I just want to put my two cents in. As a fellow YouTuber, I can really get Connor’s struggle with trying to get good content out while staying punctual. Connor has both YouTube and a full time job, and I can imagine how hard it is to juggle those. I personally struggle with staying punctual with uploads (Haven’t uploaded in a while now) and I am very impressed Connor has kept the daily, sometimes twice daily uploads.
Also, the algorithm has been quite unkind to model aviation recently, and that could be the reason why people will do anything to try to get a few more loyal viewers. I’m guilty of that too.
Engagement “bait” like “comment below” is not a scummy thing to do, If you know YouTube and know the algorithm that is exactly what creators need to grow bigger audiences.
I think Connor makes some great content and I think people are really over-hating here. That’s my two cents on this.