i am a full-time reviewer as well i understand all of these problems i understand all these concerns and the way that i see it is that it's fine if you are not in the position of being a reviewer like let's say this right there's this monitor this tv that i always feature in my videos if i put an affiliate link for this in my description there is no bias because i don't review monitors i don't review you know all of these things it's not my wheelhouse so it's fine right the problem is that let's say i'm reviewing headphone number NUMBER_TOKEN and then saying how good it is and then i drop the affidavit name suddenly you see that there is a there is doubt are you saying the product is good because it's actually good or i think the product is good because saying that it's good literally earns you more money so what about the other income streams right if not affiliate links why not find other ways first of all it's the most obvious one which would be sponsors on vpn nordvpn is a virtual private network that allows you to anonymize your web traffic with a simple click of a button this basically secures your traffic and allows you to access sites that would have otherwise been blocked by your local isp so i personally use nordvpn to access shows on netflix that would have otherwise been geographically blocked from my region the local netflix content can be a little bit mediocre so what nor vpn does is that it basically allows me to unlock the full catalog of my netflix account stay safe with nordvpn and basically unlock your full access to the world wide web and now for a limited time only you can get NUMBER_TOKEN percent of a two-year plan plus one additional free month if you go down to URL_TOKEN chronicle again nor URL_TOKEN chronicle go for a test run if you want because there is also a NUMBER_TOKEN-day money-back guarantee again big thanks to nordvpn for sponsoring this video and helping me make a point so thank you nordvpn for being the example for this video and again i am not trying to sell you this product based off of my experience as a cyber security expert or a vpn reviewer no i'm just an audiophile here the line is clear when i talk about nordvpn i am a salesman i am a promoter i'm not a reviewer the moment i talk about headphones and earphones and anything in the audio space that is where the line is drawn very clearly i am a reviewer i am a critic sponsors are fine sponsors should not affect how you review certain products at least it should be other income streams include obviously patreon where your own audience pays you and supports you for your content regardless of how positive or negative it may be then there's also adsense from google or from other websites that basically monetizes your traffic so regardless of how positive or negative your review is it doesn't matter all that matters for these advertising companies is how many clicks and how many views you can get now i'm aware that this shifts a problem from being review integrity to something like let's say click bait or whatever incentivizing ways to get as many views as possible but as i've said the problem here is not necessarily problems inherent to being a youtube creator as a social
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