"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
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Yeah, that's what I'm basing what I said on. You can see GN thanking Linus for quick action, and being understanding that an inexperienced writer could make such a mistake.
wrote last edited by [email protected]"quick action"
3 years later and only after Linus made vague legal threats to GN about Honey requiring GN to publicize LTT's past bad behavior.
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Billet Labs explicitly said in the email that "you could keep it". They changed their mind later. So what's the lie? The emails confirm Linus's version.
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Regarding LTT, we are simply going to state the relevant facts:
On 10th August, we were told by LTT via email that the block had been sold at auction. There was no apology.
We replied on 10th August within 30 minutes, telling LTT that this wasn't okay, and that this was a £XXXX prototype, and we asked if they planned to reimburse us at all.
We received no reply and no offer of payment until 2 hours after the Gamers Nexus video went live on 14th August, at which point Linus himself emailed us directly.
The exact monetary value of the prototype was offered as reimbursement. We have not received, nor have we asked for any other form of compensation."
Time-stamped emails were provided as proof.
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Or if you use adblock and stream at 4k, google will lose money when you watch videos. Free content while fucking google over is a win win in my book.
It's a big waste of energy to stream in 4K, so if I were you I'd simply not watch the video.
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Perhaps the lesser of the two evils, considering Google's dominance. But yes, far from ideal.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Google's dominance
Is it? Try to ask <18y.o. if they even ever open Youtube.
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youtube is consumed more on tvs than other devices now worldwide
Where do you get this from?
I have seen multiple reports about it!
One quick search revealed this forbes report earlier this year
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2025/02/12/launched-20-years-ago-more-people-are-now-watching-youtube-on-tv/ -
What I've noticed is YouTube recommending me more obscure videos, from very small creators.
I very much appreciate whatever they're doing, regardless of how these bigger channels are being hit by it. Yesterday I got recommended a video by an elderly woman, showing a mug warmer she bought. It was very sweet, had less than 30 views and it was a lovely contrast to the flashy, over edited videos stretching a paragraph to 10+ minutes.
Not saying the big channels are bad, I just personally like the small time channels and appreciate that YouTube has been (at least with the algorithm it has set for me) giving these small channels a shot at getting an audience.
I've connected with a lot of people from smaller channels, joined communities etc. yet this is much more difficult with the larger ones (in some I've been to, over the years, the chatrooms they set up are so huge the moderation sometimes just gives up or doesn't even exist in any practical way).YouTube should have a way to filter out certain content.
Like sub 1000 subscriber Chanel's, 1000-10,000 channels, >10,000 etc
Sometimes you just don't want to watch the big time YouTubers.
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I stopped watching LTT videos when they just became long-form ads. Or when everyone five minutes was a sponsored segment.
sponsorblock
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Those stupid thumbnails pushed me away
Damn straight. I've actively starting avoiding videos with "stupid" thumbnails or click-bait titles in the last few months.
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sponsorblock
LTT is probably the reason why I started using Sponsorblock
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I agree with most of your points, but vocal fry?!
That's such an asinine thing to care about.
I just find his voice very irritating. I know not everyone feels that way.
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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.
EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJEFun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.
Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.
Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?
I dont know if anyone has noticed but...
Can we no longer watch youtube without being logged in? Every embedded video i see doesnt work. Every time i try to click on a video it tells me to sign in.
If i have an ad block running it basically blocks the website.I really think its the auto plays and the untracked accounts.
Youtube would rather be able to track every user and make more profit per person than go big tent all audiences.
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he's a shill.
Has been for a very long time. I quit watching his video after I saw him post a thing that was going on and on about the superiority of the product in his left hand over the right, and how much faster it was and blah blah blah.
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Because people wont stay 14 to 16 year olds for long
Personally I was only 14-16 for like 5 years at most
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I dont know if anyone has noticed but...
Can we no longer watch youtube without being logged in? Every embedded video i see doesnt work. Every time i try to click on a video it tells me to sign in.
If i have an ad block running it basically blocks the website.I really think its the auto plays and the untracked accounts.
Youtube would rather be able to track every user and make more profit per person than go big tent all audiences.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Can't confirm this. YouTube runs like always von my setup (and wihout an account).
edit: except the Trending page of course.
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He generates far too much content without any depth, and it's all infotainment.
And that's what people watch. This didn't change.
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Trademark entries are a good indicator there is something nearer than further away.
Fingers crossed. I've been waiting a long time to get back into VR and replace my OG Vive.
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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.
EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJEFun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.
Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.
Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?
Some other analysis: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/youtube-views-are-down-dont-panic
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I dont know if anyone has noticed but...
Can we no longer watch youtube without being logged in? Every embedded video i see doesnt work. Every time i try to click on a video it tells me to sign in.
If i have an ad block running it basically blocks the website.I really think its the auto plays and the untracked accounts.
Youtube would rather be able to track every user and make more profit per person than go big tent all audiences.
It's hit or miss for me with my VPN, but between using an Invidious instance, Freetube, DDG video search, and cycling VPN locations, I'm never, ever logged in to YT.
And yes, Google/YT wants to track everything. Third party doctrine means that governments will pay them for this data rather than run their own surveillance systems. Anything that you've watched that can be used against you will be if it suits someone else.
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I dont know if anyone has noticed but...
Can we no longer watch youtube without being logged in? Every embedded video i see doesnt work. Every time i try to click on a video it tells me to sign in.
If i have an ad block running it basically blocks the website.I really think its the auto plays and the untracked accounts.
Youtube would rather be able to track every user and make more profit per person than go big tent all audiences.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I haven't been logged in for years, and I can still watch it. If they're blocking, it's an A/B test and not everywhere. I watch on Firefox w/ uBO (four different machines), NewPipe, and Grayjay.
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It's a big waste of energy to stream in 4K, so if I were you I'd simply not watch the video.
Nah, I still enjoy the content, and it wouldn't make a grain of difference as far as global wasted energy goes.
If you really are concerned about wasted energy though, you shouldn't be on your computer/phone browsing lemmy.
