The Complete Downfall Of The Fine Bros AKA React!

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The Fine Bros used to be the biggest reaction channel on youtube before the year 2020 when Benny fine would be exposed for wearing blackface in a Shane Dawson video. Then a couple weeks later Benny Fine and Rafi fine would both be exposed for partaking in a weird puppet show that was filled bad stuff, The fine bros fell to a point where they had to sell their channel to Electric Monster Media in 2021 that has been The Complete Downfall Of The Fine Bros AKA React!
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The Complete Downfall Of The Fine Bros AKA React!
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@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you all for watching!! Much Love! Don't forget to leave a like and subscribe!!!

@philiciajoy Жыл бұрын

Hey

@lola-kz5bn Жыл бұрын

I think Calvin Garrah and Blair White are interesting cases to look into. They were my alt right pipeline

@derrickjuinor Жыл бұрын

Hey

@DTMJR1987 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 100k bro

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

@@DTMJR1987 thank you 🙏🏻

@blueturret5596 Жыл бұрын

The Finebros look like evil alternate versions of Rhett and Link.

@monsiu Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@djgoku7774 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 yo they do.

@kabob0077 Жыл бұрын

You could say they're Dark Rhett and Link, but that latter one would infringe on Nintendo's copyright.

@Windwalker88 Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha they escaped from the mirror universe

@thunblot78 Жыл бұрын

Their from the darkest timeline

@TrashComments Жыл бұрын

The fact that they tried to copyright a word and made a terrible apology already gave us a sign that they weren't gonna make it far

@blazingstar9638 Жыл бұрын

U got it lol

@penskepc2374 Жыл бұрын

20 million subs is pretty far.

@BigPercNowitzki Жыл бұрын

To be fair they made it far as hell lmao 20mil subs is a massive achievement. But I know what u meant, they gave us a sign they weren’t gonna last long

@JonahNelson7 Жыл бұрын

Trademark

@spiderlily723 Жыл бұрын

Well, why don't you share their cipyright claim then, since you're so sure what exactly they tried to get? /s

@XxxAshHazardxxX Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for the participants in REACT who couldn't even speak their own opinions and were only allowed to say what the (Not so)Fine Bros wanted them to say.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard the office was pretty toxic

@ma.2089 Жыл бұрын

I’m kinda surprised. There were times the ppl said some insulting things and they didn’t censor them at all… Unless those negative ideas WERE the things the fine bros wanted….which is pretty shitty

@SuzER08 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that bugs me so much, I used to watch those react videos when I was a kid/teen and the whole reason they were enjoyable to me was that they were real kids real opinions, its super shitty that it wasn't genuine

@ehm11111 Жыл бұрын

dont believe everything i think they say that cuz they no longer invited. and the stupid with the mic asking about the hot blonde talking about her when she under 15. what a creep

@meshasmith6810 Жыл бұрын

@@SuzER08 yeah :(

@connorcallahan7783 Жыл бұрын

The fine bros trademark apology really was the og that set the bar for other youtube apologies

@eminempreg Жыл бұрын

Ehh I wouldn't say so. They're missing: The Grey hoodie/ monotone drab looking home wear Lots of sighing and jump cuts Faking crying "This is so hard for me/I made a lapse in my judgement" Their apology just feels like I'm being told what to think

@3Guys1Video Жыл бұрын

Oof

@joem.3124 Жыл бұрын

@@eminempreg I don't think I saw a pet in it either

@Thawhid Жыл бұрын

@@eminempreg it just slowly evolved

@bigbearkat2010 Жыл бұрын

For example, this seemed to teach youtubers to not yell at their audience like they're toddlers being sent to their room during their apology

@peggymoexd Жыл бұрын

I felt like they were yelling at me during that “apology”. Also, I get what they’re saying. Pretty much still trying to monopolize that format, which I feel like could get very tricky.

@CaseyAvalon Жыл бұрын

Right? Straight up.

@legend7951 Жыл бұрын

I get it too, they wanted to protect their brand. But they really did it in the worst looking way possible lol

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Lmao I felt that same way 🤣🤣 I was like why is he raising his voice

@aliencafe Жыл бұрын

Right? I felt like I was in trouble or something!

@gandalf_thegrey Жыл бұрын

@@legend7951 It must suck when your Brand is literally a function of the human mind. Reacting.

@BoyBlunder66 Жыл бұрын

Damn. Even when I was younger I thought the whole copyrighting 'react' thing was dumb, but I just ended up watching less and less of their content untill I ended up damn near forgetting they even existed. Looking back at it now though, the way they handled it all was so goddamn scummy. Just look at that apology, it's a messed up mixture of trying to gaslight their mostly younger audience along with a healthy dose of "we're sorry you feel that way."

@brybry865 Жыл бұрын

Yea that was me over time. The copyright over all react channels was a dumb move by them. But the older I got the less I watch them. I stopped watching them in general at this point. I forgot they existed until I came across this video in my recommendation. I was like oh fine bros🤔

@ItsTrojanX Жыл бұрын

I literally wanna smack anyone that says "I'm sorry you feel that way" so hard

@jackieec Жыл бұрын

Fr even as a young adult i was at the time, they just seemed so off for me, so scummy.

