RUclips lets scam-like ads go unchecked, but regulates firearms companies that do business legitimately. They are definitely a company with great business ethics.
its weird that american society is large is not reflected on YT. Guns sell like hotcakes, everyone (well a majority) have nothing against guns per se.. Its a large group of people with alot of accessible money. Why is YT against that? just look at the gun shows - a thing wholey unique to america. But i guess more and more ad money are coming from partners outside US that have a diffrent view on weapons in general. People in many parts of europe does not have access to guns, so they dont understand them. Yes, europeans can have weapons to but its often harder to get a pistol.. I live in sweden and have 4 pistols and 4 rifles. Rifles are quite common here, pistols less so as they are regulated alot harder. People love shooting and most people afraid of weapons have never held one in their life, so its a irrational fear.
The scam ads being unchecked isn't even a problem. The problem is that it's a PC only problem (and mobile I guess) and that RUclips actively tries to disable you from blocking ads.
@howejohn5444 well so far the scam ads have not been selling a product that is used to eliminate classrooms full of kids over and over and over again, so, you're kinda comparing apples to oranges.
I swear I reported people having sex here on live stream not directly but you can tell and nothing happened to them they are still streaming ridiculous
Guns are awful and are made to kill. I understand why they exist and I understand why people like having them but how many innocent people need to be mowed down like blades of grass for something to change. People don’t need access to an M4 unless it’s checked out at the range.
Guns are wonderfull and are made to protect. I understand why they exist and I understand why people like them. How long do innocent people need to be unable to defend themselves for something to change? People need access to an M4 because because not all of life is as orderly as a shooting range.
@@thebuffalo2263 Those wonderful African Americans freed via firearms would disagree as would those under King George III. If the leaders you love truly felt that way, they would disarm themselves and their bodyguards. But nope. For some reason, they believe in the 2A. Just not you. Don't lump criminals into the same category as those who love you, love your rights, and would use firearms to protect you at the cost of their lives.
@@rl8073 No, its a monopoly with too much control over the site and their creators. A competitor of theirs named Rumble has taken Google to court for using unethical methods to stay on top of the food chain. This isnt even mentioning the multiple years of unnecessary censorship, demonization, lack of accountability over false claims, and zero customer support. There’s people who abuse the system to send false claims to take down other channels and videos and RUclips hasnt lifted a finger to problem solve any issues on their platform. It’s an embarrassment for a company to sweep these conflicts under the rug as if it’s not a big deal.
@@coopandcarter it’s messed up how people who helped build RUclips are so easily disregarded because of fkin political agendas. Wild. Epitome of “bad business practice”. How much money has Hickok45 brought in for RUclips? That # is probably wild. This is gonna backfire on YT for sure.
Sir, I read "Bad News" and immediately feared a health issue. Very unfortunate about your channel, but I am extremely relieved you and your family are in good health. God bless.
I am here in Florida (a former Californian) and work in venture capital. I will have my law firms in Florida and Texas write the legal departments at Google and the attorney general's office in Sacramento on the legal basis of this policy as it relates to Constitutional law.
Nail 'em to the wall Kevin. I was an SVP at Bank of America when BAC's BankCard division put their boot on McMillan Stocks' neck, after a decades long relationship. I made a few calls but the Goliath had made its decision. I pray your guys can put their boot up Google's ass on this! 🙏🇺🇸🙏
Ya it’s weird that a company that try’s to elected democrats to congress don’t like gun content weird every one knows they don’t why is this so surprising
as long as ppl still stay with and support google, why can do whatever they want. good example why an open market with healthy competition is important.
I understand the second sentence. Please explain how you are getting ads on Netflix. That is a super power you have if you’ve managed to get an ad on Netflix….
@@Deanbeyers1984 Probably Disney or Amazon, Netflix not yet! But give them time, everything that can be monetised will be and the more people pay, the more they will expand that process. Corporations don't want what's good for you, they just want money.
They already shut those down too lol; anything that even remotely disturbs their revenue gets the boot. I don't know why anyone is acting surprised; they disabled dislikes a millennium ago.
Its capitalism. The customers are the advertisers, and we are the product - essentially, the view we give are the product that RUclips sells to these advertiser customers. Profits control intentions and these advertisers' money drives RUclips's decision, not us. And RUclips is a privately own company, so they can ban anyone for any reason, at anytime. They have the final say what videos are uploaded to their platform. It's their product, their platform that they allow people to use for free.
@@mugshotmarley It's "capitalism" in the way Daimler-Benz was "capitalist" during the Nazi era. It's putative capitalism in the service of a political agenda. The decision to end production of ICE-powered Dodge Challengers and Chargers and turn them into EVs was most definitely *not* driven by a search for profit.
We wish you the best to come. I have been following this channel for so long and thank God I am not the only one, it would be a shame to come and regulate a recipe that has worked so well and for so long.. You guys are the best. But despite that, RUclips will have to recognize that a lot of people, including me, want this legendary channel not to fall into disgrace because of a new policy that has come out of the drawer.. you have our unconditional support and I salute you from the depths of my France
Hickok45 I started watching you as a young boy. You’re the reason I got into firearms and the reason I carry a g19 today. We love you and thank you for everything you’ve done. You’ll see this through, God bless.
@@AvidListener-do9vh fair point. However, they reaped the benefits of 7+ million people regularly visiting this site for this content, and now they want to retroactively stick it to them? They are f'ing the people that made them what they are. Sure that is their right, but it doesn't paint a pretty picture of the company. If they weren't a monopoly they'd be history already I think.
I have ALWAYS been a long time watcher & subscriber to your channel. WTF happened to free speech in this country. There is ONLY 1 man that can change it. 🔴🇺🇸👍 Thank you both for your patriotism Gentlemen.
ive literally seen people promoting cp servers and that goes unchecked, but God forbid we show people using firearms in a safe and informanitive manner
@joeyisamazing1091 RUclips is a scam itself, the music app gets worse and worse too. They push you to buy premium by giving you 2 adds around 3 minutes long each between songs. Insane.
What's even better is it's all "for the children that use our site" or "safety" yet there is naked yoga with orifice zoom-ins, women "trying on" see through underwear, and step by step guides to making thermite and expl*sives but no... it's the guys teaching people gun history and safety that're the real monsters.
I mean to be fair I'd say you shouldn't even be able to own a firearm if you don't know the basics of the basics about them and need to look them up on youtube, it doesn't however change the fact that youtube outlawing firearms content is baffling
Wish we could go back to those good old times when RUclips was just a site for people to share their hobbies. Not a bloated ad platform wracked with corporate greed.
@@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC That has been happening to the lions' share of my posts for about a week now. Well, it could be longer; I've only recently caught it.
I can’t believe youtube is willing to remove this kind of content, now more than ever gun safety and quality education is needed! This channel has taught me a lot and thanks to such an experienced educator I feel I’m a responsible gun owner
Ephesians 1 KJV ✝️🩸 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1 Corinthians 15 KJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 2 KJV 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Romans 5 KJV 🩸 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
its incredible, dems used to say we need to be trained, but they are trying to not have people trained. and be lucrative. Stinks that hickock is going to have to do something different to get more money. I wonder if their DPMS videos are about to be removed or have been.
I just canceled my Premium service ... They are Censoring the content to how they believe . When they asked why I told them why...I know they will not care about $15 bucks from me but when thousands do it they may.... Big company's only want you to believe the way they do or shut you down. It is just sad.
@@Sly-Sojourner well its not like youd be telling them something they didnt know. They wouldnt care, they are well aware. They want global federation, they want NO ONE to be free period.
that only means hickok will make less money from your views. premium subs pay more per view to creators. you are punishing the creators by cancelling. i'm sure you hate cancel culture too, right?
