>>13734038There are rrats that Bilibili orchestrated this so that they, and the CCP in extension, can control the VTuber market fully. Particularly, they are eyeing the resources of Hololive, then a burgeoning brand, and they are not content with just being an exclusive host. It just so happened that the Hololive VTuber they most hated committed a yab, and so they pushed hard.