I wonder if I missed stating the point that we have invested $400 million in the past 5 years. Did I not make that clear?
I'm wondering about the thoughts of turning off viewers. Here are the metrics for the truth about the EPA diesel delete video for example. I'm completely open to your viewpoint. Do NOT get me wrong.
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I haven't watched the video, I was only replying to your comment that I quoted. I'm glad that video is doing well, as Saddle said most of these videos are doing ok it looks like, I haven't watched all of them. I don't know if that's a straight correlation to viewership especially since you recently said the channels had it's worst 1st qtr in years. Is that the video where you called out TK? If so, the viewership doesn't surprise me as you got free advertising from him and his followers lol.
I love your channel and I think I was one of the first forum members. I recently asked about truck content as I knew you had the new RAM and the AT4X a while back. To date I see one video each for those trucks. The AT4X was in a snow donuts video with the RHO and you recently did a MPG loop with the RAM. I just looked back through the channel and that's all I see.
As a viewer I feel like the focus has shifted away from why I subscribed to your channel in the first place. Solid, deep truck content answering the real questions and drawing great comparisons. I liked that you didn't only focus on the Rapor R or the TRX you cover trucks and you do that exceptionally well. I've been nummed lately with the lack of truck content. I can't help but feel like if that new RAM had come out last year you would have made a few videos on it really digging into the changes, comparisons, interior, towing, MPG (not by the trip computer) and pricing. I miss that.
I find myself disagreeing with your videos recently, the tarriff stuff, not the rest. There are very well respected economists on both sides with differeing opinions so it doesn't surprise me that truck guys can't agree. Tarriff's are paid by the importer to the government (treasury) as a tax based on the import cost, not the retail value. So, that $100 pair of shoes that Nike imports they will pay about $2.50 per pair to import... because shockingly they only cost about $10 to make in China, it's probably actually less than that. So yes, they could pass that $2.50 tarriff on to US customers or they could eat it or any other option between the two. It's my belief that large corporations have sold us, the US consumer out, as they reel in record profits, pay their CEO billions and produce subpar products all while shipping production and manufacturing overseas. Not to mention they also have very good lawyers to get around paying their share of taxes. Just look around at Apple for a prime candidate.
I don't believe the companies were ever going to correct themselves. I also don't know if what's happening now is the solution but at least it's something.
