YouTube’s $700 “Gold” Play Button Is Actually Just Plywood
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- Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2023
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LOL you guys should forward this video every RUclipsr and show them that they're being scammed by Google if they have any of those, see how many people get angry at Google for their scam.
i understand what u are doing. but subs got you the play button so to charge subs for one is kinda umm 😢pieces could be tossed in for merchandise would be more appropriate vut really random subs that got you to q mil should ve pucked. because at a million subs we know channels are making money even with the guys tbat destroy expensive cars for fun. i do love the channel though just wish i got more notifications from it!!
@@josephbennett3482yeah, how dare Google not send me a 20 pound solid gold plate
how did none knew its wood cmon man think realisticly
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 I ain’t gonna repent just cause god accidentally gave me a guys body
I didn't expect it to be actual gold, but dang, I at least expected it to be made of metal
Original comment was a brain fart and i later took my L but since people keep commenting i will edit.
Original comment “Too heavy to hang on the Wall”
@@ItsDoms actually my coworker machined a inch thick piece of aluminum (I'd say it was at least 40 inches long and about half as wide) and hung it up with 3 screws, so it wouldn't be that hard unless your house is made of drywall entirely
@@timetravler8719you're expecting quite a bit of proficiency from a medium sized RUclips channel.. one screw properly is hard enough, not to mention 3 in correct spots
@@timetravler8719 fair enough, i mean many houses have dry wall. But it probably comes down to production costs, so many channels are hitting 1m every year that they would have to spend millions on making play buttons, in a way I kinda feel like they should since these creators helped them make way more than that
@@Maplaplaplapla I mean I don't think that is true, maybe just a skill issue, to be fair I do work precision measurements regularly
Anybody remember the old play buttons? Those were significantly better than the mass produced newer ones...
The small ones?
@@gabecollins5585 yea, they were made with relatively cheap metals but they were solid chunks of it, engraved glass and an aluminum frame
The first ones were actually real gold... Like 30 channels received them
Honestly they kinda have to mass produce them now, you don't really seem to realise how many people are hitting 100k, and 1mil respectively
That's the problem, mass produced.
The original buttons were made differently and have a noticeable heft to them. When suddenly scores of people were reaching a million at once it seemed they changed how they were made to meet demand and cut costs. I remember Matpat said on a Livestream long ago that the newer buttons for the sister channels felt light to his original million button. PewDiePie 's original button might even be an actual gold play button for being the first ever to hit million.
Fred was the first to hit 1 million not Pewdiepie
@@George-li1yvwrong, It's NigaHiga
@@johanliebert9433 Google is one click away bro
@@johanliebert9433Nope, he was the first to reach 2 million and 3 million, but Fred was the first to reach 1 million in April 2009. If you have to try and be a know-it-all, at least do it correctly.
@@pppianissimo ok sry 🤓
"They send you the first one for free, and then after that you can buy additional ones for about $700"
I assume that isn't because it costs anywhere near $700 to make... it's to discourage people from buying and then reselling them as novelty items...
If ppl really wanted to do that i bet they could create a better counterfeited one for waaaay cheaper
And is really there so you can have it in another location. Like another house or even one in your studio where you record, if you have just only one house. Or if it needed replaced.
@@paille-boylol this is a thing yeah
@@paille-boythey actually do that lol, you can order one with your name online
no one would buy and sell them at a higher price if they were sold at a lower one. This argument doesnt defend any actual specific price.
I legit can’t believe it’s mostly wood. I thought it would at least be all made of metal.
Nope, that's how cheap YT is.
How silly. It's a wall-hanger, no more, no less.
Such a thin layer of aluminum on top!
Same. Boy was I fooled...
It would be so heavy
Imagine spending $700 for a block of wood wrapped in shiny gold tin foil
Stamp an apple on it and you can charge a couple thousands extra
@@UnderEuA half-eaten apple*
@@nocount7517*an apple with a single bite
@@jwalster9412 Still counts as half-eaten.
