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Where are Mr. Beast's early sponsors now?
24 December 2024 · 5 min read Mr. Beast is probably the biggest channel on YouTube right now by a lot of metrics.
However, as expected they pivoted to NFTs and these days the packs are no longer free and you'll see crypto terminology like buying "drops" from the "collection" to add to your "wallet" and "stake". I put all of these into a single category since they all use the same kind of predatory marketing practices and freemium model to get players to part with their money: daily quests that keep people coming back to the app confusing currencies and tokens which obfuscate the true cost of in game purchases lootboxes and other luck based mechanics
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