Well yes, it was in very large part because Froggy had chosen to associate with Sam Hyde, by having them train together for CC2 and plan to collab on their own content. And Ian's beef with Hyde was that he insulted his girlfriend, which was what got him banned from CC1 in the first place.

Ian’s growth has been one of the most amazing things I’ve seen online and I can’t understand people who hate him. They always bring up shit that would, at most, bring me mild annoyance if it was about someone I hated online, but they say that this somehow makes Ian a horrible person. Insane.

My problem with iDubbbz isn't that he stopped doing Content Cop and that he ditched his old edgy persona. I completely understand why he, Filthy Frank and others pivoted away, because none of this would fly on 2025 YouTube.

The issue is that he's a hypocrite.

You don't make this elaborate apology video condemning your past content for its cruelty and "cwy hawassment" at people you don't like, and then proceed to drop a Content Cop on H3 a year later because your viewer count is dwindling and you need to defend your political streamer buddies who had been relentlessly harassing and swatting Ethan on false claims that he and his wife are Zionists.

In his initial Content Cop video, he didn't even once mention CPS, despite using clips from a H3 podcast where Ethan was discussing the time when Snark had called CPS on him over falsified claims (spread by people within their clique) that he was neglecting his kids.

When Ethan's response to the Content Cop was far better than the hit-piece iDubbbz dropped on him, it was clear Ian fucked up.