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Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by fixermark on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:05PM (#13970684)
In the context of Pewdiepie it was "Lost the Disney and YouTube preferred deals."

Value per subscriber goes way down when you're no longer on the critical path for ad monetization.

Re:Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber by m3ta on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:26PM (#13970856)
I was mistaken, and you're 100% right. I hadn't realized Pewdiepie lost so much from this slip-up.