@@69MaxVerstappen69 I would suggest a more decentralized solution like Peertube or perhaps LBRY. These services brings true freedom in that information really is never lost or brought down by a single entity, aka decentralization. Dare i fucking say, the people actually watching the video are the ones controlling the content in many aspects and will determine whether it is okay or not, not some batshit crazy neckbeards thinking that they are something. Hope that makes sense :)
I would agree with this, but honestly, it doesn’t feel like blocking ads works. I have blocked those stupid shooter games and the rise of kingdom cringe ads, and yet they still pop up months later. I hate RUclips so much, if I block a fucking ad that means I don’t want to see it again. But I agree with what you’re saying in general!
@@DangerRussDayZ6533 I didn't. I know where they came from. Remember a company called Oingo? Probably not. They were in the gray market consumer data business. They collected consumer data through various means. Some of them very illegal. They packaged up that data and sold it to thousands of telemarketing companies. During the last few years that Oingo existed, they were generating fake phishing websites based on Google searches. I noticed that links to their fake phishing pages would always wind up at the very top of Google's search results. I did a little checking and discovered those fake websites were all being hosted on Google's own servers. Not long afterwards, Oingo changed it's name, then was officially acquired by Google. Oingo and Google were always part of the same organization. Google was their attempt to go legit and operate legally. When Google's revenue outpaced Oingo's, they no longer needed Oingo to exist. Instead of scrapping the company, Google absorbed it. The name change was just to try to hide what it was.
Yeah, Google was an awesome company pre 2014 it feels like, with the Google Nexus phones being open source and easily able to install custom roms (still possible with the pixels) such as grapheneos for maximum security and no worries about government tracking to RUclips being the best when it comes to free open media and don't forget Google search itself as an amazing search engine. Google has really fallen down for the best open ended company to wanting be another apple and Microsoft closed off environment
This is a bit of a crazy ride, but I wanted to share quick. I first found you when I inherited a few civil war pieces and watched videos you had covering them. I saw your sponsored ad for SDI and had GI bill unused. I got my associates from them because of you. Then I realized online school wasn't so bad and went on to get a bachelors. Then I felt called to ministry and currently am in seminary for my MDIV... if not for your video sponsor I wouldn't have had the degrees needed to work on this journey. So I thank you and your sponsors over the years... it's good for capitalism, but has unexpected value in lives as well. Cheers my friends!
@@Bloggart i promise you alot of the videos are far from educational, you see i am some what of a man of culture. A video of a woman trying on lace and see though lingerie isnt very educational IMO
The fact that you can't read that google can do anything they want on THEIR platform. Don't let the billion dollar door hit you on the way out. Its so funny walking oldiees come on a platform who tells them they can remove you for anythign they want, bring your own culture and then decided its somewhat censorship. They can make their videos without earning a cent. No one is forced to pay them! Love the fight you greybeards are fighting here, there's hundreds of unmonetized gun channels you hypocrites.
Time for someone to start a similar business to RUclips. I agree that some content (violence or terrorist type etc.) should be monitored and regulated for obvious reasons. Your content however has purpose and education which in my humble opinion is the whole reason behind a channel on RUclips. I wish you the very best in the future.
It doesn’t really matter if you give them money or not because even if you watch RUclips for free, they still get money from advertisements. So no matter what you do RUclips still gets money from you, either by paying them directly for RUclips premium or watching advertisements.
@@haydenwoodyard3624yeah… unfortunately this is true. When something is free YOU are the product. This very phrase has come into existence almost exclusively from alphabet and Meta, and their subsidiaries.
Just joined all channels. Maybe RUclips will loose so much they will think that stupid policy. God bless you both with heath and continued very informative videos.
Odysee is an excellent option. It is blockchain so you cannot be cancelled. The problem for guys like Hickok45 is that he will lose monetization on the free speech platforms.
Piece by piece. They take a piece, users get upset at the new changes, then it settles to become the new "normal". That's the plan, take a little bit at a time because they know they can get away with it. Taking from the people that helped them build the platform to the level of success it stands at today. I've watched this channel on and off for YEARS, well over a decade and will always support you guys.
It's a methodical, but proven, systematic M.O. to wrest away civil liberties and god given rights which level the metaphorical playing field on which Corporations, Governments, and Individuals all stand upon. When in history, exactly, did a change in status quo become synonymous with set precedent? I doubt to be discernable, but any entity which stands to gain leverage and influence when implemented successfully is nigh on guaranteed to attempt maneuvers of the sort. Look at the entire SARS-CoV-2 debacle, when a decade and a half prior SARS-COV-1 was hardly any concern outside of SE-Asia mainly because it wasn't conflated to purvey urgency as if Humanity hadn't existed with Coronavirus', Rhinovirus', Enterovirus', and Adenovirus' of innumerable variety for thousands of years without any catastrophic loss of life. As if the evolution and adaptation of human immune systems had never existed, the opportunity was seized to incite panic and hysteria, to guise a relinquishing of freedoms as a good-natured measure to protect not only the individual, but society as a whole, to appeal towards those who are altruistic in whatever motives that compel them. Cynicism has never been a more beneficial character trait than current day. Perhaps foreshadowing the inevitable cyclical pattern of Civilization, and all things in life in that regard. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust...
I have been watching this channel since I was in middle school. This man taught me firearm safety at an early age. As well as the knowledge and common sense required to own firearms. You couldn’t ask for a better channel showing the world what it is to be a law abiding, good hearted, gun owner.
@@suqmadique9762 i get those damn leatherlock holster ads all the time, its crazy the advertisers get to chose how they make their money yet the creators cant even promote a SLING and get terminated!!!
IMO, RUclips has gotten worse since 2013 when Google enforced all RUclipsrs to be required to have Google+ (rip) and the goddamn copyright system that just seems to get more and more ridiculous than ever before.
I like how RUclips began as something where you were supposed to do what you want and do things you want for fun or to show to the world. Now you have to do what they want you to do getting more and more control is bs
you can still do it for fun, just dont expect to be paid, as it was back when "began as something where you were supposed to do what you want". They arent running a charity. Not that hard to grasp why they would say a no to things like this.
@@miksu546 be paid??this man has been doing this for a living there is no charity here he works hard in making videos.they have no right to do this! its complete left bullshit go grow a pair
You guys have been so professional and informative. I appreciate all you have done. It will be a shame that any of the videos you have made get removed.
When I started watching this video, RUclips ran a paid ad for Urban Carry. I guess the ban on sponsorships for gun-related products does not apply to the ads that RUclips gets a cut of the money from...
I’d wager there are too many legitimate RUclipsrs calling out the “Gl*ck Sw*tch” channels for being honeypots and the ATF needed to crack down on people messing with their enterprises..
"Life is good" was not expecting that at the end, but it meant something to me. You can have potentially very disruptive problems like this, and yet still have so much good in your life. Thanks Hickok
@@manny9323 WRONG! They have “media status” in order to not get in trouble for content that could be illegal uploaded by one of their users for which they have no control over. To get that status from the government, you are then held to media standards, which under brain dead no law Biden, is useless. It is CENSORSHIP. And there is a 10 billion dollars lawsuit over it against google.
Only seeing this half a year later so I take it the issue has been resolved or at least not lead to the channel being terminated. This has always been a legitimate source of information and entertainment, maybe Google needs to seriously listen to its audience rather than trying to impose its values on others. Keep up the good work! ❤
@@troublemakerbros4267 this is not an ad, but i use brave browser on my phone, not a single ad when watching youtube dude, I don't even know how youtube ads are
Why does every social media company insist on making their products worse? It just seems like every social media these days just keeps making the most baffling anti-user decisions ever!
It's not bafferling it's capitalism. Money controls everything and advertiser money in this context is in control. The majority of the world isn't as pro-gun as the US and that has an effect.
@@GazB85 RUclips is an American company and an American product. Even if this were not the case, American viewers are shown advertisements that are targeted towards American audiences. American gun companies have an interest in using this platform as an advertising medium, obviously. This is just Americans trying to control what other Americans think and do, going against the ideals of what it means to be an American.
Hang in there guys! Everything happens for a reason, I'm guessing there's something great in store for you all... something to help move you and your content forward. Keep on creating and posting... wherever you need to!
