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GN spends the first segment of their GN News to responding to Linus's comments, and reveals that Linus mislead people on the Billet compensation. (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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According to Billet themselves, they heard nothing about compensation or payback until about 3 hours after the original GN video went live.. Which Billet hadnt even replied to before Linus made his post saying they've already made the deal on compensation.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

So incredibly disappointing, I thought Linus was smart, but instead of just owning up to his mistakes and making a proper apology, he just doubled down and dug his own grave even further. If he had just apologized and explained how he would do better and make things right, and how he would prevent these mistakes from happening again, I'm sure a lot of people would've gave him another chance, but he really showed him and his company's true colors.

This is very sad to see, I was definitely a fan of LTT and enjoyed their videos, I watched and supported them for years, but now I'll no longer be watching or trusting them after this. Its heartbreaking.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Have you ever watched the WAN show? He almost always refuses to admit he's wrong. He's a douchebag.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you ever watched the WAN show?

I've tried but

He almost always refuses to admit he's wrong.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Even poor Luke is sometimes flabbergasted. You can see him trying to tiptoe around Linus' hot takes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The wan show is primarily for doubling down / justifying poor decisions. At least that's how it feels given how he's handled it with previous issues

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Half the time, I'm watching WAN show for Luke. He's really the star of the show. Without him, I think it would be a lot different.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've only seen clips of it here and there, never fully watched or listened, but definitely seems pretty bad based on what I'm hearing...

Too bad he's like this, honestly the guy's definitely talented and makes good content (if he actually puts the work and proper time in), but seems he's just way too arrogant to admit when he's wrong. I just expected more honestly, just sad to see after being a viewer for this long, and always getting the impression that he was transparent and more down to earth, which now its evident the opposite is true.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah he really just needed take the L and say we're taking measures to correct past mistakes (and having a new CEO will help). I think that would have been an easy reply to all of this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The apparent transparency was something that stood out to me as a major respectable plus of the channel. These actions and responses are not at all in line with my understanding of the channel, and I'm mostly just sad. If I dont trust the content, I won't watch. I just wish Linus in particular had stepped back to realize what he was throwing away.