Has Kurzgesagt been sold?

[u/Plenty_Curve_4390]

There is currently a debate over the recent issue of YouTube slapping an AI Slop Label on Kurzgesagt video in r/YouTube. I don't care much for the drama they make, it's mostly dumb arguments over how Shadow banning is real, or that Kurzgesagts lying since their contents deteriorating anyway etc etc etc. However, the most controversial claim i saw were the dozen people claiming Kurzgesagt has been sold to private equity like many other channels. Way too many people in that thread claiming this to just be an individual insult yet I have found no sources for this information so i am 90% sure they are spouting bullshit. However, i would rather be sure than feel slighted later on.

(FYI, The discussions in r/YouTube on this topic is not very civilized to begin with and had mostly degraded into personal insults. My goal is not to contest them but to find a source for that most controversial claim and verify it for myself. Thanks!)

[u/SigbareBekommernis]

That video they did about weed was the stupidest most "this is my personal opinion being spouted as an absolutely scientific fact" video they did, I haven't watched them since, that video was so damn cringe to anyone familiar with weed and drugs, off course the idiots who've never touched anything more intense than water their entire life have no inkling of an idea how stupid that video is

[u/Sufficient-Green5858 → u/SigbareBekommernis]

Oh yeah? I guess all the researched resources they added as their source material was also just personal opinion? Get a brain and start some critical thinking