@Eucis93 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know what ended up happening, but I’m pretty sure the only thing they trademarked was the word ’react’ in a company’s name. There are many different types of trademarks and while it was a very shitty apology video (it didn’t feel like an apology, it just felt like they called people stupid for being angry) I do think lots of people got it mixed up. I remember people titling their videos like ”r e a c t i n g to blank” for a while after the whole debacle because they thought having the word ”react” in a video title would get them copyright striked.

@sisronweasley2074 Жыл бұрын

Right? When that came put I did not understand why it was so big and people were making a huge fuss about. All I thought they were making a new series which 12 yr old me was stoked, did not realize they wanted to copyright the whole react style.

@DANTE83100 Жыл бұрын

I forgot how pissed off Benny looks in the 'apology'. It's clear that at least on his part, they believed they'd done nothing wrong.

@gregmalden9809 Жыл бұрын

They were just following their religion, no wonder they were confused

@dubbingsync Жыл бұрын

Both of them just sounded like anger was bubbling under the surface.

@milanpolar Жыл бұрын

based

@Ninji5 4 ай бұрын

His visible eye-rolling always gets me. He’s not even trying to hide it.

@KitNeticVT Жыл бұрын

I used to watch them like crazy and didn't know half of this. Holy shit. :o

@sayaminatsuki8780 Жыл бұрын

Holy cow it's bee in the flesh

@emiliou6898 Жыл бұрын

Most of these arent rlly a big deal for me, it just bécame boring so i stopped watching

@Sakkaz Жыл бұрын

@@emiliou6898 yeah, I used to watch React a lot then I just stopped bcuz I lost interest

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize they did this stuff until I did the research they definitely buried it quick

@ramiromunoz1161 Жыл бұрын

Fr, and I'm still subscribed and I didn't even realize lol

@DarrenWatson64 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: React to That was cancelled by Nickelodeon after the Fine Brothers angered them by releasing new episodes of the show onto their channel 2 weeks before their actual television premiere. Whoops!

@jakobwhite730 Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember them posting episodes of React to That on their channel.

@ashleyshim2078 Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@NitwitsWorld Жыл бұрын

Jesus! The Fail Bros never learn do they?

@emanuelmartinez7267 Жыл бұрын

@@jakobwhite730 probably got taken down immediately once Nick caught wind of what happened. Heard the same thing awhile back

@LightBluly Жыл бұрын

@@jakobwhite730 I was a subscriber to FBE at the time and i remember they showed a few clips before it got taken down. I could be misremembered. It's been so long.

@turnip9367 Жыл бұрын

I still cannot believe the Fine Bros honestly thought they had enough power and leverage to copyright a word, especially one as common as 'react'.

@JTGwozdz Жыл бұрын

It’s not inherently absurd to trademark a “common” word if it’s a unique identity in your sphere. See Apple or Alphabet (google’s parent company). But react was far too widespread a concept for them to try to claim it as their exclusively used trademark. Fine Bros React would have been fine.

@Skeletorino Жыл бұрын

Hugo Boss would like to know your location

@JamesLawner Жыл бұрын

@@JTGwozdz or just simply, “ReactWorld”, since their goal was to make a global version of their React series.

@homelabsmart7635 Жыл бұрын

They were trying to prevent someone trademarking react and then claiming their channel. This is actually what people do. Look for successful startup companys and try to claim their names or whatever to takeover

@Beyondthe5thPanel Жыл бұрын

@@JTGwozdz Sadly Feli from Germany who got her start on KZfaq as “German Girl in America” making videos of her experiences here in America, particularly here in Cincinnati, faced this exact thing. Some lady who has a online shop or something, ended up going after her and Feli weirdly got a C&D for the name. Felix tried to come to some sort of agreement, seeing as how the two concepts were different, but to no avail.

@violetspersonalaccount.2344 Жыл бұрын

It's sad that when I was a kid I wanted to be on this show so badly. Keep in mind I was like 10 and had no idea about all the racist and shitty things they've done. I also didn't know that most of the reactions were staged.

@-Patali- Жыл бұрын

No you did know stop making excuses

@hoodlum1 Жыл бұрын

Same

@thatsboy7467 Жыл бұрын

@@-Patali- I don’t know if this is sarcasm or not but please tell me it is.

@brandonmyers3319 Жыл бұрын

@@-Patali- I require this to be satire

@the_username_is_taken Жыл бұрын

@@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide wtf

@yaboi2639 Жыл бұрын

Feels so weird seeing these kids grow up

@DP-nl4uq Жыл бұрын

I think that has more to do with it than anything. U start watching with a certain group and after a couple years I kinda age out of it so there’s a high turnover. U have your favorites but at a certain point u don’t care to know the newbies so you unsubscribe

@chuyozuna2398 Жыл бұрын

Crazy to know all those kids are our age 🤯

@elessal 10 ай бұрын

some of the girls still look smocking hot. others, like Lia, went downhill after their teens. others looked trashy from the begining and still do. in my opinion, Becca Hochman was her best when her boobs were small.

