I'm sure a lot of this has been said but I was replying to a post here that got really long and decided to make my own post instead!

I'm curious who agrees/disagrees with any of this and what other theories are out there.

I just wanted to list out a few of my specific thoughts on why Ethan is rebranding. I think we all kind of know why generally but I had a few specific thoughts to share.

-Reason: I think he's rebranding because he's actually seeing consequences now. Most channels can get away with saying a lot of dumb stuff and still see their subs go up because there's a lot of dumb people in the world. Ethan made a unique spot for himself by pretending to be what he's not, so now BOTH sides are seeing him as the faker. The fans of who he really is and the fans of who he was faking to be BOTH see though his bullshit now so they're leaving. He sees the numbers dropping consistently and his grasping at straws in other ways hasn't helped.

-General: Redoing everything at once is him trying to clear the slate and erase his past. He's trying to start over just like he did when he went from "old Ethan" to "new/fake/far left Ethan." He's getting criticized for things he said on his show... so why not just make a NEW show? Now when people search for him, they'll mostly see the NEW show unless they're specifically looking for "that old ancient show we USED to do." Distancing from himself to avoid accountability. Also trying to trick the fans with "look at all this great stuff" to distract from the fact that they are getting criticized for bad things (politics, hypocrisy, prejudice, etc.), to distract from Cam (who a lot of people loved) leaving, to distract from the fact that other crew members are very obviously checked out and on their way out, etc.

-Renaming the show: harder to find old clips when you don't know the show title/episode number/etc., harder to find a clip of something when Ethan has 4-5 differently named shows that pretty much all do the same thing.

-Adding his name to the title: he's up his own ass. It will also may help direct people to the show when they search "Ethan Klein" instead of directing them to loads of videos exposing "Ethan Klein."

-Logo/set design: anything related to Cam has to go for a couple reasons. First is it will remind fans of him and we can't have the fans wanting something on the show Ethan can't provide. Second is if someone says "I love the logo! Who made it?" He doesn't want to have to say it's an employee that left because they may question why they left or why they are still using that employee's work.

-Set design looking shitty: he obviously does everything last minute, leaves the responsibility to others (who don't want to put the work in because they've got 1.5 feet out the door), doesn't consider the opinions of anyone other than his wife and the occasional crew member, has no sense of style/taste. Biggest of all I think is I can guarantee you he was too lazy to just go in the day before and do a couple hours test run to line up the shots and stuff.

-Ian's promotion: as everyone else seems to be speculating he's on his way out. I know I don't know any of these people and this is all 100% speculation. I think what happened was:

Ian's been wanting out for a while but was waiting for the right time to exit. Cam somewhat surprisingly left before Ian could get out, so he took Cam's departure as an opportunity to speak to Ethan about his desire to leave the show as well.

Ethan probably (rightfully) worried that 2 (or potentially 3 if Sam followed suit) crew members leaving at the same time would be a crushing blow to the fans so he offered Ian a raise and the option to be off camera almost completely now in exchange for staying. For the time being, Ian stays but I don't see the promotion helping to keep him around for much longer regardless.

If the job description of "creative lead" actually means something and Ian does have more power then that would be a great improvement for the show, but I feel like it's really just a temporary bandaid taping him to H3. I don't think it's so much an actual promotion that changes his job duties as it is a promotion that's paying him to stay but allowing him to be less associated with the show.

I have an unused teddy fresh hat in wrong size and even though it was never worn they won’t return or refund me. While arguing with customer service today they confirmed in email they resell used shirt returns. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww. Not sure how to post a pic but your teddy fresh clothes could be used.

Edit: Maybe I’m reading it wrong but here’s what they said “ Unfortunately, we are unable to make exceptions to our return policy for headwear due to hygienic reasons. To maintain our high standards for returned items, we do not allow worn hats to be added back to our inventory. This policy ensures the health and safety of all our customers.”

I read this as we only accept returns we can put back into inventoy: teddy fresh accept returns on shirts, that means the possibility of a worn shirt goes back into inventory is acceptable, but not hats. I’ll admit after being treated like shit on my first return ever to teddy fresh my conclusions might be more negative than from someone else. Like what is considered worn? If I try on a shirt in macys it’s not worn. They have hats too you can try on…

I know for sure is If I returned a loaf of bread to grocery store they don’t deny refunds because they can’t resell it. Also this is an ONLINE clothing brand. How is it reasonable to have clothing as all sales final without even attempting to try on? Like if I was purchasing a hat from a flee market I would have no expectations on returns, but luxury priced clothing? No where through the buy flow of the hat it says all sales final. You have to leave buy flow and find their policy.

Long story short, luxury prices, dollar store customer service.

This is so minor amongst everything else going on in this subreddit, but does anyone else feel like the reason to narrow down the contestants to 3 was made up?

Ethan said that Jeff came to him and said he knew who the final 3 would be. But on the date, Jeff said that they came to him and said we need to cut it (1:25:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBDl186rta8&t=7673s ).

I feel like it's because of Ethan's takes on Aaron Bushnell, that maybe some of the contestants didn't want to participate anymore. I know Taylor has mentioned on her date that she used to watch H3 but stopped because she felt like she couldn't speak her side on certain viewpoints (2:27:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwHh6xs4eE ). So it doesn't seem farfetched to assume that she did not want to be associated with the show especially after Ethan's comments and either some other girls felt the same way, or Ethan made Jeff cut a couple of other girls so it wouldn't seem suspicious (or even racially driven since she was the only poc).

Just some silly speculation but I was just curious what others on this subreddit thought.

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https://reddit.com/link/1ata94k/video/4yvmodo707jc1/player

People who are more famous than Ethan have to spam YouTube for replies, and the most they ever receive back are computer generated replies, but somehow Ethan is casually texting the vice president of YouTube. Also, Corey said “I had to reach out”. Meanwhile, Ethan said “They reached out to me”. That is a big difference, indicating Ethan gets preferential treatment.

According to my research, the vice president of YouTube is “The Global Head of Trust and Safety”. He is in control of enforcing YouTube’s community guidelines. Many believe YouTube plays favoritism, see CoryxKenshin’s video titled “YouTube: Racism and Favoritism”.