Back in December 2018 I booked a 2 week stay at HRH UO / AS Movies at WDW for this December (just a few weeks to go!!!) and having not been for nearly 20 years I began searching out videos, reviews, forums etc for hotels, parks, food etc etc.
I found a HRH tour by Tim and have since watched tons of his videos and found them fun and informative - but it's not exclusive. For me The Tim Tracker channel offers a variety of reviews, some sponsored and many not, to me it makes no difference, they are still informative and have helped me hugely in making decisions on what to do and more importantly what not to do.
Likewise here on DIS I have found a wealth of information, help and advise, so I mix all that info up to make informed decisions on our upcoming holiday.
I'm only interested in the parks/attractions/hotels, so I'm over the moon at their news of becoming parents, but I don't follow those particular vlogs.
I'm sure, like many, I have viewed many vlogs and found them absolutely appalling, with horrendous music, jittery filmimg, noise and just very badly presented, but with The Tim Tracker I always find them professionally put together and very watchable.
With regards to the freebies etc, I really don't care. The channel has grown and become more and more popular and they are therefore now invited to events and/or can offer reviews - I've never thought these specific reviews are particularly bias, they just provide information and video footage that people can see for themselves.
I've certainly seen negative reviews in their vids, it's not always positive - especially when discussing prices of merch etc.
For me personally I will continue to watch the channel as well as discuss issues here, as I say, it's not exclusive - every post, video, thread helps to inform and entertain.