I guess RUclips premium is out the window for me. Hope you guys get through this and get back to where you need to be. I’ve grown up watching you and now I share your videos with my kids. The education you guys provide is vital and necessary in today’s society and I’m proud to be subscribed to you gents.
Yeah I play a few good quality video games and they are now charging to store game clips , the world is just all about money an they can’t do anything with it so I’ll keep my money I agree with you
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo Closing down channels like these prevent comments like yours from being shared among conservatives, a large group of people that are currently being kept away from figuring out what you and I have figured out.
@@YeeLeeHaw Anything and everything, as small as it might seem, that they can do, they will do. They pay attention to the smallest details, and there's psyop on top of psyop on top of psyop without rest. Now with AI as a tool to help them with their propaganda and censorship, the spreading of truth have gotten even more difficult. We need to focus all our efforts and energy on a single group. They're the head of the snake. Can't name them here but it's not hard to figure out what I'm trying to say.
That's messed up because y'all have been amazing and been the ones to teach solid and safe handling of firearms to everyone! And to give all of us insight on different firearms
Start moving over the videos to rumble before you lose the data just in case. Thanks for all of your reviews over the years! This channel has made me an informed consumer for every firearm I've purchased!
you're upset that these cringe guntubers cant advertise real life weapons and weapon parts to teenagers anymore? trump would have probably liked that to be a thing long ago lmao.
RUclips is run by those unfamiliar with truth and freedom of speech. How can Americans support an un-American feature on the American created Internet?
They prevent gun tubers from getting ads which leads to them taking sponsorships. Then they say those sponsorships are not allowed. Those gosh darn bastards
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They're playing a game of trying to have it both ways by exploiting a topic for money while simultaneously answering erratically changing the rules to drive out the same creators by harassing them with arbitrary, sudden, and draconian new punishments and limitations.
But then RUclips takes ad money from the very people that they won't allow Tubers to be sponsored by... Since they served me a holster ad when I played this.
Hey man, I read "Bad News" and I immediately thought it will be a health issue. Very unfortunate about your channel, but I am extremely relieved you and your family are in good health, God bless you all man
@Elhardt I wouldn't consider those mainstream competitors though, at the end of the day RUclips has always been "that" platform and it doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon so unless everyone stands together unfortunately we're going to have to continue watching them completely destroy channels that push certain "agendas" they don't agree with.
There are altenatives, but you would have to pay to watch the content. People want stuff for free. They could start a website and only post on there, but they won't as it wouldn't make them any where near the money RUclips generates for them. RUclips is a business, not a public service and as such can decide who and what is on their platform. I'm not anti-gun or pro-gun, left or right. You just need to understand a bigger picture than one channel, YT won't make much of this channel so why would they care?
@@Bubbles--- It's not an agenda, that's the conspiracy rising up in you. Do you think it is fine to have a YT channel dedicated to making bombs? Do you think there would be any political backlash on YT if a person watching the bomb channel decided to kill a bunch of people with a bomb they made from a YT channel? Maybe the politicians would go after YT just a little bit? I'm sure YT gets put under considerable pressure from politicians to remove certain content after gun related events etc.
I was about to change from Xfinity to RUclips TV. Not anymore...I'm not paying for anything RUclips. Thanks for the heads up guys. Your timing is perfect.
@@Dr.Puschman talking as if youtube isnt a monopoly where content creators would rather adapt (dilute) their content to keep posting rather than have more creative freedom on another platform continuing the whole monopoly cycle and leaving viewers with barely any options on other platforms. aka there is no "elsewhere"
Absolutely!!! This is an agenda to destroy the 🔥 arms companies (sadly, I'm using the emoji because YT has been removing my posts). I wish there was an "elsewhere" cause I'm sick of wokeness and all it entails. They want to turn us into a bunch of gun hating, sissy, gender flippers, and I'm not having it!
While reading the comments, I realized how many people buy premium. I was sure that only a handful of people bought premium, but it's worse than I thought. I have been on YT since videos were only available in 144p resolution, it was a long time ago, I never even thought about paying for YT. For me, YT has never been paid and will always remain so. And if one day there is no way to watch YT for free, that will be the end of YT for me.
Google, Meta, etc., etc. are shameless. Glad to see you guys have made the move to Rumble. I prefer Rumble by far, unfortunately they haven't had the past 20 year head start on content that RUclips has had. They'll get there though. Keep at it boys!
Things are only going to change if people stop bitching and actually move platform. How many years of doing it yourselves before we are allowed to have no sympathy for you?
I do love that I get youtube ads for gun equipment but can't watch videos that promote safe gunhandling et. cetera. So basically influencers can't make money but youtube can... make it make sense
You literally just did. RUclips hates in video sponsorships because they don't get a cut. They've tried to ban companies partnering directly with content creators in the past. Now they just have a convenient excuse that will have the idiots blaming a culture war when it reality, RUclips has wanted to do this for at least a decade. If drinking GamerSups became controversial tomorrow, that shit would be gone instantly.
Who said Sundar Pichai is American? He's not. He hates American ideals & traditions, and he doesn't understand or appreciate American independence or our 2A. Google is evil, and Google owns YT.
I remember when RUclips was just everyday people uploading whatever they wanted to upload (as long as it wasn't violence, nudity, etc.). Now it's a platform ran by soulless corporations dictating what is uploaded. I don't see anything changing unless RUclips has a direct competitor.
It's the same sad story. A company is started by people with a passion for doing something, and then it's taken over by people with a passion for making money. The problem with competitors is that they need backing. The alternatives to Facebook, RUclips and Google are absolute garbage, because nobody is willing to deal with shitty functionality for a while until they get adopted by a big user base.
About 10 years ago, around the time of the "SAFE Act" I downloaded every one of Hickok's videos, knowing someday they would come for the content. And here we are.
Been watching since I was 14. I am now 26. RUclips have no idea what they really done here, they don't know that this move is demolishing the communities that make this website tick. I am hopeful they will soon realise, and we will see better days.
I have been watching this man on RUclips for a good 10, 15 years ! Hickok,you have always been straightforward, SAFE, and a awesome source of firearms knowledge ! RUclips needs to change their name to "Down the tube" ! Gentlemen, I wish Y'all the best of luck !
That is absolutely ridiculous. You're the wholesome firearms channel advocating firearms safety, showing us the ins and outs of our favorites and having a literal blast doing it. Hang in there, champ.
This is very bad i have been watchn your videos for years when am about to purchase a firearm this is the best review cast on youtube hope everything works out. salute hickok and son from detroit
@@ManateeMentality let me help you dummy -- the 'truth' is that mankind has an inherent right to defense, and firearms are the modern functional cornerstone of that natural and codified right. Diminishing the ability to express and educate around that right represents an intrinsic stifling of a critical aspect of 'truth' about being a human. that should get you started but I realize you might still not understand
@@sukhvindermangat1087 State ownership is a double edged sword, but its pretty obvious that letting corporations go wild the past 40 years has had consequences that nobody in human history could have predicted. Just comical amounts of wealth that bury the actual wants and needs of everyday people.
I have watched your videos for years. It has helped me make choices on gun purchases or "walk aways" & I have come to trust your opinion. I completely disagree with You Tube & I will continue to support your channel.
I'm just glad this isn't about an health issue.
Amen bro
Yup. I almost didn't click on the video.
Yeah. I got Paul Harrel flashbacks there.
@@misterbeepsoh my god same .
When I saw the title I honestly thought it was something like that
RUclips lets scam-like ads go unchecked, but regulates firearms companies that do business legitimately.
They are definitely a company with great business ethics.
its weird that american society is large is not reflected on YT. Guns sell like hotcakes, everyone (well a majority) have nothing against guns per se..
Its a large group of people with alot of accessible money. Why is YT against that?
just look at the gun shows - a thing wholey unique to america.
But i guess more and more ad money are coming from partners outside US that have a diffrent view on weapons in general. People in many parts of europe does not have access to guns, so they dont understand them. Yes, europeans can have weapons to but its often harder to get a pistol..
I live in sweden and have 4 pistols and 4 rifles. Rifles are quite common here, pistols less so as they are regulated alot harder.
