🌟 Internet Famous Linus Gabriel Sebastian & Linus Media Group / Linus Tech Tips - Narcissistic corporate shill YouTuber driving his media empire into the ground. KILL COUNT: 2

[Mr.Bucket]

Oh my god thank you for finding this because that cope comment is sending my sides into the stratosphere. What a whiney little bitch. Your content sucks now Linus, deal with it.

Last week (two weeks ago maybe?) on the WAN show Linus was briefly talking about how they're closing in on their worst performing year at LTT in almost a decade. He's constantly bitching about sales numbers on the store too and people buying items with no margins instead of splurging on high margin items.

His business is on its way to downsize city. If he was smart he'd axe 90% of staff and do everything with a team of like 7-8, completely ditch the Floatplane shit and the Labs shit because a cataclysmic fall is coming and with the size of the company it won't be graceful.

LTT could have been a lifelong sustaining brand but he had to overexpand and expect constant growth. He overextended and this is just what happens. It's not just him, ALL tech channels are down overall except maybe MKBHD and MrWhosTheBoss which are just the most surface level normie slop imagineable.

Channels like Austin Evans, UnboxTherapy, HardwareCanucks, etc can absorb the downtrend because they don't have 100 employees. It doesn't matter as much when it's just a few people in a small space.

Not to mention Gamer's Nexus. They put out autistic-level detailed videos multiple times a week with a team of like...6? Then there's the occasional hour+ long documentaries...

EDIT: Woops, I checked the previous page and they were indeed already mentioned.

What really burns Linus' ass is the rise of GN. They do so much more with so much less and don't push out slop every other day because they don't have 100+ employees to pay.

Yes and it is no longer a secret. GN + Hardwarebusters (because of Cybernetics) are two that keep him up at night when he is looking at the bank accounts and crying over his failed investments. Everyone has seen how he has dealt with Steve. Copied his product to directly target some of Steve's revenue because GN doing well while LTT death spirals gets under his skin but mostly because Steve refuses to play along with the brand pay for positive PR influence operation that Linus runs. Every day he is thinking you are fucking up the money when you criticize brands Steve, just stop, it's hurting the techtuber industry!!!

He desperately wanted Labs to replicate Cybernetics (getting brands to actually respect competency enough to co-brand and pay for a stamp of approval). People will pay him for potential reach in views because of sub count but industry does not trust his competence or cobrand value, unlike others. That makes him seethe.

Maybe slightly straighter teeth will fix the problem. Maybe viewers grow up and eventually want competent adults giving them advice, not some Peter Pan wannabe retard. Maybe youtube just stopped giving him artificial boosts because of their long term relationsihp now that there are so many organic and comptenent tech content providers generating ad views. Either way he's aged out and comes off like some desperate cougar hanging around at the bar trying to satisfy some ego while everyone just points and laughs at the weird thing trying to get everyone's attention.

 

[TheRaptorJesus]

So jake still gets ubiquiti sponsorships and LTT has to hock some gl inet garbage. I've never heard of that company. Her internet could have been fixed with a single well placed AP - 2 max..

 

[Miller]

What really burns Linus' ass is the rise of GN. They do so much more with so much less and don't push out slop every other day because they don't have 100+ employees to pay.

...and people like GN because despite the success, Steve has not forgotten where he comes from. When he needs to invest in new devices for his channel he doesn't do it on a whim like Linus, he spends weeks (or more) trying to justify these expenses. Same goes with the way he reviews the products, he doesn't soyface next to the latest Nvidia card.

 

[Sam Losco]

So jake still gets ubiquiti sponsorships and LTT has to hock some gl inet garbage. I've never heard of that company. Her internet could have been fixed with a single well placed AP - 2 max..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nj8RO74JdSw

GL.iNet makes some stuff (not all of their stuff I don't think) with OpenWRT but with a better WebUI than their shitty default Lua or whatever. I have one and it is better than the equivalent TPLink piece of shit I tried before it (and returned).

 

[Dante Alighieri]

So jake still gets ubiquiti sponsorships and LTT has to hock some gl inet garbage. I've never heard of that company. Her internet could have been fixed with a single well placed AP - 2 max..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nj8RO74JdSw

I actually bought that router a couple months ago. It's solid. It runs OpenWRT with their own frontend (can easily access LuCI)

 

[Paul Revere Pantry Raider]

So jake still gets ubiquiti sponsorships and LTT has to hock some gl inet garbage. I've never heard of that company. Her internet could have been fixed with a single well placed AP - 2 max..

