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kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

$11 billion

0.05%

"A small loan of a million dollars."

Does any of that matter in this situation, anyway? Exaggerating their content in exchange for money already places question on their reliability as an educational content creator.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't think you understood what they're saying. Try reading it again.

Hint: the investment of $11 billion refers to investment of Gates Foundation in fossil fuels.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

per Kurzgesagt,

For Kurzgesagt sponsorships are an important part of our yearly budget, representing about 20% of our income last year.

the 0.05% figure is wrong, according to the people making the money themselves.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have you considered that there are other sponsorships than Gates Foundation?

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus -3 points 5 days ago

yes, there is also some other sponsorships, including some from other bill gates owned groups/corporations. I don't think support from billionaires is necessarily good as long as it's diverse.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Hint: the investment of $11 billion refers to investment of Gates Foundation in fossil fuels.

Well, considering these exact words were used:

That foundation owns over $11 billion in investments in the fossil fuel industry, including coal-burning utility companies.

What can I say but duh. If I misunderstood anything, it was the comment I replied to, which was unclear about the "0.05% down from 6%" detail, and seemed to be associating that with the $11 billion figure by context.

But hey, nice deflection, and super cool of you to be that rude about it, too.