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Well yeah, because he's objectively wrong, yet doubled and (I think) tripled down on it.
What he meant was that blocking ads eliminates his revenue (which is bad), but it's not piracy by any definition I've ever heard of.
That said, I don't think it has anything to do with how trustworthy LMG is, there are plenty of other reasons to have concerns about that (GN made a video about that). I watch them occasionally as entertainment, but rarely for actual information.
I'm not arguing that they should discourage people from using coupons, I'm arguing they should have explained why Honey is problematic and why they're no longer taking their sponsorships. There should be no call to action, merely information that Honey isn't great. Users can then consider other sources for coupons that may be more friendly for affiliate links, or not, the information is merely why they're no longer working w/ Honey as a sponsor.