@@nocount7517if your bite is big enough
it's insane how the YT Play Button has lost its value over the years. i remember a few years ago (maybe like 7 or 8 years idk) a Brazilian RUclipsr cut his 100k button in half and there was a HUGE backlash from the entire Brazilian YT Community, i'm talking about stuff like losing thousands of followers in less than a week + everyone talking about it all over other social media like Twitter and Facebook
It also shows how recent times, in an attempt for fame and recognition, people are willing to throw away all respect. I'm fine with this Waterjet channel's version as they didn't do it on the original but BOUGHT another one.
The play button never had any value to begin with , its rhe physical equivelent of an achievement on a console for doin something for so long and in such a stupid way , its always been worthless shit
@@groundedgamingThe achievement is the subscriber number, the quality of content and the legacy. It's not whether you have a laminated piece of wood on the wall. You Tube cuts revenue or rejects uploads from content creators for the most ridiculous of reasons. There is no longer the prestige in getting one, especially from a platform which has become a strict totalitarian.
@@groundedgaming where did they say this wasn't the original?
Well, these days YT is very much hatred by the audience for several reasons. Smearing massive ads into our faces, fighting a war against adblockers, censoring channels which have the wrong opinion. I have a bookmarking system and I have collected hundreds of YT bookmarks - nearly half of those are not working anymore and the link just says "Account suspended for policy violations" or so. And I didn't bookmark any hateful crap, just good, helpful videos. It's also insane how much of the money donated to YT channels actually goes to YT and not the creators. In the end this is big tech VS. creative content creators. They are so greedy, it also shows in this video, with the plywood.
I appreciate that you guys are very direct, to the point & honest with your titles. Instead of labelling it 'You won't BELIEVE that the RUclips golden play button is actually MADE out of THIS..."
lol yes!! i fkn hate that BS
Yes! So annoying when people do that, I won't watch the video if it's clickbaited.
The names are for Catching peoples attention to click bait, is Trending names, honestly i just learned about all of that when i started to do youtube on this chanel some weeks ago... Is quite bad that we have to use Tranding titles to be know, i mostly avoid that.
They need those spicy titles to increase the click through rate.
true
i appreciate their full title
700$ for some wood and aluminum? Hell nah!
It's almost like youtube only cares about money or something
It would literally cost RUclips like 10 dollars to make a solid aluminum cast play button excluding the engraving and mirror part which is honestly another 10 dollars probably.
A rare 1 million subscriber trophy made in very cheap gold-plated construction. How sad is that...
There’s a company that sells thounsads of dollars of some crap they call Mac computers and gullible people buy that +%#~\...
@@LITTLE1994 there are about 40k channels with 1 million subs so not that rare
Congrats on million subs! The old ones are some metal but definitely not gold :D
There is an very old version where it is actually gold.
@@travisalt8092 plated with a very thin layer of gold
@@pyzo. the oldest one had a block of gold inside a case
I understand the cost cutting, but I had at least expected the outside to be welded brass sheets and the playbutton solid brass, with the shiny surface just being mirror polished brass, then a couple clear coats on all of it to stop it from oxidizing and it should be good to go. I get that brass isn't the cheapest option, but it isn't that expensive either.
This is why random yokels aren't in charge of the materials of a plaque. Brass is far heavier than wood my guy and far more expensive to produce en mass.
@@bayardkyyako7427 This is why random people on the internet aren't given charge of supply & demand. You do not sell a 5 pound block of wood for $700 when it costs only $80 to make and ship -- and that's being generous.
@@bayardkyyako7427 isn't brass also pretty rare? well rarer than iron at least?
@@user-tzzglsstle585e38 idk but I know how heavy instruments are because of it, also brittle.
@@user-tzzglsstle585e38Brass is just an alloy of copper and zinc
I'm surprised it was so well made for a freebie. I used to get a lot of freebie "prizes" at work - stuff like umbrellas, totes etc - all went unto the trash. None were well made and they were unusable in public as they had the company logo.
