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The story
Hiroyuki posted on X about the wave of “family vlogger” channels — which document the daily lives of children and families — losing their monetization one after another. The trend is being driven by new laws protecting minors’ privacy, especially in Europe, and he called it “only natural,” branding parents who live lavishly off their children’s earnings a symptom of “Japanese society in decline.” On 5ch, while plenty agreed with the substance of his point, many posts zeroed in on the irony of a man who earns his own living by critiquing other people day after day lecturing anyone about “shame” — and others noted this is really just the old child-star setup repeating itself, not some new YouTube-era rot.
Mon, Nov 2, 5:45 PM
Hiroyuki, the entrepreneur and former administrator of the anonymous forum “2channel,” posted on X (formerly Twitter) by the 1st, addressing the wave of “family vlogger” channels losing their monetization.
“Family YouTuber” channels that broadcast the everyday lives of children and families have become popular content, but laws protecting minors’ privacy are advancing, particularly in Europe. As a result, a growing number of family channels in Japan are reportedly having their monetization cut too.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
the parents are just too dumb.
we were just meeting demand because you lot kept going "so cute, so cute" and loving it.
Playing the righteous hero about it now is just sour grapes (´・ω・｀)
"Child street vendors will cling to you trying to sell dollar-store-tier trinkets as souvenirs — please never buy from them,"
doesn't he (´・ω・｀)
That was a thing when I traveled abroad 30 years ago (･ω･)
Who cares about the fine print.
I don't get the mindset of anyone who actually enjoys watching this stuff.
TV is nothing but deference to big corporations, the powerful, religious groups…
Do you actually believe them when they say
"we had no idea about the Johnny's scandal"?
is THIS the guy lecturing us about shame lol
Some of them rake in insane amounts of money —
how is that any different?
but he never once mentions his own parenting experience, so it all feels pretty hollow.
they're way too slow pulling monetization lol, the big ones have already cashed in plenty.
I watch Kiko Channel.
Cheers~✨🍻🎶 (KP = net slang for "kanpai," i.e. "cheers")
they can slash your rates or kill your monetization whenever they feel like it.
Future looks bleak.
From the platform's side there's no real contract in place, so they can do whatever they want with you.
That's where AI comes in!
is YouTube gonna cut their payouts as well?
Exactly this.
There are plenty of family videos uploaded by foreigners too,
yet Hiroyuki goes on about "Japanese society in decline"
and "they don't even feel ashamed"…
And in the first place, Hiroyuki himself earns his living
by sticking his nose into other people's business day after day.
but he never complains about those.
Is that because badmouthing the TV industry
means the TV offers stop coming?
If you're going to criticize, criticize fairly.
Also, quit forcibly pinning what a handful of family YouTubers do
onto all of Japanese society.
It's ridiculous.
And seriously, why does every single Hiroyuki comment turn into a news article day after day?
It's annoying.
Maybe quit it with the contrarian-for-contrarian's-sake arguments already.
Background and Key Points of This Debate
The halt in monetization for family vlog channels isn’t unique to Japan — it’s the fallout of laws protecting minors’ privacy and labor, such as the EU’s Digital Services Act, rippling into how platforms operate worldwide. The thread split along two lines: whether the claim itself is correct, and whether Hiroyuki has any standing to make it. While there was broad agreement with criticizing the setup of parents living off their children’s earnings, plenty of posts also mocked the irony of someone who earns a living day after day by passing judgment on other people’s behavior turning around to lecture anyone else about it. Others pointed out that this dynamic goes back to the era of child actors and isn’t some new problem unique to YouTube. Comments insulting a specific nationality or simply hurling abuse at Hiroyuki himself have been excluded from this writeup.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Hiroyuki: Halting monetization of “family” streams is a “natural trend” — “A Japanese society in decline that doesn’t feel shame about parents eating unagi off their kids’ earnings”.”
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