Ever since his notorious ban from Twitch last year, Dr Disrespect has been streaming on the YouTube gaming service, carrying over the Champions Club, his Lamborghini, and of course, the flip phone. Recently though, the Doc has expressed some issues with YouTube's streaming platform, citing problems with the way it handles its subscriber benefits and users being unable to clip moments from a livestream.
Despite his ban from Twitch, Dr Disrespect has remained incredibly popular, with many suggesting that his move to the platform has driven its popularity up by a large margin. While the YouTube gaming platform is growing though, it is still behind its competitor, Twitch, in terms of overall viewership, and many YouTube streamers are curious as to why the platform isn't working harder to catch up.
During the Doc's stream on Thursday, fellow Call of Duty streamer ZLaner attempted to make a clip of a moment on Dr Disrespect's channel, only to discover he wasn't able to. When ZLaner complained about the missing feature, Dr Disrespect responded by saying "You can't do anything on YouTube, Z" and went on to describe YouTube's livestreaming service as "underdeveloped." The Doc pointed out that YouTube gaming has only just added the ability for streamers to turn on subscriber-only chat, a feature which was implemented on Twitch in 2019, or if Doc is to be believed, 1999.
After seeing footage of Dr Disrespect's complaints about the platform, head of YouTube Gaming, Ryan 'Fwiz' Wyatt finally responded on Twitter, saying "love it. Good feedback,
@drdisrespect. We're in the lab working on some things that I think the 2x will like." The Doc responded, suggesting that if YouTube would only spend an hour with him, "the whole platform would be taken to the next level for life." While many assumed that would be the end of the conversation, Wyatt actually accepted Doc's offer, supposedly having his people talk to Doc's people to set up a formal meeting.
Dr Disrespect isn't the first YouTube streamer to criticize the platform's lack of features. Valkyrae, one of YouTube's biggest streamers, has talked in the past about the lack of a directory for YouTube clips and for streamers, saying that it's impossible to even find streamers on YouTube, as well as the livestream service's slow response time to addressing many of its issues. While Fwiz has given many people hope that a meeting with Dr Disrespect can help to push YouTube in the right direction, many are speculating that, as Valkyrae has suggested, the changes could take a long time to be put into place.