People love shooting and most people afraid of weapons have never held one in their life, so its a irrational fear.
The scam ads being unchecked isn't even a problem.
The problem is that it's a PC only problem (and mobile I guess) and that RUclips actively tries to disable you from blocking ads.
@@appleleptiker The Brave Desktop browser blocks youtube ads pretty effectively. I don't know about the mobile version.
@howejohn5444 well so far the scam ads have not been selling a product that is used to eliminate classrooms full of kids over and over and over again, so, you're kinda comparing apples to oranges.
Use an ad blocker. they work.
RUclips 15 years ago: Broadcast Yourself
RUclips today: Broadcast What We Want
I swear I reported people having sex here on live stream not directly but you can tell and nothing happened to them they are still streaming ridiculous
RUclips => CorpTube
@@MentalParadox fr
These are the same SJWs who wonder why people vote for Trump
Communist leftist RUclips soy edition
It’s a damn shame how soft this nation has become
Guns are awful and are made to kill. I understand why they exist and I understand why people like having them but how many innocent people need to be mowed down like blades of grass for something to change. People don’t need access to an M4 unless it’s checked out at the range.
Guns are wonderfull and are made to protect. I understand why they exist and I understand why people like them. How long do innocent people need to be unable to defend themselves for something to change? People need access to an M4 because because not all of life is as orderly as a shooting range.
@@thebuffalo2263 Those wonderful African Americans freed via firearms would disagree as would those under King George III. If the leaders you love truly felt that way, they would disarm themselves and their bodyguards. But nope. For some reason, they believe in the 2A. Just not you.
Don't lump criminals into the same category as those who love you, love your rights, and would use firearms to protect you at the cost of their lives.
@@thebuffalo2263why are you here ?
@@thebuffalo2263 Oh good grief zip it.
RUclips needs a competitor. The monopoly needs to end and the censorship needs to stop.
This is such a dumb take, RUclips isn't a monopoly. It's a form of social media and its far from the only one of its kind.
It’s not a monopoly, also btw there are small competitors like rumble, bitchute, kick, and twitch
@@rl8073 No, its a monopoly with too much control over the site and their creators. A competitor of theirs named Rumble has taken Google to court for using unethical methods to stay on top of the food chain. This isnt even mentioning the multiple years of unnecessary censorship, demonization, lack of accountability over false claims, and zero customer support.
There’s people who abuse the system to send false claims to take down other channels and videos and RUclips hasnt lifted a finger to problem solve any issues on their platform. It’s an embarrassment for a company to sweep these conflicts under the rug as if it’s not a big deal.
Rumble time
@@Emperormonkeman those are mostly for live streaming so they arent competitors
I don’t think I’ve seen Hickok look overtly pissed off before.
Looks like a dissapointed dad
The loss of a major revenue stream is gonna hurt.
Why wouldn't he be? I'm practically as red as he is thinking about it, and I'm brown. 🤣
@@coopandcarter it’s messed up how people who helped build RUclips are so easily disregarded because of fkin political agendas. Wild. Epitome of “bad business practice”. How much money has Hickok45 brought in for RUclips? That # is probably wild. This is gonna backfire on YT for sure.
@@TheRealPots lolz
Sir, I read "Bad News" and immediately feared a health issue. Very unfortunate about your channel, but I am extremely relieved you and your family are in good health. God bless.
First thing that came to my mind was Paul Harrell, for some reason and instantly clicked really concerned.
ditto
I mean, the health of the channel...
I did the same. So glad everyone is okay.
Goddamn I thought the same
I am here in Florida (a former Californian) and work in venture capital. I will have my law firms in Florida and Texas write the legal departments at Google and the attorney general's office in Sacramento on the legal basis of this policy as it relates to Constitutional law.
Nail 'em to the wall Kevin. I was an SVP at Bank of America when BAC's BankCard division put their boot on McMillan Stocks' neck, after a decades long relationship. I made a few calls but the Goliath had made its decision. I pray your guys can put their boot up Google's ass on this! 🙏🇺🇸🙏
Insane that Google continues to screw its content providers.
Ya it’s weird that a company that try’s to elected democrats to congress don’t like gun content weird every one knows they don’t why is this so surprising
Not surprising though. Bunch of communist run this site now.
EXCEPT THE 'SAFE' ONES; THE WOKE, ICED CREAM WORLD-VIEW TYPES
Google is corrupt and loves propaganda.
as long as ppl still stay with and support google, why can do whatever they want. good example why an open market with healthy competition is important.
The censorship is unreal.
They just took down Wafflepwns video. Its harmless pranks, RUclips gone too far!!! 😡
Fr. Makes me miss 2000s internet.
you can't even post the word g---n. they need to make their own platform and call it g---n. tube
Worst than China 😮
i can't even reply with my ideas to this comment. youtube has gotten to be such a butt platform
Pay for Netflix and now everything on it has ads. Time to get outdoors and let the internet self destruct.
I understand the second sentence. Please explain how you are getting ads on Netflix. That is a super power you have if you’ve managed to get an ad on Netflix….
@@Deanbeyers1984 Probably Disney or Amazon, Netflix not yet! But give them time, everything that can be monetised will be and the more people pay, the more they will expand that process. Corporations don't want what's good for you, they just want money.
@@lambhdearghYeah, that’s the point of a business. To make more money.
@@jasoninthehood9726 we know, that's why we are the jaded people, we are not a cash cow, if I don't need it then I don't buy it.
The internet was the most destructive invention fir humanity since the atom bomb
Good to know. Thank you both for a courtesy.
The fact gun channels are being shut down but borderline adult content and OF advertising channels are acceptable blow my mind
RUclips and Google are both pro pedophiles so it makes sense
lol, less of the blow terminology, geezer
They already shut those down too lol; anything that even remotely disturbs their revenue gets the boot.
I don't know why anyone is acting surprised; they disabled dislikes a millennium ago.
Not to mention the covid information warnings they still display... Google is a monster. Skynet is here, it's name is Google.
@@Senth99 more reasons I don't feel bad about using adblockers
Gotta love retroactively striking videos for rules that didn't exist at the time.
Its capitalism. The customers are the advertisers, and we are the product - essentially, the view we give are the product that RUclips sells to these advertiser customers. Profits control intentions and these advertisers' money drives RUclips's decision, not us. And RUclips is a privately own company, so they can ban anyone for any reason, at anytime. They have the final say what videos are uploaded to their platform. It's their product, their platform that they allow people to use for free.
Welcome to Ingsoc, brother.
@@mugshotmarley It's "capitalism" in the way Daimler-Benz was "capitalist" during the Nazi era. It's putative capitalism in the service of a political agenda. The decision to end production of ICE-powered Dodge Challengers and Chargers and turn them into EVs was most definitely *not* driven by a search for profit.
I’m relieved that it is not a health problem
Same, man. The title scared me a bit
We wish you the best to come.
I have been following this channel for so long and thank God I am not the only one,
it would be a shame to come and regulate a recipe that has worked so well and for so long..
You guys are the best.
But despite that, RUclips will have to recognize that a lot of people, including me, want this legendary channel not to fall into disgrace because of a new policy that has come out of the drawer..
you have our unconditional support and I salute you from the depths of my France
Hickok45 I started watching you as a young boy. You’re the reason I got into firearms and the reason I carry a g19 today. We love you and thank you for everything you’ve done. You’ll see this through, God bless.
This is exactly what they want to stop.. no more guns in society
hope you don't used it once for self defense case
Leave and take your 7.82 million veiwers with you ! We Will follow !
And his 100 million dollars
Yes! I love him, and RUclips right now is just bulls**t.
Damn Right we will!!!
love his videos I'll follow him
Cult 😂
Louis Rossman sent me here to support; and here we are.. 100% support and aiding to your call.. YT has to stop this tyranny..
Why would you be against a private corporation doing whatever it chooses?
Are you an anti-capitalist socialist or something?
@@AvidListener-do9vh I see you support the freedom of corporations over the freedom of the people.
