendant must have had an altercation with the girls before hand cause it seems pretty harsh to enforce it considering how ambiguous the actual description of expected appearance by the airline is. Interesting topic though

As family member of an airline employee: These benefits are a privilege, not a right. The girls didn't follow the policy, and thus had to change. This woman stuck her nose into someone else's business and created a story where there was none.

The leggings story reminds me of the dress code fight in many public schools nowadays. A common argument is that those attracted to women aren't necessarily always affected by outfits, and the schools are sexualizing 15 year olds. As a high school student in a public school, I can say many of the boys in my school are affected. I can also say they don't make it obvious and those who are distracted from the teachers would be distracted by something else if they weren't distracted by what a classmate is wearing.

Hopefully IF the Internet starts to get censored and our browsing history starts to get sold we will stop being so divided against each other and start looking at the big corporations that control everything. Great work as always Philly D

Even my gaming video with less than 50 views got demonetized

Just speaking out in regards to the airline story where United refused flights to the women for wearing leggings. My old roommate regularly flew on standby using one of the friend/family passes and he always had to dress up when I would drop him off at the airport. When I asked him why he said because if he didn't he wouldn't be allowed on the flight. He told me about people who have been turned away for wearing things like shorts and/or flip-flops. I feel like 6 hours in dress clothes is worth the 7/800 dollars you're saving.

What could happen is small companies could fill the void left by the big advertisers pulling out. Smaller companies that are just happy to get ad space wherever. What if content creators hunted their own sponsors? That might be what they will have to do anyway. Or again, the small companies might approach the youtubers themselves.

no one thinks that ads support the videos they appear on unless they are sponsored or brought to you by.

My dad is a pilot and I've been able to travel for free with his airline for over 20 years - during that my family and I have always presented ourselves with respect. Even as a ten-year-old I only wore leggings under a dress when flying. We were often associated with the airline and given special treatment because of my dad; we took the company bus to our hotel rooms; if unable to be seated in business/first class we were given rows with extra seats and business/first class food; we boarded before other passengers; etc. I don't think its too much for United to ask. I think that most airlines have at general rule for "pass riders", but most people actually follow the rule and United are the first to really get noticed for it. On the note that it's "sexist" and only monitoring women, my brothers had to dress to the same standard at me - no flip flops, board shorts or t-shirts (and that's asking a lot of Australians). They were always in jeans, button ups and closed in shoes, even as teenagers. If there were male pass riders dressed inappropriately I'm sure it would be the same as in the recent situation. Pass riders are given a privilege, they are representing the airline's employees to an extent. It's not too hard to find comfortable and classy clothing to show some respect for the privilege they're being given.

Well that was 16 long minutes of greatness in my day. I'm perfectly fine getting a little more news with the show being longer. Helps keep us all informed

RU-vid should do their own thing when the advertisers see that RU-vid does not care and how TV is dying and they need an audience they will either come back or try making their own thing.

When things get corporate, just plan your exit strategy.

United Airlines dress code is equivalent to being asked to talk off your shoes in someone's house. There is nothing wrong with it.

OKOK WAIT Why exactly are advertisers freaking out over this? They've never had a problem with anything I've ever seen on tv. I'm sorry but I've seen some VILE shit on TV. South Park is worse then anything YOU put out, worse then what MOST people put out. And mcdonalds doesn't have a problem with THAT. This has nothing to do with the content. It has everything to do with the advertisers wanting to shut down the freedom of the online creators. This is definitely unfair. And youtube needs to take a stand. It AT LEAST deserves to have as much freedom as freakin television, and I think most users want MORE freedom then television had (crap like the fcc, no thank you)

I remember when youtube switched from stars to likes, and every comment was "BRING THE OLD RU-vid BACK, REPOST SO RU-vid GETS THE MESSAGE" not really relevant but this video reminded me of it

RU-vid not putting creators into the process of those changes will one day be their demise. Sure, without advertisers they don't have income. But without interesting content to show ads with they don't have either.

