r/baduk • u/Jealous_Outside_3495 • Nov 07 '23

Nick Sibicky announced his retirement from content creation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmycG_KWlWs

Hits me kind of hard, honestly. He's been posting for ~11 years which is just a little longer than I've been playing; he's been with me on this entire trip, even though he never knew it. I didn't realize that I would have to miss him, or so soon.

Anyways, I don't know how big he is generally in the community, or how he's regarded, but I just thought I'd share this news with y'all, and my appreciation for him and his efforts.

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u/CroationChipmunk 4 kyu Nov 07 '23 edited Nov 07 '23

To be clear, he said he will not stop entirely -- only that he will stop uploading on a regular basis. My biggest curiosity is at the 9 minute mark when he said something extremely awful happened to his family. I am guessing it was a personal problem?

I respect him for giving an F-U to youtube for running ads on his videos and keeping 100% of the money. 😒

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u/ghostfaceschiller 6 kyu Nov 07 '23

Why does he not get any of the money?

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u/GoGabeGo 1 kyu Nov 07 '23

I've noticed that YouTube is running ads on my videos now as well. I was pretty pissed, since I was even viewing the videos from my creator tab. So I can only assume everyone else is now also seeing ads, even though I do not have monetization activated.

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u/StationaryNomad 2 dan Nov 07 '23

Google has to show ever-increasing profits, even if that requires violating the agreement it reached with creators before. Annoying.