David Dobrik steps down from Dispo as lead investor cuts ties from camera app YouTube: David Dobrik, DispoYouTube star David Dobrik has stepped down from his camera app Dispo following a string of allegations against his content group, Vlog Squad. Originally known as \u2018David\u2019s Disposable,\u2019 the app was launched in December 2019 and quickly found success. They have since raised two investments and were recently valued at $200m. Now, following quickly from allegations levelled at several members of the Vlog Squad, companies and investors alike are hitting Dobrik where it hurts: his pockets. As per a report by The Information, the YouTuber has stepped down from the app\u2019s board in an effort to distant himself from the project to not retract from their success. \u201cDavid has chosen to step down from the board and leave the company to not distract from the company\u2019s growth,\u201d a representative for Dispo said in a statement. \u201cDispo\u2019s team, product, and most importantly- our community- stand for building a diverse, inclusive, and empowering world. Spark Capital, the company that led Dispo\u2019s recent $20 million investment, has also announced that it would be severing ties with the app. The firm have stepped down from the board and are \u201cin the process\u201d of ensuring they don\u2019t profit from their investment. Seven Seven Six, who led Dispo\u2019s seed round, have tweeted in response to the situation. They\u2019ve not only declared their support in the app\u2019s parting with Dobrik, but they have also decided to donate profits garnered from their investment to an organization that works with sexual assault survivors. They\u2019ll remain part of the company, however. In March 2021 alone, Dobrik has lost hundreds of thousands of followers, a collection of major sponsors, and Dispo has been \u2018review-bombed\u2018 on the app store. The likes of HBO, Amazon, and EA Sports have all declared they will no longer work with him due to recent controversies. The leader of the Vlog Squad responded to some of the allegations on March 16 through a video on the YouTube channel of his VIEWS podcast. \u201cI love being able to make people happy for a living. That\u2019s all that I want to do. That being said, consent is something that\u2019s super important to me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether I\u2019m shooting with a friend or a stranger, I always make sure I have the approval from that person. There\u2019ve been moments where I\u2019ve looked back on videos and I\u2019ve realized these don\u2019t represent me anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
David Dobrik steps down from Dispo as lead investor cuts ties from camera app YouTube: David Dobrik, DispoYouTube star David Dobrik has stepped down from his camera app Dispo following a string of allegations against his content group, Vlog Squad. Originally known as \u2018David\u2019s Disposable,\u2019 the app was launched in December 2019 and quickly found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}