@jaelynnflores6447 9 ай бұрын

@@elessal bruhg what-

@AltimaNEO Ай бұрын

Poor Leah, though. She had some addiction problems as a young adult.

@margarethmichelina5146 Жыл бұрын

The case with Lia Marie Johnson is wild. She was the most popular on Kids and Teens React, has her own KZfaq Channel and the brothers dragged her down to be grommed by a 60 years old man then she was doing drugs even on Instagram Livestream. Thankfully, she went to rehab and has been recovered. Edit: I made a mistake to say relapsed before and I already deleted it. English is not my first language. My bad.

@balleybarrera144 Жыл бұрын

That's gucked up man that shit gives me flash back of friend's and people I know ho did drug's back in high school also I'm afraid to know what you meant by groomed that word have two meaning these day's maybe three.

@SamuraiSethGaming Жыл бұрын

You don’t know what relapsed means

@CurlyFry. Жыл бұрын

Relapsed? She went back to the drugs? 😅

@xobax Жыл бұрын

@@CurlyFry. actually yes she did. The first time was for alcohol, the second time was for drugs, so she basically relapsed.

@CurlyFry. Жыл бұрын

@@xobax I think they was referring to the third time. Which there wasn't one, because it didn't happen and they accidentally typed 'relapsed' when they obviously meant the opposite, then edited it very recently. 👍

@jessicawaite5140 Жыл бұрын

The react apology feels like I’m being yelled at and gaslit

@zaraemoji Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re covering them, they do WAYYYY toooo much to go unnoticed 😬

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Yeah I feel like they aren’t covered as much

@zaraemoji Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT Which is really weird considering how big their channel was. I was a long time subscriber and basically grew up with FBE and unsubbed after the BLM situation, I actually didn’t know of React world until I dug up all their baggage. After watching a lot of the reactors who left statements and videos (Like Kennedy) I noped outta there.

@isaiahp.4609 Жыл бұрын

@@zaraemoji the BLM situation?

@zaraemoji Жыл бұрын

@@isaiahp.4609 Basically what Bills said in the video, they made a Black Lives Matter Video but after Shane Dawnson’s cancellation around the same time they found Benny and Rafi’s racist videos that their black reactors had no idea about. Coupled on the fact that they weren’t treated the greatest, and that some of the reactors on the BLM video were sent death threats and were denied protection, Kennedy left and released a video explaining why which started a chain of events of other reactors leaving

@lylelylecrocodile2538 Жыл бұрын

@@zaraemoji that's awful

@MasWasThere Жыл бұрын

Man forgot all about that channel, watched them heavily in their early days. I feel like every KZfaq channel is bound to have some downward spiral tbh 😅

@gaminggladiator06 Жыл бұрын

I actually stopped watching the channel way back when they started doing the cring-inducing tactic of making reaction thumbnails when the faces are heavily distorted to “emphasize” the reaction. It was dumb, it looked dumb, and it just shows how much effort was put into the thumbnails. Seriously, all you have to do is go into photoshop, take a screenshot of someone’s reaction and use the bulge tool to grow the person’s eyes and mouth to uncanny proportions. It’s such a lazy tactic.

@Justus4Libertea Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it lazy, dumb, or cringe considering a majority of all successful channels do it and don't hide it. Even if you don't think someone did it, enlarge the photo and it's obvious. There's a reason ppl do it and it works. Ppl in YT and YTers have said their research shows not doing it decreases views. Do some enlarge it too much sometimes? Sure. But it's not dumb.

@youtubesucks1821 Жыл бұрын

@@Justus4Libertea It is dumb, successful, but still dumb. Tik Tok is incredibly popular and successful, but it's the dumbest platform around

@tashibalampkin8555 Жыл бұрын

I hate those type of thumbnails. If I see a video what a thumbnail like those, I keep on scrolling.

@ralsei3157 Жыл бұрын

That's what Matpat does with his Fnaf vids now

@catscanhavelittleasalami Жыл бұрын

@@ralsei3157 Matpat has been cringe for years.

@nagashtheundyingking4404 Жыл бұрын

my problem with the entire thing for me was how high and mighty they usually felt to me even tho all they did was make other people react to stuff not even themselves which just rubbed me the wrong way.

@razorblade3368 Жыл бұрын

I used to watch them all the time as a kid and looking back now I’m just disappointed

@luise.perezv.8702 Жыл бұрын

I remember when Tori and her boyfriend left FBE after the blackface scandal. They were super honest on Twitter about all the shit that went down internally at FBE that we fans never heard about

@websta3924 Жыл бұрын

Did anything else happen that wasn’t in the video?

@luise.perezv.8702 Жыл бұрын

@@websta3924, not really. They basically said the same things as the two guys from the Tok Tok video and the girl that left because of the blackface. I think that they maybe gave some more examples of abuses inside of FBE without giving names

@christinadoxstader3004 Жыл бұрын

And yet they both worked for the company beyond just appearing in react videos.

@remliqa Жыл бұрын

@@luise.perezv.8702 It wasn't just the blackface. They also revealed that there racial and sexual discrimination going on behind the scenes .

