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Been hoping he would go bankrupt from buying that factory and paying employees who have never delivered a single product.
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Well there was this drama a few days ago.
https://old.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/115ucm3/ltt_isnt_a_great_employer_has_a_lot_of_antilabour/
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How is that even legal in Canada lol
Edit: dismiss this video, cites a wage gap. Anyone that cites a wage gap is not to be trusted and nothing they say should be considered.
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Abusing employees is kinda based, but he reminds of Zuckerberg in that he thinks he got where he is at by his business acumen but is really just a r-slur nerd that will screw it all up if someone else more competent doesn’t take the reigns.
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I watched some video he did last year about how he employs like 80 people, and I still don't understand how you do that from mainly youtube money and merch. I know he has a huge channel but still, like what the frick are most these people doing?
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Sponsorships. At the height of its meme popularity Raid Shadow Legends was allegedly paying out 10k per vid to large video essay/reaction channels, I can see LTT main channel getting similar amounts.
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If raid people were paying that much per vid, they got hustled, lmao
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nah, most of those types of games are money laundering schemes, so the books don't have to add up.
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It’s probably just nepotism + incompetence, like he hires his friend to manage some project where the friend hires 4 people and they’re all just bumming around.
I can imagine that’s what happens when a YouTuber tries to start a business
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He’s a business, man.
Fr though, he’s a nerd and knows a decent amount of tech but he’s always been transparent about being a
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Dropshipping
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I don't understand how you maintain viewership when every video is 10 minutes of fricking around, sponsorship, obviously improper testing methods, and a vague non-answer conclusion
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Yeah, why aren't bone-dry videos out performing LTT??!?!?!?
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Correct. Now sh-sh-shut up
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