Canadian Becomes A Filipino Citizen

[azntravlr]

1 hour ago, BrettGC said:

Is it baiting or having a target audience, same as any other business?  Either way it's a model that's working for him, good on him I say; living a life he loves and managing to make a living off it to boot.  Kudos to him I reckon. I don't particularly dislike his content, some of it I find interesting, but he's not a guy I watch a lot and that makes sense, I'm not his target audience;  middle-aged male living as an expat.  Kommander Duat is much the same.  

His target audience are Filipinos 

[azntravlr]

6 hours ago, JJReyes said:

This is the reason why the Philippines has so many successful foreign vloggers compared to countries like Thailand.  Many give up and relocate to the Philippines after realizing the English-speaking audience in Thailand is less than 100K.  A substantial number of viewers for Philippine related vlogs are OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) who are nostalgic for home.  The advertisers pay more for audiences from countries like the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

It’s the YouTube algorithm. The advertising pay depends on the content provided in the channel. Some pay less some pay more. 

[Jollygoodfellow]

12 hours ago, BrettGC said:

Is it baiting or having a target audience, same as any other business?  Either way it's a model that's working for him, good on him I say; living a life he loves and managing to make a living off it to boot.  Kudos to him I reckon. I don't particularly dislike his content, some of it I find interesting, but he's not a guy I watch a lot and that makes sense, I'm not his target audience;  middle-aged male living as an expat.  Kommander Duat is much the same.  

I used to watch most of his videos back in the early days as they were fun and adventurous. These days I look occasionally as I find his videos have changed and become boring about his home life and friends rather than what they once were. He has done well over the years and is well-known by Filipinos so good for him and no crab mentality from me.  

[BrettGC]

15 hours ago, azntravlr said:

His target audience are Filipinos 

That's my point. 

[OnMyWay]

On 3/14/2023 at 12:19 PM, fillipino_wannabe said:

Not really a fan of his videos but to be fair his pinoy baiting isn't as bad as most others.
'WOW is this really the Philippines!?'

I must be behind the times.  I never heard of pinoy baiting until this thread, and Wikipedia has a reference.

On 3/14/2023 at 12:26 PM, BrettGC said:

Is it baiting or having a target audience, same as any other business?  Either way it's a model that's working for him, good on him I say; living a life he loves and managing to make a living off it to boot.  Kudos to him I reckon. I don't particularly dislike his content, some of it I find interesting, but he's not a guy I watch a lot and that makes sense, I'm not his target audience;  middle-aged male living as an expat.  Kommander Duat is much the same.  

Agree.  Pinoy baiting?  Who made this up?  Sounds like like a something a pinoy vlogger made up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_baiting

Edited March 15, 2023 by OnMyWay

[Dave Hounddriver]

31 minutes ago, Major Tom said:

There’s no need to visit Canada

If you say so.  Being from there, he may be of another opinion.  Perhaps he wants to go visit family and friends one day.  Good luck with that.

[Dave Hounddriver]

13 minutes ago, Major Tom said:

since you had previously stated that he would have to visit Canada to officially renounce his citizenship.

I do not recall saying that.  Please quote stuff like that.

[Ziggy]

On 3/11/2023 at 6:23 PM, Dave Hounddriver said:

So it looks like more of a formality for the foreigner to renounce their original citizenship.  It would be entirely impractical for a Canadian to do that.  They would not be able to visit Canada on a Philippine passport. 

As per request.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Major Tom

[Joey G]

All this Canadian citizen and Canadian visa talk makes me wonder how they handle NHL players from a dozen different countries flow so freely between the US and Canada during the NHL hockey season.... or maybe it's harder than I thought. Like what if a Filipino made a NHL hockey team???? Maybe I'm stretching the envelope here.

[BrettGC]

1 minute ago, Joey G said:

All this Canadian citizen and Canadian visa talk makes me wonder how they handle NHL players from a dozen different countries flow so freely between the US and Canada during the NHL hockey season.... or maybe it's harder than I thought. Like what if a Filipino made a NHL hockey team???? Maybe I'm stretching the envelope here.

Most countries have specific visas to deal with sports people and entertainers.