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It doesn't matter if they auctioned it for profit or charity. They still do it for profit (that they do get), just not monetary. The value they gain by such an event is much higher than any price they could have auctioned it for.
Making it an excuse is an extremely bad take, not to mention that GN did say it was an auction, and Linus probably doesn't even know that because he didn't watch the video, he only read the comments.....