Yea, I hate that shit. Like this is supposed to be a prize or gift for *me* yet all you gave me was marketing bs to turn me into a walking billboard
“Unusable in public as they had the company logo”? What did you work for pornhub or something?
@@enverse244 Not just that but say you're walking down the street wearing an XYZ corp hat and there's a demonstration going on and somebody takes a photo of you in your XYZ corp hat near the demonstration. Or you're wearing your XYZ corp hat while in a bar where somebody gets drunk or perhaps while you're out hunting and somebody takes a photo. The photo gets uploaded innocently to social media then the HR manager calls you in to show you proof of your anti-XYZ social activities and fires you after giving you a mock session where you're supposed to explain yourself. The manager already knows you're fired but goes through the charade anyway. Those company logo "gifts" are just "fire me" hats.
@@KyleHarrisonRedacted Guy worked at a chinese concentration camp.
@@KyleHarrisonRedacted Imagine you're wearing your company hat and somebody takes a photo then uploads it to social media in a totally different context. It could be enough to get you fired. Example - you're at a football match and you try to break up a fight. You're photographed and it looks like you're fighting... Fired!
Other Guy: What's with all these..., mattresses...?
Mitchell: "If the waterjet channel fails, we'll have something to fall back on...
whats their other channel?
Waterjet Channel Shorts@@BalticBlades
might be hard to get your hands on one but I'd be interested to see what the OG gold play buttons were made of, think so many people are getting 1m subs now compared to early youtube days they have probably lowered the quality of the playbutton to keep up with the amount they need to do
I think the What’s Inside channel did that years ago. It was like layer of plated metal (probably brass) on the outside and steel inside
Did they give one to Lucas Cruikshank when Fred hit 1 million or did they only start making them after? I wonder what his was made of.
Lesson: don't give a playbutton to a group of people that destroy things for content if you have something to hide.
For real
RUclips just screwed themselves up
What makes you think they have something to hide? It's nothing more than a trinket.
@nikkimcdonald4562 they are hiding plywood. Just to be clear I always assumed it was plywood and my opinion hasn't changed you'll need to ask others why "they screwed themselves" because I don't know what that's about.
Did they ever claim it was something else???
Yeah! Congratulations, boys! You definitely deserve it for all of your hard work. All of you! Yay!🎉🎉🎉
This main comment feels like half insulting after watching the video lmao.
Congratulations on the 1M + subs. Keep making good stuff and I will keep watching.
buy your piece of the limited edition golden play button while supply's last🤣🤣
Congrats guys! I've been following along since the beginning and this channel has always been good vibes. I'm dying to know what Dan and Mitch are up to!
They made a recent video on this
@@bmxboi72 where??
@@bmxboi72 oh do you mean the one about what happened to the channel? Yeah I saw it but they never say what Dan and Mitch are working on these days
In Malaysia where I live, this would run about $80 to custom make. For mass production, about $20 per piece.
The $700 cost for a replacement is to deter winners from reselling them
Remember when RUclips actually cared about their creators and gifted them plywood instead of scamming them?
😂 lol. i remember when creators did give aways to get subs and definitely giveaways at a 100k and a million subs!!i understand what they are doing. but subs got them the play button so to charge subs for one is kinda umm 😢pieces could be tossed in for merchandise would be more appropriate but really random subs that got you to a mil should be picked. because at a million subs we know channels are making money even with the guys that destroy expensive cars for fun. i do love the channel though just wish i got more notifications from it lol
@@carculturenation2166 So it's okay to scam people because other people do it, and/or because they make good money? What foolish logic, the world would be a terrible place if everyone justified their actions like that.
Well, while scummy, it's not really a scam, since you receive it for free after reaching a milestone.
You are essentially just receiving a gift that looks more valuable than it actually is
@@acyrosriven at 1m subs you couldn't care less if it was real or fake
@@acyrosriven How is it scummy? It's free. They could just give you nothing and let you continue making money off of your 1mil subscribers.