@jerichoakuma7441 Жыл бұрын

I remember back in 2016 during the copyright drama me and some old friends while in film class would watch a live stream of the Fine Bro's subscribers go down, we'd watch the stream while editing together our videos. It was insane, funny, and sad seeing them go from some 20M subscribers to like 10M in the course of a few weeks.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Sheeeeeshhhhh

@larniieplayz6285 Жыл бұрын

That’s a lot

@tashibalampkin8555 Жыл бұрын

I love this energy.

@aw2584 Жыл бұрын

They didn't even lose 1 mil back then, let alone 10 mil lol

@gandalf_thegrey Жыл бұрын

That's not sad, that's amazing!

@alfredoavalos714 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The oldest video from their channel was deleted and it is still there from other channels. It's basically about the Burger King mascot flipping off every other fast food and it was made around 2007.

@71.218-westshed Жыл бұрын

I saw a portion of that video while it was still on their channel. I also remember another that's gone now about Charlie Brown going through puberty. I didn't watch it though, only saw the thumbnail, but I'm probably not missing much.

@jackbuchanan9085 Жыл бұрын

If you thought the Blackface video was old and racist look up GI Joe The Epic Saga

@rubysapphire4566 Жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm being scolded and yelled at for being stupid instead of an apology lol

@whoami.24601 Жыл бұрын

I used to watch them a lot, especially when they added the community team with Tom, Tori, Eric, etc doing lives. But after a while it got so confusing as well because they kept rebranding and making a million side channels and then rebranding those. And then when covid hit and they stopped doing the lives I just left off and started getting into streaming lol. I always got super weird vibes from the fine bros but I liked a lot of the other people working on the staff and stuff so I think that’s why I kept watching for so long

@tylerdoesstuff6834 Жыл бұрын

Kinda wish you also mentioned their horrible movie they made about high school, even they themselves were homeschooled lol. You should watch it on your second channel or something and post the highlights of your watching of it.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

I could definitely do that!

@tylerdoesstuff6834 Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT It's mega cringe lol. Also look at the bros talking about the movie before it released and stuff, some unintentionally funny stuff in those too, like how they said that every single person watching it will have at least one character to relate to. Also one of the dads of the students as well as one comment by the principal are kinda creepy lol.

@ma.2089 Жыл бұрын

It’s more than just cringe tbh. The statutory r*pe/pedophilia jokes were creepy and disgusting, and That whole speech the guy gives while mentioning school shooting felt so deluded and ignorant. Much like the whole film.

@tylerdoesstuff6834 Жыл бұрын

@@ma.2089 When even the actor who played the dad is like "I was like, you want me to say this?", they should've known to rewrite things. Poor guy, he was just doing it for the paycheck.

@itsrxbin Жыл бұрын

them being homeschooled makes so much sense

@TheBloobster Жыл бұрын

I just want to give props to the people who took over the channel and turned it into People Vs. Food. They did an excellent job of rebranding, many of the reactors have now returned since there's new management, and their numbers are steadily increasing again. I'm happy for the good people that were able to keep it going without the trash at the top.

@MrParkerman6 Жыл бұрын

People vs Food is a separate channel, dumbass. They have many different channels.

@0FreakShow0 Жыл бұрын

I use to love elders react because they had a few badass older people who's names I can't remember but Rock. I always wished they'd explain stuff more to the elders lol

@user-qr2vo8pc9b Жыл бұрын

RIP Rock

@noahmezan2073 Жыл бұрын

I think most of them are dead now, if they weren’t already fired

@gabrielisaaccalmelor1949 Жыл бұрын

@@noahmezan2073 they have new elders react videos

@LeanMrfuzzles Жыл бұрын

@@noahmezan2073 A few of them are dead, but a lot of them are still around. Rock just died pretty recently.

@noahmezan2073 Жыл бұрын

@@LeanMrfuzzles just looked up who died and who was still alive. I’m surprised that after nearly ten years almost all of them except four or five are still alive

@Scott_Inksmith Жыл бұрын

Good coverage bro yeah this one kinda blew me away. Looking into this I never expected it to get so dark or hear how bad they treated people.

@navster100 Жыл бұрын

Look what happened to lia

@maximillianlylat1589 Жыл бұрын

I used to be addicted to this channel back in the day. I stopped watching a bit during the whole tradmark controversy and by the time i looked back in the channel i was overwhelmed by the surplus of content and havent really looked back. Hell i didnt even realize it was fully relabeled as react. Sucks to hear the react cast werent even allowed to really speak their mind

@redgarlicbred6228 Жыл бұрын

Lmao the apology still cracks me up. "well we're sorry you guys are too stupid to understand what we were trying to do, God, ppl these days"

@monsiu Жыл бұрын

It kinda sad stuff from our 2010's are slowly dying.... vine and og youtubers

@kat-ky2zf Жыл бұрын

i used to watch millie when i was like 10 and now that i look back it im truly disgusted they thought it was okay for kids my age or even younger to watch

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

I just saw a comment that said Millie wasn’t aimed at kids when it clearly was with the bright colors and tone

@Zulf85 Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT I would argue it still was aimed at adults or edgy teens as a parody, but in no way did they implement appropriate safeguards or warnings for the production. In a sense, that's even worse.

