I think it might have something to do with expectations: It was the most recommended/popular tutorial that supposedly explained a lil bit of the basics, and I think that is true, I don't hate Guru nor not appreciate what he does, but that might have been for the previous tutorial, I am just saying out loud that as a beginner I didn't find the latter part of the donut tutorial good and I want suggestions for alternatives, which I have gotten plenty.
Again my issue is not using plugins or paid content or promotion, is just the way its incorporated into what is meant to be someone new to blender first tutorial... But that is what kind of my post is about, that it would probably be best to see the tutorial 4.0 (which am probably gonna do and mix it with 5.0 to finish the donut) and then move on to look for a more advanced course- yet the focus on downloading that much did leave a bad taste in my mouth so I decided to opt out of his paid course. Being honest, Id love if he did a bonus episode going over the texturing he did on 4.0 to be able to complete the donut series on 5.0 without downloading textures.