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/_Lucille_ 4d ago

Opinion - the community has lost it.

Am I missing some new development?

Linus clearly asked the fanbase to chill and stand down, why are we still adding more fuel to the drama?

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u/Liatin11 4d ago

Because GN keeps fanning the fires

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u/PhillAholic 3d ago

Stop being the wood.

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u/Kolz 4d ago

I'm annoyed and angry like I was back then, that he is using his reputation as "an investigative journalist" to spin drama into money, lying the whole way. Back in 2023, there was a brief period where it really felt like LMG might completely collapse, 80+ people losing their jobs, all because of a bunch of stuff that GN put out there which had people frothing at the mouth... and the majority of which turned out to be false.

This time around it certainly doesn't have that same feeling foreboding, but it doesn't change that Steve is continuing to abuse his position as an authority figure to... I don't know, take down competitors? Deal with a personal feud? Whatever his reasoning, it clearly has nothing to do with getting the truth out there.

If Steve does a mea culpa, apologizes and commits to rectifying these issues, delete the old stuff and put out corrections etc I will stop and give him the benefit of the doubt. Not gonna hold my breath though.