These things are always temporary. They'll lose subs for a moment, but then it'll bounce back like nothing
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Yep... it surprises me that people still think that the internet has principles or cares. Haven't we seen how weak people are for reddit already?
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I unsubscribed from all LMG channels after the harmful practises came to light. That's just not on.
I just unsubbed from the $10 Floatplane group too
OOTL, what's going on here?
I had to look it up myself. These two links seem to cover the controversy pretty well.
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-recent-criticism-of-linus-tech-tips-explained/
https://fandomwire.com/the-linus-tech-tips/
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Found this one too which is straight from the horse's mouth: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html
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I unsubbed a while ago after discovering it for myself and binging, because I've noticed the consumer hate from Linus and odd microagression at nearly all times so I noped out. Everything I learn only makes sense to me tbh. It was heavily foreshadowed.
I unsubbed a couple of weeks ago because they released that always live video thing and it gave me the shits seeing the icon