Today I decided to watch the restream and my god he is such an insufferable piece of shite. Like if you tip him for a game to buy, he says that money goes to bills even though you specified its for the game and covers the costs. Lately, he has been demanding game store credit to get games but why? He probably realized if he gets tips he needs to tax it as income plus the PayPal fees. But with a game credit he pays no fees or taxes on it and he can claim it as a tax write-off. Either he claims it as a gift or just says he paid the game credit via cash or some other non-traceable payment method then writes it off in his taxes. Still scummy if someone gives him money for a game and he refuses to use that money for the game but it only can pay bills.
Also Phil is desperate to get his YouTube back up, I guess reading all the stats of his channel and bills that people made here made him realize his channel is dying. It just shows Phil is the type of guy seeing his channel slowly die and says "I will let Future Phil handle it when it tanks to a certain point." People have been telling him for years to change and stop suppressing comments, likes, and to change how he uploads videos. Now he is doing what people told him he should have been doing, even doing things like putting stuff behind although very lazily.
Also it is sad he is demanding his fans to step it up to pay his bills. I am sorry you are running a business, you shouldn't have to rely on your audience for 100% of your funding especially in the streaming industry. Most if not all streamers, small and big, have some sort of sponsorship or other avenues of making money. His excuse of not shilling is stupid, you're an entertainer trying to make a living and your fans won't care if you advertise a mobile game to pay the bills. But he says the trolls will send letters to those companies saying Dave is a scammer or whatever, so Dave feels like it is pointless to even try. Again I am sorry but if your business is not making enough money like he said then you should try regardless of trolls. If anything it just shows trolls live in his head rent free and he fears them like the plague. Trolls are winning in that regard.
Lastly, the way he treats his viewers is sad and detrimental to his channels growth. Someone asked him what his bills are and instead of saying rewind the stream to find out or just say it quickly, he rants on how stupid they are. Yes Dave, that is a good way to treat your viewers plus what if they just came into the stream or is a new viewer. He just instead ridicules them for not listening and calls them stupid morons. DSP keep it up, you will be your own demise.
TL;DR Phil is stupid and doesn't know how to run a business.
