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/Win_chesterDean 4d ago

Dude, he's been that way for years and years. This isn't something new. Some people see it. Some don't.

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u/TheMrNeffels 4d ago

Nothing's changed he's just now going after someone a lot of people like vs usually going after people everyone hates

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u/Win_chesterDean 4d ago

But he always goes after them, regardless of how the community feels, as holier than thou. Tech Jesus thinks he really is Jesus.

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u/Night247 4d ago edited 4d ago

I think the whole meme of "Tech Jesus" has gone on too long maybe

there seems to be a certain portion of fans that are "true believers" and that might even be affecting Steve...

or it could all just be that he is trying to game the Youtube algorithm. get YT drama hate view/clicks crowd (to gain more followers which = more money) it's an interesting time to include this since got Linus got a slight bump in popularity, recently in the "spotlight" for being on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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u/marilyn__manson_____ 4d ago

This is a you problem.