Are you anti-freedom or something?
@@AvidListener-do9vhyou liking censorship makes you seem like the socialist here
@@AvidListener-do9vh fair point. However, they reaped the benefits of 7+ million people regularly visiting this site for this content, and now they want to retroactively stick it to them? They are f'ing the people that made them what they are. Sure that is their right, but it doesn't paint a pretty picture of the company. If they weren't a monopoly they'd be history already I think.
ALL HAIL CHAIR MAN!
I have ALWAYS been a long time watcher & subscriber to your channel. WTF happened to free speech in this country. There is ONLY 1 man that can change it. 🔴🇺🇸👍 Thank you both for your patriotism Gentlemen.
So frustrating that they don’t do anything about scam ads but constantly go after gun channels that aren’t doing anything remotely illegal
ive literally seen people promoting cp servers and that goes unchecked, but God forbid we show people using firearms in a safe and informanitive manner
The devil doesn’t like guns
@joeyisamazing1091
RUclips is a scam itself, the music app gets worse and worse too. They push you to buy premium by giving you 2 adds around 3 minutes long each between songs. Insane.
They are scared that they are losing the culture war and gun videos show how fun guns can be if done safely and responsibly
@@madcat3.0 if you see that again, report it to the internet watch foundation
Banning educational videos is crazy, ESPECIALLY with stuff like guns and the necessary safety that it demands. Wow.
What's even better is it's all "for the children that use our site" or "safety" yet there is naked yoga with orifice zoom-ins, women "trying on" see through underwear, and step by step guides to making thermite and expl*sives but no... it's the guys teaching people gun history and safety that're the real monsters.
Well, the best way to ensure safety is when expressing ideas and opinions are left to the experts.
I mean to be fair I'd say you shouldn't even be able to own a firearm if you don't know the basics of the basics about them and need to look them up on youtube, it doesn't however change the fact that youtube outlawing firearms content is baffling
Is that what was said? Sure sounded like they were banning sponsored content from weapons makers?
Who understands Democrats these days 😂
They want Gun Safety and they keep banning videos and channels teaching gun Safety and proper use of firearms
Wish we could go back to those good old times when RUclips was just a site for people to share their hobbies. Not a bloated ad platform wracked with corporate greed.
and DEI nonsense
RUclips is completely Democrat. Does anyone truly think anything Google would employ a republican?
I just posted a reply in agreement, but RUclips censored it. ... Oh, the irony!
@@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC
That has been happening to the lions' share of my posts for about a week now. Well, it could be longer; I've only recently caught it.
We can go back to the old times by switching over to a new platform but RUclips is too strong atm and would be a hard switch even for me
I can’t believe youtube is willing to remove this kind of content, now more than ever gun safety and quality education is needed! This channel has taught me a lot and thanks to such an experienced educator I feel I’m a responsible gun owner
Ephesians 1 KJV ✝️🩸
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
1 Corinthians 15 KJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 2 KJV
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Romans 5 KJV 🩸
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Gun tube is a very small aspect of RUclips. RUclips hates regular Americans
its incredible, dems used to say we need to be trained, but they are trying to not have people trained. and be lucrative. Stinks that hickock is going to have to do something different to get more money. I wonder if their DPMS videos are about to be removed or have been.
It's not unbelievable that information about the subject would be censored. The goal of a censor is not to benefit the public good.
RUclips doesn't want you to be a gun owner unfortunately for them.
I just canceled my Premium service ... They are Censoring the content to how they believe . When they asked why I told them why...I know they will not care about $15 bucks from me but when thousands do it they may.... Big company's only want you to believe the way they do or shut you down. It is just sad.
Funny you ever spent money on premium
I am sorry I did ..
They tried to get me to do it so i could download content, i was like hellllll NAH never.
Let them know why
@@Sly-Sojourner well its not like youd be telling them something they didnt know. They wouldnt care, they are well aware.
They want global federation, they want NO ONE to be free period.
Cancelling my premium too…… done with these fools
that only means hickok will make less money from your views. premium subs pay more per view to creators. you are punishing the creators by cancelling. i'm sure you hate cancel culture too, right?
@@isaackvasager9957RUclips is fucking over content creators already, did you not watch the damn video?
@@isaackvasager9957 They barely get anything from views. Sponsorships and donations are a channel's main source of income.
@@isaackvasager9957 did you put effort into making the tiniest brain response possible to this?
@@isaackvasager9957 not true
The fact that I didn't even see this until a month later tells you all you need to know..
I will never pay a dime for RUclips Premium, blocking all advertisers when their ads come up.
I use Brave browser on my PC, it has a build in ad blocker so I never get any ads whatsoever on YT
everybody install ublock orgin, also is it time to switch to rumble?
Don't lie viktor
@@69MaxVerstappen69 I would suggest a more decentralized solution like Peertube or perhaps LBRY. These services brings true freedom in that information really is never lost or brought down by a single entity, aka decentralization. Dare i fucking say, the people actually watching the video are the ones controlling the content in many aspects and will determine whether it is okay or not, not some batshit crazy neckbeards thinking that they are something. Hope that makes sense :)
I would agree with this, but honestly, it doesn’t feel like blocking ads works. I have blocked those stupid shooter games and the rise of kingdom cringe ads, and yet they still pop up months later. I hate RUclips so much, if I block a fucking ad that means I don’t want to see it again. But I agree with what you’re saying in general!
When you said "bad news", my first thought was health related so - while the real news sucks - thank God you and your family are well. 🙏
Remember when their operating principle was Don't be Evil? At some point, they changed that to just Be Evil!
they literally DID change it lol
It's a real shame because I had big hopes for Google when it started.
@@DangerRussDayZ6533 I didn't. I know where they came from. Remember a company called Oingo? Probably not. They were in the gray market consumer data business. They collected consumer data through various means. Some of them very illegal. They packaged up that data and sold it to thousands of telemarketing companies. During the last few years that Oingo existed, they were generating fake phishing websites based on Google searches. I noticed that links to their fake phishing pages would always wind up at the very top of Google's search results. I did a little checking and discovered those fake websites were all being hosted on Google's own servers. Not long afterwards, Oingo changed it's name, then was officially acquired by Google. Oingo and Google were always part of the same organization. Google was their attempt to go legit and operate legally. When Google's revenue outpaced Oingo's, they no longer needed Oingo to exist. Instead of scrapping the company, Google absorbed it. The name change was just to try to hide what it was.
Yeah, Google was an awesome company pre 2014 it feels like, with the Google Nexus phones being open source and easily able to install custom roms (still possible with the pixels) such as grapheneos for maximum security and no worries about government tracking to RUclips being the best when it comes to free open media and don't forget Google search itself as an amazing search engine. Google has really fallen down for the best open ended company to wanting be another apple and Microsoft closed off environment
Welcome to post Occupy Wallstreet Sillicon Valley
I can see why they would make that decision
This is a bit of a crazy ride, but I wanted to share quick. I first found you when I inherited a few civil war pieces and watched videos you had covering them. I saw your sponsored ad for SDI and had GI bill unused. I got my associates from them because of you. Then I realized online school wasn't so bad and went on to get a bachelors. Then I felt called to ministry and currently am in seminary for my MDIV... if not for your video sponsor I wouldn't have had the degrees needed to work on this journey. So I thank you and your sponsors over the years... it's good for capitalism, but has unexpected value in lives as well. Cheers my friends!
Virtual nudity on some channels: totally ok. Firearm informational videos: somehow not ok.
Nudity is allowed if it's educational, which is insane already and even more so when guns aren't.
@@isaacwest276 God forbid someone learns about anatomy
@@Bloggart i promise you alot of the videos are far from educational, you see i am some what of a man of culture. A video of a woman trying on lace and see though lingerie isnt very educational IMO
@@lukemorgan1722 as quite the academic scholar myself, i beg to differ.
i know its so annoying
Big corporations controlling culture. Imagine my shock. 😒
Freedom, baby! 🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
Oh... wait... do you not like corporate freedom when it goes against what you want?