@zexura2 Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT i mean you could say that about a lot of adult cartoons and tv shows tho. Not all of them are dark and depressing but as someone else pointed out they just didn’t have the safeguards in place to keep a young impressionable audience from watching. Bojack Horseman, most adult swim shows, the midnight gospel, etc are all shows that are brightly colored or animal themed and look like they could be for kinds until you actually watch them. My name is Millie just spelled Mili and watching that as a kid put me in a weird place if that makes sense lol.

@klopferator Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT Dude, that is a stupid metric to decide whether something was aimed at kids. Do you think stuff for adults has to be all somber and muted?

@coffle1 Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT Idk seems like you either genuinely don’t understand the humor and targeting or you just want to double down and use the show to reinforce your perspective that they were “not the people viewers thought” for doing it. Back then there were no safeguards for kids and content creators were practically kids themselves who made videos they thought were funny Someone like Shane Dawson especially didn’t think too hard about who’d be watching his content either. Who and how his content might offend someone just wasn’t considered since the reach of youtube wasn’t nearly as big as it is today and I’m sure he thought as long as there’s no will to offend, there would be no harm done Now that he’s older and knows his past videos had an impact on a bigger audience of people he now condemns a lot of what he’s done and see’s how his content may have been offensive to some and how today he might have the mind to never have made certain videos

@screamingladybug6006 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I immediately unsubscribed after the trademark/copyright scandal. To think they tried to copyright an entire format done by thousands of people. That would be like copyrighting Minecraft let’s plays or the entire genre of Action movies. And what’s worse is, they started copyright striking other channels before they even got the trademark! Then I saw their “apology” video which is just them yelling at their viewers, and I never watched another reaction video again. I was just completely done with them

@PositivePasta14 Жыл бұрын

Funny you say that, Luke TheNotable, who pioneered the minecraft 100 days format, was trying to monopolize it all for himself.

@screamingladybug6006 Жыл бұрын

@@PositivePasta14 HA

@ahmadj7675 Жыл бұрын

@@PositivePasta14 did he trademark it? No.

@PositivePasta14 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmadj7675 just giving a little history here. Never said he did, just tried. He came around, or his PR team did...

@steffan9415 Жыл бұрын

What is funny is that playstation tried to trademark "lets play" format too.

@Mellow_Owl Жыл бұрын

I loved the react videos. I loved the elders, the kids, the teens! It breaks my heart knowing they went through such bullshit. :( I hope every last one of them is doing well and find success in their own ways. Fuck the Fine Bros for turning a good thing bad.

@callanelson329 Жыл бұрын

Ikr!! I think you can still find the videos on Snapchat or maybe it’s a similar channel

@moodymermaid3690 Жыл бұрын

I still don't understand why they didn't get as much flack as Shane Dawson for that disgusting "Hey, Millie!" show.

@misscookie5528 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, they worked very closely with Shane back in the day

@vestaviri Жыл бұрын

This is all new to me. I unsubbed from Fine Bros after the whole ordeal of them trying to trademark "React," and never looked back afterwards. The fact that these reactors, well, reactions weren't genuine and all scripted in the Fine Bros favor just really dampers the whole idea of their series. And the blackface thing is news to me to. They really fell off hard to the point of no return

@VampireMadonna Жыл бұрын

I had honestly forgotten about React until I came across the tiktok of the boys. Can't say I'm surprised but I'm saddened for the kids/talent involved. I can only imagine the dark stories that some of them have to tell. Wherever there are kids, there'll always be some kind of exploitation.

@turboshazed7370 Жыл бұрын

You and Sunny making straight bangers!!

@Honeydoomelon11 Жыл бұрын

Would you mind telling me the name of the channel of this Sunny person? I would like to check them out if they make similar content to Bills

@LlammaGT23 Жыл бұрын

@@Honeydoomelon11 sunnyv2

@uzomannorom1409 Жыл бұрын

Fr they're the best

@melaspink2535 Жыл бұрын

Frrr

@uno9331 Жыл бұрын

I literally just got done watching a sunny vid before this they’re bingable

@jeffreymodzelewski1865 Жыл бұрын

I love the apology video ! The look on their faces was priceless! "Why couldn't you just give us your money dammit? " lol 😆

@KingKonamiLive Жыл бұрын

Ah yes Sid the Sloth and Great Value V sauce. My favorite dynamic duo.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m dead

@mysterygamermgclues8864 Жыл бұрын

😂

@thatfatguy2061 Жыл бұрын

One of the most satisfying downfalls.

@ShortsMaGeeTV 6 ай бұрын

I love listening to these while working! I remember when the whole thing went down. However, I wasn’t aware of the full story

@dylan_was_taken Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I use to love watching KZfaqrs react back during the reign of the British KZfaqrs in ~2014, but didn't realise just how bad they became after the copyright drama Keep up the great work, Bills!

