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- What's up, fam?
This is your boy, El Jefe.
And if this is your first time on my channel,
normally this is where I would
introduce you to a new product
or something that I'm testing out,
whether it's a set of headphones or a speaker,
or something like that.
This video's gonna be a little bit different.
I'm gonna be talking about a subject
that I've been wanting to speak about for a minute,
and I've been collecting my thoughts.
So, if you guys don't wanna
stare at my ugly face the entire time,
feel free to minimize this video
and just listen to me in the background.
I'm not gonna do any fancy b-roll,
I'm just gonna be talking.
So what I wanna talk to you guys about today
is just like it says in the title of this video,
it's okay to disagree and sound is subjective.
So, what I mean by that is that
experiences with products may vary.
So, what's been happening lately,
and it's happened more as my channel has grown,
is that I'll have people jump into my comment section
who disagree with my opinion
on a review of a product.
I have no problem with people disagreeing with me.
I actually encourage you
to leave your disagreements,
and your comments, and your experiences
down in the comment section.
I actually ask you for that
at the end of every video.
So, what I'm talking about is people
who have the mentality that
their experience is different, so I'm wrong.
So, I'm being paid, I'm a paid shill
for this company or whoever it is that I'm reviewing.
And they can't wrap their head around
the possibility that experiences might vary
and the fact that sound is subjective
when it comes to headphones.
So what I mean by that, by subjective,
is that a headphone might sound awesome to me
but it might not sound great to you.
The sound signature that I'm into,
you might not be into.
And that's what I'm trying to get at.
Sound is subjective.
So it's the type of music I listen to,
the type of sound signature I prefer is,
I'm not gonna say unique to me,
but it is very personalized to what I like,
and you might like something different.
And that's where experiences may vary comes in.
And here's the thing,
I'm not gonna go around,
let's say I reviewed a set of headphones,
let's say I reviewed some Skullcandys
and then my boy Travis reviewed the same Skullcandys,
but we had a completely different experience.
I'm not gonna go to his video
and tell him that he's wrong
and that he's a paid shill
because I had a different experience.
That's the thing.
That's what I have a problem with,
is that mentality of
I disagree with you, so you're wrong
and you must be being paid off under the table.
That's a very close-minded and very immature way
to think about the way we do things
and it sometimes can be insulting.
So, what I'm trying to say is
you have to kind of step back a little bit.
Step back and think for a second.
Is it possible that maybe he had
a good experience with these
and that's what he's giving me?
Is it possible that maybe
what I like in my headphones,
this person doesn't like?
Is that too farfetched?
That's why I'm trying to get at.
So what I like is when people
will leave me their experience in the comment section.
They'll say something like,
"Hey, El Jefe, I had a completely different experience.
"You know, I really wasn't feeling these
"so I went ahead and returned them."
And when people leave stuff like that,
I will thank them for sharing their experience.
I want people who are searching for products,
and if they come to my video,
they look in the comment section,
they'll see both sides.
They'll see people saying,
"Yeah, these are awesome, I agree."
and "Oh yeah, I had a different experience.
"This is what happened to mine."
Dude, I love that.
That kind of discussion, that kind of community
is what I'm trying to build here.
This video's more addressing the fact
that there's people out here
who can't agree to disagree.
Who their opinion on whatever it might be
is the only valid opinion.
We have to kinda get over that mentality.
There's a lot of people out there.
Now, if you disagree with someone,
if you disagree with my review, that's totally fine.
I have no problem with you disagreeing.
But what gets me sometimes,
that people will automatically assume
that because they had a bad experience
and I had a good experience,
that I'm being paid off
or that I'm being paid under the table by this company.
Listen, none of these companies are paying me.
I'm not a big enough channel
for that sort of deal.
I don't know if you guys kinda understand that.
I know a lot of people don't understand
the way that YouTube works on my end.
As far as viewers go, you kind of don't understand.
I'm still a small channel.
I am right around 7,000 subscribers,
that is still considered a very small channel.
So, these companies don't see me as,
I'm not gonna be able to guarantee them
hundreds of thousands of views,
they're not gonna be paying me.
And I will consider, when a company sends me
a set of headphones or a speaker,
I don't consider that as a payment
and I'm not gonna have that
change the way that I do my reviews of a product.
They can send me the product
and if it's good, I'm gonna tell you that it's good
and if it's bad, I'm gonna tell you that it's bad
because all that matters is gonna be my word.
You guys have put your trust in me
to bring you the truth,
and that's what I'm gonna do.
If your experience varies,
it doesn't mean that I'm lying to you.
All it means is that I had a good experience
with the one I have here
and that your experience might be different.
So with that said, I'm gonna go ahead
and wrap up this video right here.
Let me know what you guys think.
Let's start the discussion down in the comment section.
Do you guys agree with my opinion?
Do you guys think that it's okay to disagree?
Do you guys like sharing your experiences
in my comment section?
Let me know.
And as always, if you guys have any questions, concerns,
if you guys have any topic ideas, any of that stuff,
you guys know I live in my comment section.
I love hearing from you guys,
so leave those down there for me
and let's talk.
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So, I really hope you guys enjoyed this video.
I hope everybody has a great week
and I will see you guys in my next video.