Watch: Popular YouTuber explains why she “sold out”

Filmmaker and actress Anna Akana, whose YouTube channel crests one million subscribers and 100 million views, got a bit of flack for selling ads on her popular videos. She lost some subscribers, self-proclaimed die-hards accused her of “selling out” in the comments section. Her response? “If a sellout is someone who puts high value on their work, than sure. If a sellout is someone who recognizes that money frees up your time to work on non-paying passion projects, awesome! If a sellout is someone who loves what they do, but also wants to make a living at it, than yeah.” Call her a sellout.