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dylan! I will

@aridreams567 Жыл бұрын

I remember vaguely liking react videos until I realized how fake they were. I think I watched them for a week or two before unsubbing.

@blazingstar9638 Жыл бұрын

Because they tried to copyright ‘Reaction’ videos 😂

@achillesroblox Жыл бұрын

I used to binge watch them every day and every night as a teen and remembering how amazing it was to actually watch the reactors grow up with me. Now, I would visit the channel once in a while but after knowing all of the issues, accusations, and whatnots, I never watch them anymore. Sometimes I try, but the new reactors are so loud and their reactions are so obviously fake.

@swiftc-stick3648 9 ай бұрын

Dang I vist them too

@EnchantedTooWell Күн бұрын

They don’t even ‘react’ to anything anymore it’s just guessing games and try not to challenges

@Cheetowitcheese Жыл бұрын

Could’ve used this video a couple of weeks back when I first tried to understand what the hell happened with these guys. When stumbling upon that video in the beginning.

@valalava1 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard such an angry apology 😂 the one with the glasses specifically omg lol

@Neko141212 Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but those two boys talking like that about Lia ... that's kinda fucked up. She's pretty clearly going through some awful times and then they're just joking about her :( I don't know if it's just due to the editing on this video or the Tiktok video, but it doesn't really make those boys come off looking good

@BoshyG Жыл бұрын

If youre into crack you dont deserve sympathy. You know what happens to crackheads, shits not a secret, if you want to go down that road then thats on you.

@denisehagwood1077 Жыл бұрын

Yeah drug addiction is an awful thing to go through, sucks they talk about her like that. They also just don't seem like nice people in general

@BoshyG Жыл бұрын

@@denisehagwood1077 dont try crack if you dont want to get addicted to crack then. Everyone is taught how shit crack is yet people feel the urge to try it. Some may get forced thats a bit different but the vast majority willingly tried it and so pay the consequences.

@heyitsmira17 Жыл бұрын

The way they talked abt it actually made me think it was a common thing for them. As if people they know having addictions was something rather common. Kinda sad

@Neko141212 Жыл бұрын

@@heyitsmira17 That's true. It's a sad thought :(

@birdiementlegen226 Жыл бұрын

The only good thing about the Fine Bros is how we got to grow up alongside the reactors.

@neganlanciani2941 Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised they didn’t get as much criticism with Hey It’s Millie or whatever it was called

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Right I was thinking the same thing

@setiajithegreat Жыл бұрын

2019 was a rocky year for my mental health and watching FBE keep me entertained and smile at the time, it's a shame what they have become now.

@sophiehanssel2017 Жыл бұрын

2019 was a rocky year for me too

@F0rever.B0red Жыл бұрын

There are more content creators that are more entertaining than React

@Reya_Sunshine Жыл бұрын

I used to be one of their paid subscribers. It was one of my first online communities. Was such a hard fall. Might want to mention their non-reaction to one of the Reactors requesting assistance with death threats and a stalker finding that Reactor's home address. The black Reactors that participated along with Kennedy in that video were only given 2 or 3 days to get their videos in, and were only offered compensation for their stories after Kennedy outed everything. It was weird to see their blanket apologize over a text post on Twitter, their smallest platform. And when they hired consultants to help them address the work place issues they hired the company, one of the VPs was hired from.

@RockyRakoon Жыл бұрын

I just thought that their popularity faded. I mean it’s been a decade and a half!

@EnergeticSpark63 4 ай бұрын

hey

@MantisssssssMan Жыл бұрын

Bro this video showed up in my recommended and I was shocked after watching and saw you only had 100k. Great work man keep it up, with content like this you’re gonna keep growing 📈📈

@DavidQuinn19 Жыл бұрын

I like how their apology was basically them saying how we were idiots for not understanding what they intended on doing with the trademark.

@ElultimoDurako Жыл бұрын

Finally I see someone talk about the first clip, we needed Bills to say something.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

😎😎 I needed to make this video

@MadridHou Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a deep dive about Channel awesome and the nostalgia critic

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

I could definitely add him to the list

@hrnypolarbear7864 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit good job on 100k you deserve a million I been here since 20 k I swear I watched one your videos last week to a month ago and you were at 50 k atleast it felt like last week

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you fam 🙏🏻

@40088922 Жыл бұрын

back in the day there was also a trend (that was briefly revived this year) of calling out reaction channels and reaction content. iDubbbz made a Content Cop on them, and while I don't think it was a direct major blow to the Fine Bros' reputation or something, it certainly helped to stoke the flames

@puckmarin Жыл бұрын

I remember back when they first launched kids and teens react. Sad to see how far they fell.

@bryanthegoalie5692 Жыл бұрын

Yoo weren't these the guys that tried suing people for reaction content

@ReinKayomi Жыл бұрын

And also trademarking "React", these guys think that reactions are their copyrighted thing

@dannyiscool5095 Жыл бұрын

of course they did

@ricardogonzalez-qm2dh Жыл бұрын

Yup

@remotelyanonymous Жыл бұрын

yep. they sued anyone who had the word “react” in their videos, because they tried to trademark the word “react” and failed miserably.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Yeah 🤦🏻‍♂️

@coolbrotherf127 Жыл бұрын

I was there back in the day watching the very early videos from like 2011-2014, but I was one of the people who unsubscribed during the react world stuff and haven't watched any videos since. I did hear about some of the other stuff, but didn't know they had actually left the channel completely.