I love that you snapped it like a Kit Kat bar after finding out it didn't cut all the way through
Best part of the video ngl.
Thank you for the honest title in video and not some stupid cliff hanger title and waiting until the absolute end to show it. Subscribed!
I'm surprised this channel wasn't like 10 mil already considering how satisfying it is to watch water jets cleanly cut through various materials.
One part of the Triforce has been found. I can guarantee it is NOT the Triforce of Wisdom.
The triforce of capitalism
@@wayneswonderariumthe reason a replacement button costs 700 dollars isn’t because RUclips is trying to earn money from selling play buttons, it’s a deterrent for people who earn the award from reselling them.
Ironically enough the one who lacks the wisdom is you
Judging by the title, I was beginning to think they send you a letter telling you that you qualify for one of these plaques and if you send them the "modest" fee of $700, they will send you one. But I seriously despise RUclips and the way they treat their creators. So it was almost like I wanted to believe that. I'm glad you explained how these really work at 2:00 , thank you
It's not as cheap as it looks. The part in the center is real 24 karat gold. A few grams of that is actually worth a couple hundred dollars. Not quite 700, but not the complete scam it seems like.
The value of gold in gold plating is negligible
Wait, you have to pay for it?
@@pepperypeppers2755 Sources: I made it the f*ck up
@@-8h- No. In the video they explained that you are given the original one. If you want additional copies, that's when they start to charge you.
Funny I came across this. My wife’s uncle is the owner of the company that builds those. They’re all finished and warehoused in grove Oklahoma. They also make all the other big trophies, Grammies, Super Bowl, etc.
Interesting! So are they completely factory-made or are there craftsmen involved? Is there a room full of super bowl trophies for the next 50 years?
@@CainXVII not technically, from what I was told every year trophies are slightly different though the RUclips ones are mass produced on a small scale.
Mostly factory made other than the initial design.
Tell your wife's uncle to send Rick a hi from Jack Sucks At Life.
I'm sure he'll love to hear it.
Apparently, I have no self control when it comes to collecting obscure random stuff from the internet. Excited to see what piece I get 😁.
How much was it?
@@youeffoh808just check their website.
1 billion dollars a piece. But they currently lowered the price to 30 for a limited time, go grab one !
@@youeffoh808Bro paid 30 USD for an inch of wood 💀
@@balkanvenom3586 people have paid a lot more for an extra inch...of wood.
I'll play devils advocate, why make a whole plaque from solid metal... it looks solid and well made, and the visible portions are sheets of aluminum, which allows them to have the proper finish. This perspective only pertains to the plaque itself, it's not a defense for youtube and how it treats its content creators.
It actually makes sense to me why they would do it like this. They made the actual play button from solid metal, while only having a shell for the display part. The reason they do this is to cut down on the cost as much as possible. If it was made entirely from metal, the cost of manufacturing it would be exponential, not to mention the cost of the metals as well.
yeah, the billions they earn every year and they cant afford to actually make a damn proper decorative piece thats at the very least decent. looking at the material i can make a rough estimate that it cost them about $80 at the very most to make and thats counting labor cost and shipping because lets be honest we all know youtube is using child slave labor in china to make those. there is no excuse for such shitty construction.
I get it, but lets say they would use iron, it's only nearly 1.50$ per kilogram, so even if for example they would need 20kg to make a button its only a mere 30$ and nowhere near 700$ they charge for a second one (thats plywood mostly too lol) and aluminum like they use for the actual triangle in the play button is also only around 2.50
@@starberry847 It's more about the cumulative cost. While it's true that small amounts of iron and aluminum are indeed cheap. Those prices still add up, as they send out these play buttons and displays to any YT channel that hits certain milestones.
This can easily get into the thousands of dollars, and let's not forget the weight factor as well. Iron is dense and heavy, then there's the cost of processing the metal as well in order to make the button, display and everything.
