For the last decade one of the most popular modding channels on YouTube has been MxR Mods, a cheeky outlet that reviewed, announced, and broadcast various mods, usually from Fallout or The Elder Scrolls. The channel’s owner, Henry Liang, has a had a rough go of it lately, with YouTube cracking down on his channel with a number of guideline strikes, video demonetization, or copyright claims. However, the most recent effort from the video giant has taken things to the next level, which included de-partnering him from the YouTube Partner Program, and revealing that his channel is now completely demonetized.
KotakuInAction 2 picked up the news from a video that Liang posted on September 20th, 2019 to his 1.97 million subscribers.
He explained that he doesn’t like reading his e-mail because it’s always bad news, but two letters in particular stood out, which included a notice from YouTube that they were de-verifying him (although this measure was later rescinded by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki) and that he was being removed from the YouTube Partner Program.
The second letter meant that his entire channel is no longer eligible for any kind of monetization.
In other words, MxR Mods is completely demonetized.
YouTube has been flexing their muscles and exercising similar antics against other content creators as well, removing them from the partnership program so that there’s no money for them to make from producing content on the platform. They did the same thing to Sargon of Akkad while he was campaigning for the UKIP.
For anyone who has been following YouTube’s line of enforcement, however, this news is not surprising in the least. In fact, some of you might think it’s long overdue based on their censorious behavior.
MxR Mods was known for posting video reviews for a lot of sexy and risque mods, informing the audience about some of the best and raunchiest mods available on the net. YouTube cracking down on his content just seems par the course with their intent on depriving straight male gamers of entertainment. Their likely intent was to goad Liang out of producing new content for MxR or to get him to change his content roll-out. Liang, however, says that with his Patreon support he plans on working on more content with his girlfriend and doing what he enjoys doing for the fans.
As mentioned in the video, though, it doesn’t seem like YouTube will allow his channel to exist for much longer in the current climate. So enjoy it while it lasts.
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