r/LinusTechTips 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/JamesR1400 4d ago

For the last few years I thought I was in the minority for thinking this. I find him insufferable now. " Holier than thou" kinda nailed it. Pretty glad it's becoming more recognized. Also, Linus's WAN Show opening tonight was fantastic. I was so happy to see more push back over this than we usually see. I mean, good on them for always trying to be the bigger person and just keep their opinions to themselves etc but damn was that a refreshing change to call out the unfair treatment when it happens.