@MrGreenHulk Жыл бұрын

It’s funny because the whole “Milly” saga was so much worse than even you made it out to be. I remember watching when I was younger because of how edgy it was, but looking back now I remember how gross that content was. They sexualized that puppet in every single video. The puppet was supposed to be an 8 year old girl talking to grown men. I remember every now and then thinking back on those videos and wondering when they would resurface.

@Reya_Sunshine Жыл бұрын

When it all came up again one of the staff members revealed there was still a framed photo of Milly in one of the main hallways, still pride of place sort of thing.

@buttnutt Жыл бұрын

Not surprised the greasy Fine Brothers dabbled in noncery.

@cinnarenaroll1292 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that good majority of the cast and staff left. Maybe some viewers wouldn't have known but lots of them spoke up about it on twitter at the time. It was upsetting to see certain reactors defend the Fine Bros though

@Melky_Man Жыл бұрын

Bills is at 100k? Holy shit good job man!

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you fam I appreciate that a lot 🙏🏻

@sims2lovealot 9 ай бұрын

This makes me really sad. I loved the whole react series back inthe day, especially Elders react. I loved hearing their stories, especially the ones where they realised that people actually liked watching their content and it made them cry. I realy hope all of the reactors are doing well now.

@chrismoreland5926 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for this video... I used to be a BIG FBE fan ... came back in 2021 and everything changed I knew it got rebranded and didn't know what happened

@nickmoney Жыл бұрын

Reaction content is controversial, whether it be on KZfaq or Twitch needs to add substance and more information to the content reacting to. That's why professionals adding input and correcting or confirming is more effective. FBE react is just stealing content more than anything.

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@nickmoney Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT I couldn't think of the word for some reason but React channel and Twitch reaction channels like anything to be transformative with the content reacting to.

@jblev736 Жыл бұрын

FBE was more advertising. Companies, etc would pay them to react to their products iirc

@khrisbatiste8822 Жыл бұрын

One of things that weirded me out was the producer in his thirties that started dating Micala as soon as she became legal it seemed

@markeljfox6708 Жыл бұрын

Dude for real that never sit right with me either 😭

@khrisbatiste8822 Жыл бұрын

@@markeljfox6708 he'd known her throughout her entire time on teens react. It felt like he groomed her.

@synnakae04 Жыл бұрын

Eww.. that’s gross 🤢

@craigime Жыл бұрын

wow i never knew that- that's crazy

@rebeccalogan6949 Жыл бұрын

Omg totally forgot about this

@calumgardner6936 Жыл бұрын

It’s such a crying shame watching this, literally almost the half the videos in my recommended on KZfaq from like 2011-2015 would be either a Teens, Kids, Elders or KZfaqrs React video, so to hear all that shit was going on behind the scenes for most of that time is pretty heartbreaking ngl. Also what is the actual point in doing reaction videos in the first place if the reactions from the people involved aren’t even what they genuinely think and are slightly forced upon them??

@zcythegeist Жыл бұрын

Now knowing this, I always thought that there were some unusual hard cuts when someone was answering a question in teens and kids React.

@glitchtrap3798 Жыл бұрын

Another channel I never heard of the fine Bros Learn something new every day Keep of the good work my friend

@ghostlycreations6 Жыл бұрын

It's a shame to find this stuff out about them recently since I used to watch them years ago, but stopped when I got out of high school or maybe a bit before. Also that apology video feels like they aren't sorry, they're just saying they're sorry because they got in trouble.

@letanthitemup8456 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting on this

@LuisSantiagoDiazPfeil Жыл бұрын

I remember that "copyright" disaster thing, a lot happened that week, they also tried to link themselves to other reaction channels and kinda offered this as some "job" for people who reacts, then they apologized again because everyone started hating em everywhere, then their numbers only went downwards... hope they stopped being such jerks and doing fine...

@camerondodge2070 Жыл бұрын

I stopped watching these guys nearly seven years ago now, and suffice to say I'm disappointed to find all this out. Not shocked, I already thought they were bad, garbage people, just disappointed. Come to think of it, the best thing to ever come from the Fine Bros work was all the people who were inspired to make their own videos and series. Many (read: all) of them were/are better than the bland content made by React. For instance, the Brony React series: fun, in the same style, and better than the Fine Bros shows.