It's far more economical to make a shell for the display, rather than making it entirely out of metal. So the cost of the display and buttons is a combination of material costs, processing, assembly, and labor. YT also has to commission these displays and buttons from companies and/or shops that specialize in such things, so their also paying those companies/shops for their services too, so it's also a means of cost reduction in order to keep the displays and buttons from being a detriment rather than a positive.
Aluminum is cheaper than decent wood almost always.
Be it in small or industrial amounts
Yayyyy the OGs are back!!!! Also congratulations on hitting 1 million subscribers!!!
It insane how much youtube changes their play buttons. Looking at Whats inside and some other people that have multiple popular channels, the buttons continuously get smaller and smaller and cheaper.
i'm shocked it's taken this long, congratulations gentlemen it's been a long time coming 🍻
Love how you looked at it for a second and destroyed it the next
I already knew that when they changed the gold play button, it was shit. Glad to see someone reveal what I always thought.
Much respect for having a proper title and thumbnail, instead of a fake thumbnail and clickbait title. Rare to find that on RUclips these days.
I have really enjoyed seeing the OG members, it would be nice to see them cameo in more videos.
they posted a video not to long about with an interview of them
Congrats on 1 million!
That’s a mattress manufacturing warehouse that’s why you see old mattresses stacked, they recycle/ reuse the metal springs. As for the bales of foam on 7:30 those are used to make memory foam/ foam pads for the beds. The foam bales come from scraps after the foam bale (weighting 1000+ lbs) batches are cut to size and rejected pads too. I’m sure they are familiar with Leggett and platt/ elite comfort solutions in Ontario so cal, Canadian owned companies. Just in case anybody was wondering.
It's not like I thought it was made of actual gold, but I thought it was at least something nice like brass
Dam u dum 😂
Honestly, I'm fine with that, I never expected it to be solid gold or anything, and I highly doubt the 700 price is actually a "price" and more just like a deterrant.
Atleast it seems to be made well, even if its not fully metal. Honestly, it could be worse.
The metal surrounding the wood was suprisingly thick relative to my expectations. And the lick test saying it was good wood also surprised me. Seems like very high-quality, even if not full metal.
The deterrent is a good point
700 dollars for a block of wood with an alluminum shell? Should've atleast been all alluminum or a better material
I doubt it actually costs anywhere near $700. It's likely that expensive to prevent people buying them who don't actually need them.
STEM youtubers doing funny things to their play buttons is always a treat.
It's so pleased to find out that little triangle corner piece stays perfectly intact
after such "random" tremendous damage! My OCD approved that little piece...
I can't believe it took to long for you all to reach 1 mil I totally thought you would have hit 1 mil years ago
Fun fact, the Emmy you win is also free but if you want another one for the team, they’re about $700 too. Same materials?!
Made by youtube probably just shipped via Hollywood mail offices 😅😅😅😂😂
for any one wondering what the mattresses were for they are cut open and separated into the different materials of foam steal cloth and then bailed and recycled
Good to see everyone here for the cutting.
the davinci resolve blur was hilarious to me, i dont even know if it was intended or not but i just started dying
I always thought they sent them out for free as a show of appreciation for all the money they made off you.
honestly if i burnt 700 on a piece of wood i'd be try to re-make some of that money too
It is free
It is bro, look it up or watch the video before throwing bullshit around. Have a shred of responsibility.
just purchased my peice! 😆
looking forward to getting it! and congrats on 1 million subscribers!
I'm glad to have the old (silver) one at my house (not on this channel obviously). It's kinda heavy and mostly metal and glass. Dunno if the thing inside is metal, might be plastic with a metallic paint, but it feels better made.
What kind of a place is this? An awesome place that treats that "fancy" gold play button just like everything else on this channel ❤
What did yourube expect sending it to a waterjet channel that literally cuts anything they can find
Now concocting my scheme to just build my own play buttons since I doubt I’ll get one at the rate I’m going
I can’t believe that I’ve watched as many of your videos as I have and have yet to subscribe.
