I suspect that this "fuck you, pay me" attitude he so brazenly has been showcasing, is the result of DSP Reacts and DSP Politics failing. He let slip a few times that he talked to his major whales about the future of his channel and that they said he should focus on video games and not other stuff, like politics. In other words, they basically told Phil that he's their personal jester and if he wants to keep receiving the big donations, he better keep playing video games until the day he dies. That was probably when realised that his life is being controlled by a few whimsical, mentally ill faggots and in order for his narc ego to compensate, he countered their attitude with, "you want me play video games? Fine, but you'll have to keep your word and pay me every stream." He outright said that he wanted to shift away from video games and I think it's obvious he resents the people that prevented him from being able to do that.