This time, people are mad over MKBHD’s latest video: a giant advertisement and includes a first-person clip of him speeding recklessly in a car.
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Marques Brownlee is dealing with another commenter backlash. Fans of Brownlee are furious that his latest video, titled “How My Video Gear is Changing!” on the MKBHD YouTube channel, is a fully sponsored segment for DJI, rather than an editorially independent review. The video also contained a clip of Brownlee driving a sports car way over the speed limit on a suburban road.
Commenters have flooded the video with criticism, calling out Brownlee for running the sponsored segment. “This can’t even be considered a sponsored video anymore. It’s literally just a ten minute advertisement,” reads one comment with more than 12,000 likes.
In response, Brownlee edited the video to remove the clip of him speeding. It had originally shown him exceeding 95 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone and speeding past a sign on the road warning drivers to slow down for children. Brownlee pinned his own comment on the video this afternoon, saying he cut out the “unnecessary driving clip” and that he “hears everyone’s feedback on sponsored videos.” He then posted an acknowledgment and apology on X saying it was “absolutely inexcusable and dangerous.”
This is the second loud backlash against Brownlee in about two months. In late September, fans criticized him for launching an expensive wallpaper app; he later addressed the situation and made changes to the app that seemed to rectify some of the loudest complaints.
Brownlee has increasingly been expanding beyond his traditional YouTube videos. He’s worked on physical products, like his Atoms shoes collaborations, and he joined the board at wallet maker Ridge.