😂
Cry on!
Not that simple @@tomb5372 because scales are different
The fact that you can't read that google can do anything they want on THEIR platform. Don't let the billion dollar door hit you on the way out. Its so funny walking oldiees come on a platform who tells them they can remove you for anythign they want, bring your own culture and then decided its somewhat censorship. They can make their videos without earning a cent. No one is forced to pay them! Love the fight you greybeards are fighting here, there's hundreds of unmonetized gun channels you hypocrites.
@@Elatenl"free" . As long as you sit thru minutes of commercials for scam products.
@@tomb5372Not when you enjoy government mandated legal protections based on the conceot that you do not curate the content on your site.
Retroactive punishment for violations is abhorrent. Who the hell thought it was a good idea?
Xi Jinping
Democrats most likely
And unconstitutional expo facto laws
lefties
@@horsefly4400 You just love blaming us for everything lmao
Time for someone to start a similar business to RUclips. I agree that some content (violence or terrorist type etc.) should be monitored and regulated for obvious reasons. Your content however has purpose and education which in my humble opinion is the whole reason behind a channel on RUclips. I wish you the very best in the future.
This is exactly why I will NEVER give RUclips a single dime.
Unfortunately you are by watching videos, they make money on advertisements and selling your info
@@Okaydokie173 Adblockers win again.
You do through ad revenue that is youtube's satanic lifeblood
@@AccountIGuessRUclips sells your info still
No it’s not you where just cheap
I am absolutely happy I have never given RUclips a dime of my money and now I never will. This type of censorship is ridiculous.
ANTI-American RUclips. I wonder what they're afraid of???
It doesn’t really matter if you give them money or not because even if you watch RUclips for free, they still get money from advertisements. So no matter what you do RUclips still gets money from you, either by paying them directly for RUclips premium or watching advertisements.
@@haydenwoodyard3624yeah… unfortunately this is true. When something is free YOU are the product. This very phrase has come into existence almost exclusively from alphabet and Meta, and their subsidiaries.
@@haydenwoodyard3624time to “RUMBLE”. I need to learn how post videos over there! BS!!!
You commented this on RUclips lmao
It is time to start supporting Rumble or other non-Google alternatives.
Doesn't Google spy on china citizens for china??
Yeah the writing has been on the wall for a long time. RUclips hates independent creators and only wants corporate money from pro woke/DNC companies.
X
Nobody uses Rumble. Maybe if it didn't suck, people would go there.
@@barfo281 It does suck, but with money from all the gun tubers it could be a lot better.
Just joined all channels. Maybe RUclips will loose so much they will think that stupid policy. God bless you both with heath and continued very informative videos.
I've watched Hickock45 for YEARS - this aggravates me. RUclips needs a competitor, NOW.
Odysee
It's called Rumble.
pepper box...
Full30
Odysee is an excellent option. It is blockchain so you cannot be cancelled. The problem for guys like Hickok45 is that he will lose monetization on the free speech platforms.
Piece by piece. They take a piece, users get upset at the new changes, then it settles to become the new "normal". That's the plan, take a little bit at a time because they know they can get away with it. Taking from the people that helped them build the platform to the level of success it stands at today. I've watched this channel on and off for YEARS, well over a decade and will always support you guys.
Best comment so far
And Piece by piece we, the people allow it through cowardice....
remember how people said 'slippery slope is a bad argument'? whelp, here we are
Less and less freedom
It's a methodical, but proven, systematic M.O. to wrest away civil liberties and god given rights which level the metaphorical playing field on which Corporations, Governments, and Individuals all stand upon. When in history, exactly, did a change in status quo become synonymous with set precedent? I doubt to be discernable, but any entity which stands to gain leverage and influence when implemented successfully is nigh on guaranteed to attempt maneuvers of the sort. Look at the entire SARS-CoV-2 debacle, when a decade and a half prior SARS-COV-1 was hardly any concern outside of SE-Asia mainly because it wasn't conflated to purvey urgency as if Humanity hadn't existed with Coronavirus', Rhinovirus', Enterovirus', and Adenovirus' of innumerable variety for thousands of years without any catastrophic loss of life. As if the evolution and adaptation of human immune systems had never existed, the opportunity was seized to incite panic and hysteria, to guise a relinquishing of freedoms as a good-natured measure to protect not only the individual, but society as a whole, to appeal towards those who are altruistic in whatever motives that compel them. Cynicism has never been a more beneficial character trait than current day. Perhaps foreshadowing the inevitable cyclical pattern of Civilization, and all things in life in that regard. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust...
I have been watching this channel since I was in middle school. This man taught me firearm safety at an early age. As well as the knowledge and common sense required to own firearms. You couldn’t ask for a better channel showing the world what it is to be a law abiding, good hearted, gun owner.
Love you guys. Sorry to hear about this. This is one of my favorite channels. Here to support you guys !
Meanwhile, youtube is serving me a holster ad to the right of this video.
cant make this shit up xD
@@suqmadique9762 i get those damn leatherlock holster ads all the time, its crazy the advertisers get to chose how they make their money yet the creators cant even promote a SLING and get terminated!!!
Wait hold on, you serious… that could prove to be unethical, forcing a sponsor to go through RUclips instead of the creator…
@@BmacSoundsLab Smells like a lawsuit!! What is that set of laws called that keeps companies from forming monopolies?
Antitrust laws?
RUclips is worse than Twitter during its prime.
nah, its been worse.
Becoming?
Slowly?
IMO, RUclips has gotten worse since 2013 when Google enforced all RUclipsrs to be required to have Google+ (rip) and the goddamn copyright system that just seems to get more and more ridiculous than ever before.
@@kdcustoms1272 there’s no CP on here yet so it’s just barely skimming the line
I like how RUclips began as something where you were supposed to do what you want and do things you want for fun or to show to the world. Now you have to do what they want you to do getting more and more control is bs
you can still do it for fun, just dont expect to be paid, as it was back when "began as something where you were supposed to do what you want". They arent running a charity. Not that hard to grasp why they would say a no to things like this.
@miksu546 you're missing the point they are making all these regulations and doing gun control on RUclips now too
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villian.
@@miksu546 be paid??this man has been doing this for a living there is no charity here he works hard in making videos.they have no right to do this! its complete left bullshit go grow a pair
Welcome to Joo-Tube
You guys have been so professional and informative. I appreciate all you have done. It will be a shame that any of the videos you have made get removed.
No medical problems. thanks.
When I started watching this video, RUclips ran a paid ad for Urban Carry. I guess the ban on sponsorships for gun-related products does not apply to the ads that RUclips gets a cut of the money from...
This. They’re mad they can’t get a cut of everything. It’s a greedy company unfortunately
@@fitzitsits8972 So is Goog, so it figures that being owned by them would lead to... contamination.
Actual scams like 'Better help' are allowed on the site but any gun sponsorship is grounds for termination. Actually clownish
Distopian
dont forget about all the fake phone games that are designed to make you spend all your money or those crypto ads that were mostly scams.
I’d wager there are too many legitimate RUclipsrs calling out the “Gl*ck Sw*tch” channels for being honeypots and the ATF needed to crack down on people messing with their enterprises..
All sorts of evil is allowed on YT. it's sad.
Not the same at all. But still, Better Help shouldn't be allowed on the platform.
That's some bullshit. They are following the ATF playbook. Pull the rug…
Hopefully, youtube doesn't come for our dogs like ATF did.
RUclips is owned by Blackrock.
If they were follwing ATF playbook, they would no-knock raid you for watching these videos.
RUclips=sellouts
@@mikesixx7655 RUclips is owned by Google.
This is beyond crazy! Unbelievable how America has changed
Just cancelled my premium... I stand with you
Why TF did you pay for that garbage in the first place?
imagine paying for that in the first place
RUclips premium 🤣
@@EVSkecthCode I watch RUclips on my phone and it's pretty cheap, so I got it. Is there a way I can adblock without being on a PC?