@theshinyshinobi2936 Жыл бұрын

Oh man... I remember watching their content from 2010 when I was 10 myself, to I think 2015 or 2016. I watched the react series vicariously and would post collages of their videos on Instagram and got to kinda interact with the kids and teens on the React videos themselves. I loved their content, but dropped off once the controversy came along with the REACT copyright stuff in 2016

@SaturnineXTS 10 ай бұрын

The early Fine Bros sketches "released under the RavenStake" banner were absolutely hilarious. It's a huge shame they can be no longer found online, but that only shows that with enough money, one can have quite a lot of agency in terms of removing stuff from the net. I always thought nothing got lost on the internet, but apparently stuff like "New Father's Day" or "New Year's Resolutions" (my favorite sketches by them) are lost now. I had them downloaded somewhere, but that was many years and PCs ago :(

@Xaynew Жыл бұрын

The moment they tried to trademark the word "React" and made a shitty apology, it was down hill from that then on.

@crisr.8280 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. Realized I was still subscribed to "REACT" and haven't watched any vid since late 2018 Great vid, here's my like and subscribe and planning to go through your other previous coverage

@MrRapmaster19 Жыл бұрын

I think it goes beyond all of the controversy you mentioned. I feel a lot of people who watched it (myself included) grew up and just got bored of the content.

@EnchantedTooWell Күн бұрын

The novelty wore off after a while

@Vlad19957 Жыл бұрын

Completely forgot about these dudes

@BayoOnYouTube Жыл бұрын

Yoo i just saw that clip at the beginning on Facebook then hopped on youtube and this the first video i see😭🔥

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

Woahhhh your phone FBI agent is going crazy 🤣

@BayoOnYouTube Жыл бұрын

@@BillsYT i love your vids bro keep dropping bangers🔥

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

@@BayoOnKZfaq thank you 🙏🏻

@allthingshockey9688 Жыл бұрын

I remember when they tried to copyright the “react format” they literally said in a video or in an article that any video with the word react in it would be partially owned by them or something stupid like that. That’s what greed does

@SpikeyPancake Жыл бұрын

Moral of the Story: No matter how successful you become, your past can always come back to haunt you. Even the smallest choices you make in the past can have the biggest impacts on your future.

@belinus7180 Жыл бұрын

Especially when former staff warned them about those videos well before they resurfaced.

@BrandonHeat243 Жыл бұрын

Is that supposed to be a good thing? Seems pretty psychotic to me. "You made a joke a long time ago that is not PC by today's standards? Time to get kicked out of society...." is a very bloodthirsty mindset to have. A shame it's so popular these days. I haven't paid attention to them since the React World controversy and didn't realize that in the end it wasn't that that killed their channel but stupid BLM cancel culture nonsense. Never expected to walk away from this video feeling kind of bad for The Fine Bros.

@Alexael9922 Жыл бұрын

They really tried to monopolize on trademarking a whole genre of KZfaq culture of react which would of destroyed every react chanel besides them which tells you who they are

@chicomac8450 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know they sold their own channel. Great video

@IllusionsVevo Жыл бұрын

been waiting for this

@BillsYT Жыл бұрын

😎😎

@KQueen39 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video but it was strange to have the same sepia tinted video footage of just that one interview with the kid from way long ago and your voice over layer on top of that for so many seconds especially towards the conclusion. You need to include a few more video clips or montages to keep it interesting

@Mskittenlover12 Жыл бұрын

Man, I loved these videos in high school. I always wished I could be an Teens React and then very briefly on Adults React. I think 2019 was the last year I really actively watched the channel. I was 20 that year. I'm glad I never was now, though. It was clearly hell.

@ubaechan268 Жыл бұрын

when I was in middle school, I used to watch millie and even submitted a question for the ask millie segment. I was just a kid and thought it was light-hearted. my question definitely got answered... I got flooded with dozens of hate messages shortly after the video posted. I had to delete my account because it was too much. For the most part I've overcome trauma, but I still wouldn't want to rewatch that video.

@relientkenny Жыл бұрын

i noticed the views on the channel have gone down and was curious and never looked into it and this video got recommended to me today and i had NO idea about these controversies

@KenDawg25k Жыл бұрын

Great vid my guy. Cant wait for the next one. Have a great day.

@RayMak Жыл бұрын

They were so big

@missrudy500 Жыл бұрын

Only one min in and is sad. I used to love this channel (just outgrew it) all the faces they showed so far used to be my favorite kids. Kinda sucks to hear how they was treated. I’m not surprised tho. Now let me continue

@iheartsushi90 Жыл бұрын

That explains so much. I was wondering what happened to them b/c all of a sudden it's REACT and not FBE. What happened to the other reactors though? Are the Elder Reactors okay?

@heyitsmira17 Жыл бұрын

Wow, the only controversy I knew abt them was the copyright thing, and then the tiktok video with the 2 ex reactors. Crazy...

@oAPXo Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for every person they had on the show, especially the kids and older folks.

@MaikuWotaharu Жыл бұрын

I'm one of the people that stopped subscribing to them after the React World fiasco. I used to be a supporter of Benny and Rafi: their "All We Know" podcast, their rapid-fire "Spoiler" videos (even got featured on their second channel doing their blooper string and contributed elements to it), and their "Emo Dad" cartoon. The thing that left the bad taste in my mouth was Benny's portion of the apology video. He looked more like a spoiled child that was forced to apologize than an adult being sincere about his intentions. I was so incensed that I blocked their channels on KZfaq and all their social media accounts on the platforms I use. I was truly done.