Interesting theory. I went back and looked at tips for the YOY and January and March 2023 to compare (Thanks
@Piece of Peace for the spreadsheet and work) He's definitely still seeing a slight decline in tips YOY comparing the same period of time (4/1 - 4/16):
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For January and March, he's definitely down YOY:
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This doesn't include the patreon video's he's taking streams off to do so that might "equal" it out, but tips overall are down despite detractor channels being nuked. It will be interesting to see if that theory plays out though. My guess is it would be ad revenue that he see's go up since you cant watch as many restreamers now. But I wouldn't expect that to be massive.
Phil's YouTube career is very clearly dying. I think he had one chance at a small revival with the SideScrollers podcast. But instead of that revival, he put two nails in the coffin he is already headed for instead of one.