Fed. Tool.@@taxoperator
"Life is good" was not expecting that at the end, but it meant something to me. You can have potentially very disruptive problems like this, and yet still have so much good in your life. Thanks Hickok
This. 100%
This is pure and simple CENSORSHIP. Disgusting! Best of luck guys.
except no it isn't. RUclips is a private company, they have 100% say in what they allow up.
@@manny9323 Just because you have the right doesn't mean it is the right thing to do.
@@manny9323 WRONG! They have “media status” in order to not get in trouble for content that could be illegal uploaded by one of their users for which they have no control over. To get that status from the government, you are then held to media standards, which under brain dead no law Biden, is useless. It is CENSORSHIP. And there is a 10 billion dollars lawsuit over it against google.
Only the Gov't can censor you, not a private company.
@@Rugg-qk4pl RUclips doesn't care what you think the right thing is......RUclips acts to return value to shareholders....period.
Only seeing this half a year later so I take it the issue has been resolved or at least not lead to the channel being terminated.
This has always been a legitimate source of information and entertainment, maybe Google needs to seriously listen to its audience rather than trying to impose its values on others. Keep up the good work! ❤
They'll keep showing scam ads tho, absolutely ridiculous
They keep all the "BUY MY CONTENT ;P" girls on here too
how do you see ads? genuine question
@@blenfzdefinitely a dumb ass. Genuinely
@@blenfz Cause they're all over RUclips. Unless you have Premium and or an Ad blocker on your pc.
@@troublemakerbros4267 this is not an ad, but i use brave browser on my phone, not a single ad when watching youtube dude, I don't even know how youtube ads are
RUclips: Broadcast --Yourself-- only what we tell you to.
Exactly how it is, stated perfectly
Facts bro. Yet people continue to support YT because there’s no other platforms to compete
the "Yourself" hasn't been a thing since Google bought RUclips.
Why does every social media company insist on making their products worse? It just seems like every social media these days just keeps making the most baffling anti-user decisions ever!
Enshittification
@@ohnobees8033 because the Silicon Valley people are at war with their own users and customers. They want to change us, control us
It's not bafferling it's capitalism.
Money controls everything and advertiser money in this context is in control.
The majority of the world isn't as pro-gun as the US and that has an effect.
@@GazB85 RUclips is an American company and an American product. Even if this were not the case, American viewers are shown advertisements that are targeted towards American audiences. American gun companies have an interest in using this platform as an advertising medium, obviously. This is just Americans trying to control what other Americans think and do, going against the ideals of what it means to be an American.
@@Trindify True but that's capitalism for you.
Good to see that the channel is still here and doing well.
Just canceled my membership. If they're going to do stuff like this I don't need to give them money.
It's called an Ad blocker..... ever heard of it??
@@simonsj15 If I can't watch ad-free with an ad blocker, I won't use the service. It's as simple as that.
@@simonsj15you had to edit two sentences???
Duhhhh
Build it again on RUMBLE! Best wishes to you.
Exactly why I no longer have RUclips premium
You were exploited for ever having RUclips premium....
Hang in there guys! Everything happens for a reason, I'm guessing there's something great in store for you all... something to help move you and your content forward. Keep on creating and posting... wherever you need to!
I guess RUclips premium is out the window for me. Hope you guys get through this and get back to where you need to be. I’ve grown up watching you and now I share your videos with my kids. The education you guys provide is vital and necessary in today’s society and I’m proud to be subscribed to you gents.
Hickok is one of the most educational gun channels on RUclips, I have personally learned a lot out firearm history just watching his videos
I'll keep my 23 bucks a month now, this is all getting ridiculous.
Yeah I play a few good quality video games and they are now charging to store game clips , the world is just all about money an they can’t do anything with it so I’ll keep my money I agree with you
@@EuropeanDreamz Your General George S Patton warned you about this 80 years ago
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo Closing down channels like these prevent comments like yours from being shared among conservatives, a large group of people that are currently being kept away from figuring out what you and I have figured out.
@@asperFromTG That's probably what the goal is, it's election season after all.
@@YeeLeeHaw Anything and everything, as small as it might seem, that they can do, they will do. They pay attention to the smallest details, and there's psyop on top of psyop on top of psyop without rest.
Now with AI as a tool to help them with their propaganda and censorship, the spreading of truth have gotten even more difficult.
We need to focus all our efforts and energy on a single group. They're the head of the snake. Can't name them here but it's not hard to figure out what I'm trying to say.
That's messed up because y'all have been amazing and been the ones to teach solid and safe handling of firearms to everyone! And to give all of us insight on different firearms
Start moving over the videos to rumble before you lose the data just in case. Thanks for all of your reviews over the years! This channel has made me an informed consumer for every firearm I've purchased!
Yes! They should back it all up on rumble. RUclips is definetely going to be getting more vicious.
Great idea!!! Should be top comment
It sucks too. I stopped watching tv, and started watching youtube a long time ago to get away from all the BS. Now its here too.
rumble is trash
I assume RUclips is also gonna remove all the Hollywood movies , productions and advertising involving firearms in their content ......
So no John wick movies or videos, they include weapons and sponsors from Taran Tactical.
@@ThePartisan13 yeah John wick is basically one long commercial for the entire industry 😂
Don’t worry. YT is a bunch of hypocrites
@@jonosterman2878 Essentially
Really good point! Love this
RUclips is such a joke. This is why we cannot have these monopolies on content providing. Rumble and others need to grow fast.
you're upset that these cringe guntubers cant advertise real life weapons and weapon parts to teenagers anymore? trump would have probably liked that to be a thing long ago lmao.
RUclips is run by those unfamiliar with truth and freedom of speech. How can Americans support an un-American feature on the American created Internet?
Rumble
Then stop using RUclips lmao
@@PaidInCash212easy for you to say when theres no competition 🧍♂️
Been a fan of this channel since I was a kid, hope that something can work out for you guys without losing all of your content or channel 🙏🏼
They prevent gun tubers from getting ads which leads to them taking sponsorships. Then they say those sponsorships are not allowed. Those gosh darn bastards
They're playing a game of trying to have it both ways by exploiting a topic for money while simultaneously answering erratically changing the rules to drive out the same creators by harassing them with arbitrary, sudden, and draconian new punishments and limitations.
But then RUclips takes ad money from the very people that they won't allow Tubers to be sponsored by... Since they served me a holster ad when I played this.
Hey man, I read "Bad News" and I immediately thought it will be a health issue. Very unfortunate about your channel,
but I am extremely relieved you and your family are in
good health, God bless you all man
same!
I have learned so much from this channel. RUclips needs an actual competitor that can deliver a platform where freedom is celebrated.
Such a competitor already exists; RUMBLE.... steadily becoming a home for those fleeing Marxist DemonRat censorship.
There are competitors: Bitchute, Rumble, Odysee
@Elhardt I wouldn't consider those mainstream competitors though, at the end of the day RUclips has always been "that" platform and it doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon so unless everyone stands together unfortunately we're going to have to continue watching them completely destroy channels that push certain "agendas" they don't agree with.
There are altenatives, but you would have to pay to watch the content. People want stuff for free. They could start a website and only post on there, but they won't as it wouldn't make them any where near the money RUclips generates for them. RUclips is a business, not a public service and as such can decide who and what is on their platform. I'm not anti-gun or pro-gun, left or right. You just need to understand a bigger picture than one channel, YT won't make much of this channel so why would they care?
@@Bubbles--- It's not an agenda, that's the conspiracy rising up in you. Do you think it is fine to have a YT channel dedicated to making bombs? Do you think there would be any political backlash on YT if a person watching the bomb channel decided to kill a bunch of people with a bomb they made from a YT channel? Maybe the politicians would go after YT just a little bit? I'm sure YT gets put under considerable pressure from politicians to remove certain content after gun related events etc.
Keep posting videos. A lot of people are watching you. You are doing an important job. Thank you.
I was about to change from Xfinity to RUclips TV. Not anymore...I'm not paying for anything RUclips. Thanks for the heads up guys. Your timing is perfect.
