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TechRax; Should throwing away money for YouTube views be allowed?

TechRax is a YouTuber who makes countless videos destroying phones and other expensive products in order to gain views.

TechRax has been making videos on YouTube for 8 years, creating content such as phone unboxings, tech reviews and phone comparison videos. However, since 2013, TechRax has begun making more "phone drop test" and "scratch test" videos until his content devolved to the point of continually and only producing content such as "What Happens If You Pour Molten Aluminum on 50 iPhones?" and "Burning Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus vs iPhone 7 Plus - Which Is Stronger?".


Since he began producing these videos, TechRax has gained millions of subscribers, with 5 million and 700 thousand subscribers as of now, and averaging between 500 thousand and 2 million views each video. One cannot deny that TechRax's newer style of videos work, gaining him the most views and subscribers, is destroying countless amounts of expensive technology worth it?

Ethan from h3h3productions makes it clear that he doesn't believe the ends justify the means, asking "what was the point" when viewing TechRax's videos, believing that instead of wasting money on destroying expensive equipment, why don't you donate the money to charity and people that need it instead of flying a $1500 drone into a pool filled with Coca-Cola. 

Since Ethan's video in september of 2016, TechRax has rapidly lost views and slowed in gaining subscribers, but still has a highly active subscriber count at 5.7 million, and receiving between 500 thousand and 2 million views on each video, but as Ethan said, "What's the point" of these videos? Should we be allowing ourselves to be entertained by this waste of money? Should channels like this even by allowed on YouTube?

- David (Happy to keep a phone not covered in molten aluminium)

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