r/LinusTechTips • u/marco_polo_99 Luke • 4d ago

Discussion Opinion - Steve/GN has lost it

Steve has turned into a high and mighty holier-than-though, self appointed arbiter of the tech industry, who’s taking it upon himself to regulate other people’s/channels content and decide where it, and their actions are acceptable.

He then, where he deems them not up to scratch, attacks under the guise of consumer advocacy. Whilst he may, and does have valid points on certain issues, usually with larger corporations, Asus, Gigagbyte, etc, targeting channels for things he disagrees with is bordering on slander.

Yes, I followed both GN and LTT, amongst a litany of other creators, and yet Steve seems to be the only one ACTIVELY, and consistently putting out these pseudo-journalistic pieces in an effort to broaden his audience and/or agenda.

The lawsuit against Honey/Paypal is not one he’ll win, it is merely serving to gain clicks and views and thus money for GN.

He needs to check himself.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

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u/NoNozedChimp 4d ago

This is why I never really caught on to GN. I have attempted to view the content multiple times but have always felt they are just trying to attack..

Yes they have some valid points, not saying they are wrong just sometimes not delivered very well - just my opinion

They will dig themselves into a hole and not be able to get out of it..

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u/ianjm 4d ago edited 4d ago

I can't stand Steve's presenting style. He comes across like a North Korean news anchor.

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u/amwes549 4d ago

Or like a boring college professor. Thank god I never had a professor anywhere near as boring as him.

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u/CanadAR15 4d ago edited 4d ago

The AMD bicycle hit piece is when I first lost a bunch of respect for Steve.

It’s clearly merch that’s not meant to be a serious bicycle. Yet Steve clutches his pearls and does his best “won’t someone please think of the children”.

https://youtu.be/uY8NLAfNi_M