*How long are we just going to just stand around and keep letting Phil call us bastards day after day?*

RIP RU-vid

no ad before this one too...

I was actually surprise that a lot of my interviews and travels videos was being demonetized. thank you @philipdefranco good to hear ur views and always good watching ur channel

I work at Southwest Airlines and our free tickets are called buddy passes. They also have strict rules for dress and behavior. If you give one to a friend and they act a fool or screw around then you, the employee, face the repercussions. I've seen a coworker lose their free flight benefits because someone they gave a buddy pass to did something. Just follow the rules and say thanks for the free ticket.

Time to start browsing things I don't actively care about. DECOYS, guys. DECOYS.

My biggest fear is game channels will flock to services like Twitch en masse. The problem with this is, with RU-vid we can support many of our favorite channels fairly since the revenue was attached to prerecorded videos. With Twitch, it splits the fans if they want to view overlapping channels.

All the big youtubers should team up and make a new "youtube"

If a theater owner said to me, he have free or absurdly discounted tickets to a movie, but I have to wear formal clothing - because he has to impress a potential business partner/latent customer/relatives etc, and I'm going as his accompany, I guess it would be normal if he deny me my movie when I show up in T-shirt and shorts But It's a different situation if i bought the ticket like any other normal customer, they should let me wear what I want to wear, except when what I wanted is out of the norm

the way the internet is going with privacy and censorship kinda feels the same as suggesting that we should have men in suits stood at each window staring into your house writing down what you do and telling you what you "cant" say

The thing that pisses me off most, Advertisers were only doing this in hope that RU-vid might compensate them or lower ad pricing. I'm in a page on Facebook that's all about offensive jokes and memes. Yet I have no doubt that there is actual pages dedicated to racism and discrimination, that aren't just joking about it. No doubt they still get ads, Any advertiser complaining about that? Nope. They Don't actually care about who their business is associated with, they only worry that the association could lose them money. If i walked into a Car dealership, lets say Toyota for relevance, and said "I'm paying upfront and I want something real fast, like I wanna drive across America by-myself in under 3 days." It'd be pretty obvious I was gonna drive like a fucking maniac, likely breaking laws and putting others at risk. But I'd still walk out with a fucking car. Let's say i got in a really bad accident like 15 minutes off the lot, and a news agency asked them " Well, why did you sell him the car?" They'd get: "Because we can't determine our customers motives, If we hadn't sold him the car, he'd only go elsewhere." So what exactly happened here!? Advertiser pulled their ads off RU-vid; then complained hoping it would get them something. Only to put their Ads on other sites like Facebook which has just as much; if not more dirt-bags floating around!

Any good alternatives to RU-vid in seeing videos and creating content for others?

I worked in the airline industry for just under a year and this is common practice North America wide. It's not that the air lines are 'policing' what women are wearing, it's that they care about the image of its employees and extended family (ie friends of airline employees). The same would apply to men - I would not be allowed to board a flight on a pass wearing shorts and a wife beater. Rules are rules and have been that way since the program started. This just seems like someone who had nothing to do with the situation got involved with something she didn't fully understand. Did she pay for the tickets? Does it affect her life or travel plans in some way? The 3 travellers knew the rules before hand. This is a company benefit that can save families thousands of dollars making a vacation somewhat affordable. People who aren't directly involved should stay out of it, in my own opinion.

If all my favourite content creators are eliminated, I'll have no reason to come to RU-vid. I'd bet that there are many others who think the same. So how does RU-vid gain by keeping advertisers at the cost of losing large swathes of their viewers?

how hard can it be to make a program just send and e-mail to some one if a video is de monetized google/youtube. really hard can that be

I've flow on jet blue with a pass similar and i was told theres a dress code as well as was required to wear "business" attire sooo i don't find it a big deal although one was pretty young