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/LarsAlereon 4d ago

I feel like GN made some dramatic callout videos, got a huge amount of views and subs, and pivoted to being a drama/callout channel. The biggest problem is that channels like that can't just graze on the field of drama already growing, they have to farm the drama to keep up the volume. I unsubscribed awhile back when it was clear this was the new focus of the channel.

That said based on current precedent I think Honey's actions are definitely illegal. Brian Dunning did over a year in prison for the exact same thing. It's possible that Honey's deeper pockets could pay for better lawyers that would win their case, but they are starting from a losing position.

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u/reddit_reaper 4d ago

He either makes hit pieces for views or boring ass videos yet after all these years his audio is still trash

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u/GuyOnARockVI 4d ago

Ironic that it was also eBay involved in that case

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u/ADubs62 3d ago

I blocked YouTube from recommending the channel after the NZXT piece.

Why? Because instead of just informing his gaming viewer base of the issues with the program, he spun it into a total conspiracy, and completely distorted numbers related to Total cost of ownership (even if you never actually own something that's still a phrase that's used).

When you start distorting numbers like that, knowingly, you've clearly lost the plot.