I'd love to see someone trying to pawn their "gold" button.
I'v missed Mitchell's lick test 😂
this was painful but hey, you can always get it replaced
The comedy alone in this video earned my subscribe lol
It appears to be anodized aluminum. Its most common color aside from its natural color is golden when anodized. Compare it to the pickguard of a 50's Fender Jazzmaster, its the same.😊
For real though, where’d you find those little contraptions that you’re sealing the piece into? I want to buy a bunch of those for my wife’s crafting business
They're called PE film jewelry cases! I've been looking for them too.
@@jessicabell6867 thank you so much! I showed my wife and she wants them too (super cheap on AliExpress haha)
I wonder how many channels have the old play buttons
What's the word I'm looking for? It's almost like ironic, poetic justice to perfectly describe what RUclips is
I've always been curious what they were plated on... I'd hoped they'd go for the nice but cheapass option and do a micron gold plate but I guess even that is too high and mighty
Hell, even just a nice solid wood works have been nicer, but medium density fibreboard? That's cheap deal material 😂
Why tf would anyone give a shit about something so stupid? 😂 Do you not have real problems in your own life to worry about?
They could at least make it from cnc'd PVC board. Would at least feel heavier and premium.
Ah yes the stuff you make sewage pipes from, the most premium of materials. Honestly this is better than PVC board.
Thanks for bringin these guys back, miss the lick test, and theres only one lick tester
2:10 woahhh man that is trippyyyy. Like, damn. My brain's feeling stuff when looking at that mesh.
when I was a kid, I always dreamed of getting one of these, whether it be silver or gold or diamond (HAHA, FAT CHANCE!) but silver always seemed feasible to me.
unfortunately thats never going to happen, and if it did, it means nothing to me anymore, the actual good play buttons, the ones you could physically hold, are gone.
now all we have are these cheap, aluminium wood plates. surpassing these milestones used to be special, but not anymore.
wouldn't be surprised if they stopped doing this just like youtube rewind.
I felt bad when they changed the play buttons, i was like "oh, so they changed it because the old ones cost too much to make"
That's a pretty moronic reason to feel bad. You must be crazy privileged to even give a shit about that whatsoever. Considering the amount of play buttons they have to ship out these days , it would be pretty dumb to expect them to make them out of expensive materials.
looking at the grain structure before you guys cut it i guessed it was a solid piece of wood painted gold XD
was right about the wood part at least, but it looks like it has an aluminum coating and two pieces of wood :)
To many people have these. They are irrelevant. And worth nothing. Everyones a showman now.. but im glad you did this to show everyone how worthless having one of those really is..
If you have ever hold a real gold bar in your hands, it's not really hard to tell whether it is solid or not. It's wayyyy heavier than wood.
Glad they don't make these sharp cornered plaques out of metal then.
@@bayardkyyako7427 yea sadly i wished at least the play button in the middle would be at least a good amount of gold even a low quality one would be great, but nope its aluminum (probably gold plated? but still 90% aluminum)
they could actually make it out of harder material just make the corners a bit rounded or have an angled cut on it to reduce the sharpness
@@ozoahameg3582 any amount of gold is probably too much after the plating (if that even requires gold Idr) but either way it's made to look nice and with content farms
They could made it gold but mostly hollow instead to prevent it from being to heavy to hang on a wall but they were to cheap to do even that.
@@jetsetradio7715 What did you expect from a greedy entity whose users became so attached to it they can´t live/work without it anymore?
Of course they're taking that route. It all comes to minimising expenses and maximising profit. How cynical it may sound, that's the harsh truth of any big company (correct me if I am wrong though).
Since its mostly wood I wonder what it would be like if you burned one, what it would it be like after all the wood was burned away.
You’d have a mess. Not much mystery.
@@vickielawson3114Kind of get what they mean. Wonder if the paint is flame resistant or something.