Get outta xfinity they’re scammers
I'm sick and tired of these self-appointed Silicon Valley media police telling me what I can and can't watch
They are only telling you what you can’t watch on their platform. Go elsewhere
@@Dr.Puschman talking as if youtube isnt a monopoly where content creators would rather adapt (dilute) their content to keep posting rather than have more creative freedom on another platform continuing the whole monopoly cycle and leaving viewers with barely any options on other platforms. aka there is no "elsewhere"
@@Dr.Puschmanwhere?
Absolutely!!! This is an agenda to destroy the 🔥 arms companies (sadly, I'm using the emoji because YT has been removing my posts). I wish there was an "elsewhere" cause I'm sick of wokeness and all it entails. They want to turn us into a bunch of gun hating, sissy, gender flippers, and I'm not having it!
Do something then
Just cancelled YT Premium. What a stupid policy.
While reading the comments, I realized how many people buy premium. I was sure that only a handful of people bought premium, but it's worse than I thought. I have been on YT since videos were only available in 144p resolution, it was a long time ago, I never even thought about paying for YT. For me, YT has never been paid and will always remain so. And if one day there is no way to watch YT for free, that will be the end of YT for me.
@@aro8000 but do you pay for tv \ movies? If so why just Google
I cancelled my YT Prem long ago. Same with Disney.
lol no you didn’t
@@aro8000 same
Google, Meta, etc., etc. are shameless. Glad to see you guys have made the move to Rumble. I prefer Rumble by far, unfortunately they haven't had the past 20 year head start on content that RUclips has had. They'll get there though. Keep at it boys!
Time for Hickok to make your own webpage. You will absolutely get advertisers and your followers come with you! Screw utube
Like “truth “ social?😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@GS-fi8pj Oh yeah, thats a good idea
There's no way he'll get the same amount of traffic and advertisers know this.
nonsense. you get way more traffic off yt, because no other site has ad priority for the algo... these arguments are cooked lmao
Ridiculous. Google is a disease at this point. I wish Rumble would pick up more. Even comments on here get censored like crazy.
Rumble is compromised
Google was funded by DARPA
@@noecontreras7068 Why’s that?
Things are only going to change if people stop bitching and actually move platform.
How many years of doing it yourselves before we are allowed to have no sympathy for you?
@@garethkalum8297 which platform would you recommend? People are bitching because no platform is safe. Can't run forever
I do love that I get youtube ads for gun equipment but can't watch videos that promote safe gunhandling et. cetera. So basically influencers can't make money but youtube can... make it make sense
It’s no surprise RUclips is corrupt, they violate everything that Stands for freedom and stuff.
You literally just did. RUclips hates in video sponsorships because they don't get a cut. They've tried to ban companies partnering directly with content creators in the past. Now they just have a convenient excuse that will have the idiots blaming a culture war when it reality, RUclips has wanted to do this for at least a decade.
If drinking GamerSups became controversial tomorrow, that shit would be gone instantly.
I wouldn't call content creators influencers. Also, these guys can still monetize, they just need to make videos about other topics. No big deal.
Real sorry to hear this, y’all consistently not only preach proper firearms safety, but show it also! Hopefully this will be short lived
I was contemplating upgrading to RUclips TV, but not now. Dang, censorship is unAmerican.
Who said Sundar Pichai is American? He's not. He hates American ideals & traditions, and he doesn't understand or appreciate American independence or our 2A. Google is evil, and Google owns YT.
My family was just contemplating membership that last night, but after learning about this today, that's never going to happen.
Same here. Was ready to subscribe to RUclips TV. Forget that!
I remember when RUclips was just everyday people uploading whatever they wanted to upload (as long as it wasn't violence, nudity, etc.). Now it's a platform ran by soulless corporations dictating what is uploaded. I don't see anything changing unless RUclips has a direct competitor.
It's the same sad story. A company is started by people with a passion for doing something, and then it's taken over by people with a passion for making money.
The problem with competitors is that they need backing. The alternatives to Facebook, RUclips and Google are absolute garbage, because nobody is willing to deal with shitty functionality for a while until they get adopted by a big user base.
RUclips needs a big competitor.
But let's soft porn be posted smh
Competitors exist.
You guys are the ones who won't go there.
Rumble, odyssey, kick, X. Just to new the few off top of my head.
@@garethkalum8297 Uh... we won't use them?
About 10 years ago, around the time of the "SAFE Act" I downloaded every one of Hickok's videos, knowing someday they would come for the content. And here we are.
Good thinking, People should do their best to archive all of this content.
delete and boycott
@@lucasmcgaw1388 And repost it somewhere else.
Please let us know where you reupload
DOCUMENTATION IS AMAZING
Y’all were the first gun videos I watched. Y’all introduced me to Buds, Thank You for that. Good luck Guys!
Been watching since I was 14. I am now 26. RUclips have no idea what they really done here, they don't know that this move is demolishing the communities that make this website tick. I am hopeful they will soon realise, and we will see better days.
Same bro
I would say the communities that make this website tick to the average user is video games and music. And memes.
I have been watching this man on RUclips for a good 10, 15 years ! Hickok,you have always been straightforward, SAFE, and a awesome source of firearms knowledge ! RUclips needs to change their name to "Down the tube" ! Gentlemen, I wish Y'all the best of luck !
Around the same here!
Same! Been here since day one! He’s taught me such a tremendous amount. 😢
RUMBLE. RUMBLE. RUMBLE.
They wont to much money on here
We all need to move to a friendly platform and make it better and our own
@peterchapman3740 not much money when they can't even post videos
@@peterchapman3740they don’t have enough viewers and users to get the ad revenue because nobody wants to take the risk to move there
Prayers for you All🙏👍
That's it. RUclips endorses nudity, copyright infringement and false advertising, if and only if, they're being paid.
Well, that's the free market. They can do what they want.
🤡 @@sameermohideen4913
@@sameermohideen4913 people forget free market capitalism goes both ways.
Rumble is an alternative
Where is this nudity you speak of? Asking for educational purposes :)
They're just on a quest to end all gun content. Crazy. This is the most family friendly gun channel out there.
they have been using all profits from gun channels to fund donations to gun control packs.
And demolition ranch
Family friendly gun content
Fucking lol that’s great
@@Chunnibyoubaka You should check out Autumns Armory, 12 year old girl and her dad bonding over guns..It'd REALLY blow your peabrain!
@@Chunnibyoubaka Yeah, I remember when GI Joe was considered family friendly. Oh wait, it still kinda is.
That is absolutely ridiculous. You're the wholesome firearms channel advocating firearms safety, showing us the ins and outs of our favorites and having a literal blast doing it. Hang in there, champ.
This is very bad i have been watchn your videos for years when am about to purchase a firearm this is the best review cast on youtube hope everything works out. salute hickok and son from detroit
Just happy our favorite grandpa is i good health. We love you Hickok! Health and blessings to you. Life is good ❤
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
And how exactly does this quote apply to the situation?
@@ManateeMentality let me help you dummy -- the 'truth' is that mankind has an inherent right to defense, and firearms are the modern functional cornerstone of that natural and codified right. Diminishing the ability to express and educate around that right represents an intrinsic stifling of a critical aspect of 'truth' about being a human. that should get you started but I realize you might still not understand
"The Constitution does NOT apply to the Policies of Private Companies"
Unless you WANT the Government to Own Google...
@@sukhvindermangat1087 State ownership is a double edged sword, but its pretty obvious that letting corporations go wild the past 40 years has had consequences that nobody in human history could have predicted. Just comical amounts of wealth that bury the actual wants and needs of everyday people.
Yeah, who the fuck actually believes in Globe Earth?
Policies like this is exactly why I canceled RUclips premium.
what do you use now? I really can’t stand ads
Good good
It's called an Ad Blocker
What is RUclips premium? Been on here since the beginning of RUclips. You mean people pay for this website?
@@cranklesnacks brave's built in blocker is good
I have watched your videos for years. It has helped me make choices on gun purchases or "walk aways" & I have come to trust your opinion. I completely disagree with You Tube & I will continue to support your channel.