I can't comment on whether they're "well respected" in the VFX industry,

They aren't, because they aren't in the vfx industry.

you're being misleadingly hostile.

No, this is honesty. People who only know vfx through fake youtubers want to defend them, but it's the blind leading the blind for clicks and views.

Just because their career focuses on producing web content doesn't mean they're any less talented than someone working on feature films.

They built their channel criticizing people who work on feature films. Their work is good according to them and acolytes who buy into it, but people who think they represent vfx don't realize this and suddenly it isn't fair to point out the truth.

> No, this is honesty.

No, it's bullshit.

From Wikipedia[1]:

> Corridor Digital LLC is an American independent production studio based in Los Angeles, known for creating pop-culture-related viral online short-form videos since 2010, as well as producing and directing the Battlefield-inspired web series Rush and the YouTube Premium series Lifeline. It has also created television commercials for various companies, including Machine Zone and Google.

You clearly have some bone to pick with them, but they're accomplished VFX artists. Whether they're good or not is a separate matter, but they're not "fake youtubers" or misleading anyone, unlike yourself.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corridor_Digital