The music during the cut was rousing! Good choice!
The whole squad is here!
It would probably be cheaper to use solid aluminium to make the button rather than that overcomplicated manufacturing process.
Yeah that’s kind of what we were thinking
A piece of MDF with a couple bits glued and screwed costs almost nothing. The price of machining ally would definitely top it.
tbf solid aluminium is gonna be way heavier than wood, and hanging that might be much harder
@@BlackWACat not really there is a big 1 inch thick aluminum flag at my work held by 3 screws
@@timetravler8719what are the screws made of?
You can get vinyl that has the metallic surface and the mirrored surface.
They just vacuum sealed the Triforce of Wisdom after acquiring the secrets of the Golden Play Button.
Jacksucksatlife is about to cry
Nice delivery on the riff raff quote!
🙏
Kudos to RUclips for literally giving anyone with 1M+ subscribers a piece of the Triforce. (if they have the will to cut it perfectly in half)
To be fair, I don't think anybody _actually_ thought it was made of gold
Probably lots of people
I think they just keep making them cheaper cause what’s inside cut there’s in half an it was solid metal
I have no idea why anyone would think these were made out of anything other than MDF... I am actually surprised it has that much metal.
I miss the old play buttons they at least felt more special being in a big box casing.
The funniest part is that for most people by the time they get the million sub play button they've already generated $2,500,000 for RUclips after the cut the creator receives, so even after any taxes that RUclips pays, they still make an absurd amount of money and decide to show gratitude by giving the creator effectively $50 of materials in a fancy plaque lol.
The price is to deter people from mass buying and selling 1M buttons and the like, not a real price for a real plaque.
The older ones were probably legit, but now there's 42,000 channels over a million subs.
It's unrealistic to expect them not to cheap out at some point.
jesus that’s a lot of channels
best idea ever, thank you!
Were you expecting it to be made of real gold? 😂🤣😂
CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING A MILLION SUBS MY BOI 🎉
A bit disappointing to see the play button for 1mil isn't a solid block of material but interesting regardless. Feels kind of cheap for that kind of achievement :D Congrats on the milestone though!
I think you can blame content farms for it if it feels cheap, they made so many 1M+ channels and instead of cracking down, youtube decided to keep their income boosted but not give out more quality plaques.
Surprising, and not so surprising. I would have guessed hollow Aluminum for the plaque, but since it's a givaway, gotta make with cheaper materials.
"You know what else is mostly wood". Lol you guys made me burst out laughing.
You have to pay for play buttons? Or does it cost RUclips that much??
they give you one for the first milestone after that you pay
I always suspected Mitchell was greedy with tape
Hahaha! You're pretty good at reading people!😆
They were only showed as $450 when I went to get another silver, which was $250
7:26 - That guy looks like Paul Giamatti there.Saw him on the set of Confidence years ago. He looked at me as he bit into his burger at craft services.
You telling me its not made of solid gold????
Did people really think they were getting a chunk of pure gold THAT big as a thank you for recording videos lol
No, but it also doesn't say anywhere that it's fkn wood
Don't be insulting, man. Of course nobody expected it to be actual gold.
I'm betting most people thought it was aluminum.
no one expected it to be made of gold, but everyone expected it to be at least made of some sort of metal
how much money do you think they make off of a person with a million subs?
Probably more than a gold play button would cost, certainly more than an aluminum or brass play button would cost.
They're just being cheap and downgrading the RUclips experience as per usual.
The previous huge life changing milestone of 1M subs becomes a footnote and not even worth keeping.
I really doubt that after accounting for costs, with the garbage ad rates of post financial crisis, they are making a huge amount of money on a random channel with a million subs. Not to mention bots, adblock, viewers from geolocations with bad ad rates. (People rarely talk about it, but a US viewer is way more valuable than one from India for example, financially speaking.)@@UnknownGamer40464
It's kind of hard to imagine how that is worth $700, when it probably doesn't have much, if any, real gold.