GL.iNet makes some stuff (not all of their stuff I don't think) with OpenWRT but with a better WebUI than their shitty default Lua or whatever. I have one and it is better than the equivalent TPLink piece of shit I tried before it (and returned).

I actually bought that router a couple months ago. It's solid. It runs OpenWRT with their own frontend (can easily access LuCI)

GL.iNet is one of the few vendors that not only embrace OpenWRT, but submit patches back upsteam rather than making a kerel you can't upgrade with binary blobs that will never be accepted and shoveling out some $10 routers at higher prices. They're nowhere near cutting edge- things have to be ported into the OpenWRT ecosphere by their one kernel programmer, but things are generally stable- if not a bit underpowered and slow.

I'd still rock their shit. I did for quite awhile after my last NetGear w/ OpenWRT on it died, but since I'm behind CGNAT now, I don't bother.

 

[mandatorylurk]

Only interesting thing in WAN Show this week is at 43:30, Luke talks about his condo flooding because the place was made of shit, and he bought the condo from the family of a deceased tenant who damaged the condo with poor use leading to leaks around the place. He was told he couldn't use the dishwasher because the bad seal would flood the condo. His HOA wouldn't let him run a mini split on the AC to cool two rooms, even though they let people smoke weed on the balcony despite BC laws. Long story short, due to leaks and repairs Luke had to live with his parents for about a month as his condo got fixed.

I would have thought BC would have better construction standards, especially if it was built say 20 years ago, but leafs gonna leaf.

 

[Arcadian Stag]

Why is the longest serving employee and essentially second in command at a 7-8 figure company living in a run down slum shack with 4 other people or whatever. How little does he get paid?

 

[Dwarf Lord]

The claim is that Luke is frugal and just living like shit while he saves up his money.

I've never believed it. I think he just doesn't get paid shit. People give him too much "grace" because he will disagree with Linus on things sometimes. But he'll also regularly lick his twink asshole the vast majority of the time too. Not to mention he's known all the stuff going on in that company for a decade and stayed. He's complicit in everything, yet has the Good Boy seal of the approval because he's Just Not Linus.

 

[TheRaptorJesus]

Why is the longest serving employee and essentially second in command at a 7-8 figure company living in a run down slum shack with 4 other people or whatever. How little does he get paid?

I think hes too nice for his own good and unwilling to stand up for himself. Or maybe he really thinks hes working on some youtube alternative that will eventually pay off.

 

[GosuGopher]

Luke's issue is he believes in LTT and puts more than is reasonable back into the company. Full silicon valley start-up energy, when everyone else treats it as a 9-5.

Luke puts in 60-80 hours/week, he'll sleep at the office, he'll go home and ideate on work he could be doing. You can't convince me he doesn't structures his pay in a "company friendly" way or compensates himself in non-monetary ways to "help" the business. That's the energy he's always had. Linus has occasionally forced him to take time-off. And while Luke will, he's flat-out said he'd rather be in the office. I don't think it's an act, but your guess is as good as mine as to why he's wired like that.

iirc, he did have one of his roommates move out a couple years ago. So it's been him + longtime girlfriend + another guy + pet birds in that tiny apartment/condo. His girlfriend previously worked at a pet clinic, so unless she's changed career paths I doubt she's contributing much income either.

 

[Baraka Obama]

His business is on its way to downsize city. If he was smart he'd axe 90% of staff and do everything with a team of like 7-8, completely ditch the Floatplane shit and the Labs shit because a cataclysmic fall is coming and with the size of the company it won't be graceful.

He has a youtube channel with 16 million subscribers. If I were him I'd find a way to rebrand it to not be centered on him, sell the company, and let the buyer downsize. Walk away and retire, I'm sure he has enough money in the bank to just live in interest the rest of his life.

 

[Ed Special]

Walk away and retire, I'm sure he has enough money in the bank to just live in interest the rest of his life.

He won't if Yvonne divorces him and takes half of it - as she's morally entitled to, IMO, given how it's her income, not his, that supported his spergy hobby long enough for it to become a career when he was still working for minimum wage at NCIX.

 

[Baraka Obama]

He won't if Yvonne divorces him and takes half of it - as she's morally entitled to, IMO, given how it's her income, not his, that supported his spergy hobby long enough for it to become a career when he was still working for minimum wage at NCIX.

I don't know why you'd assume divorce, might as well just build your life with your family and enjoy,

His HOA wouldn't let him run a mini split on the AC to cool two rooms, even though they let people smoke weed on the balcony despite BC laws

Would cost more but he could replace the outdoor unit with one that handles two or more zones / indoor units.

Or just move out of the stupid condominium.

 

[TheRaptorJesus]

He has a youtube channel with 16 million subscribers.

It seems to me not many of that 16 million care anymore.

If I were him I'd find a way to rebrand it to not be centered on him, sell the company, and let the buyer downsize.

Him leaving and rebranding is as likely to happen as tim pool quitting and rebranding. Linus stepped down as CEO so he could appear in more videos, he believes he is the channel and will never give up the limelight.

 

[Ed Special]

I don't know why you'd assume divorce, might as well just build your life with your family and enjoy,

Would YOU want to be married to Linus?

 

[Mr.Bucket]

If I were him I'd find a way to rebrand it to not be centered on him, sell the company, and let the buyer downsize.

Years ago, pre ceo hiring, he claimed he wanted to step away from being the one in front of the camera most of the time. And that's never happened.

Either he realizes how much it will hurt the business or he's that full of himself. Or both.

 

[0da2]

The guest in this video looks like if Reddit was a person, also might be a tranny.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1OQEcsE_4

I really like the guest. He was funny. It's crazy how annoying and lacking in charisma Linus is.

Dad can't be any better as Linus ran away from home when he got custody.

Do you know anything more about this? I only found out because Linus talked about it on the WAN Show a while back.

I lost almost all my like kid-kid childhood stuff when I moved from my dad's to my mom's, including my Super Nintendo and all my games. Like, I just- I just like grabbed the clothes on my back and like left. Um, so I have almost nothing from before that. And then, um...

MrWhosTheBoss

This is the type of content that LTT should be trying to emulate. Fun, surface-level videos aimed at normie techsoomers. Linus' unwillingness to accept this is what's killing the company. Good. And that Indian's videos are actually entertaining to watch, unlike LTT.

 

[Belascoarán]

Do you know anything more about this? I only found out because Linus talked about it on the WAN Show a while back.

George did not leave too many details in their various writings across the internet other than all the parents and steparents were crazy. Perhaps we will learn more when they write a tell all book with all that extra free time that a prison sentence will give them. George said something about him leaving mom after that and lived with his failure of an asian fetish gf who raised him from there and continues to have custody. Some employes there have said some things since Linus exploits his family from time to time for content.

If I trace the history, Luke is the first real employee when Linus got control, and it was him and that means he played a big role in the business success. Luke should be set for life, and this thing where everyone thinks he is just some cheap hippie saving money can't understand Linus screwed him over and gave hime some dead end project that gets no support internally. First it was merch sales taking priority then the labs fiasco. He is that guy always chasing a new direction without making the main thing work properly.

Much smaller channels have much better paid key editors and main amigos. Linus wastes enough money in a few months on stupid shit he could buy the guy a place to live and do his usual thing of using it as a business assett. He is a cofounder not one of his zoom retard crew of disposable employees. Probably strings him along with promises of giving him something when they exit just to make sure he does not leave since Luke knows where all the bodies are buried. He lives in some flooding condo that he has to get subsidized by a birdman?

Nothing adds up but this is the same multimillionaire that had his blood relative riding out on welfare. Maybe that is some socialist thing since he larps a leftist (he is not) to keep his LGBT supporters but you fuck over your own blood then you dont treat anyone properly. Tech For Dummies has not aged well.

 

[TDM]

Nah, Luke is paid considerably well. I think his compensation is probably tied in part to Floatplane. They probably have kept it quiet to not disgruntle the other OG employees (what's left of them now) but the memes how low Luke was paid were just annoying Linus. I think that Luke could earn even more as mid-level manager in a tech MNC through stock options etc., but he likes larpin' as a CTO to give him status and is paid enough to have a smug grin on his face when the topic of his compensation is brought up. And working for LTT is probably fun when you're the cult-leader's favorite lackey and go-to guy.

That said, it is smart by Linus to fairly compensate Luke, because the channel will die if Luke leaves. The core audience watches the WAN show and Luke's disappearance can't be swept under the carpet like all the other disappearances, lately. The core will whittle away and they'll be truly at the mercy of the algorithm then. From what I've seen of Luke, he is a good guy and doesn't like inter-personal conflict; whenever Linus mentions reconciliation with GamersNexus, Luke always nods his head approvingly and looks relieved.