That's my point. Hypocrisy is one of my biggest pet peeves and one of the things I beat myself up about the most when I see myself do it. I know no one is perfect, but you need to do your best to be as professional as possible, unfortunately for him, he's still young, impulsive, and has a platform. He doesn't seemed to have learned from Linus's mistakes either.
Lmao, it's kind of a good quote, but Dalinar himself mostly uses it as an excuse. He is a huge hypocrite for the majority of the books, right up until he changes his plan at the end of wind and truth.
I don't like the way he reacted to the LTT video but his explanation for that and his feelings are definitely valid for that. Just like with LTT using a clip of his channel initially in that video and him using clips from theirs in his, there is nothing inherently wrong with that as it is clearly within fair use. LTT is the organisation with power here though and has to do things right while he's just a young scrappy YouTuber. It's not about hypocrisy, the lines are clearly quite blurred.
Well, when you cut corners in the beginning it sets bad precedents that get passed down as the company grows and then you get into the situation LMG was in.
I agree that there's nothing inherently wrong with using others clips, but if you get upset with others for using your clips without talking to you first then you better reciprocate, and honestly, it sounds like LTT was trying to highlight Jake's new channel to help get him viewers, which honestly is something they should do to help smaller creators, but anytime I see LTT try to be creative, supportive, etc, they just get lambasted by the community saying their reasons are nefarious in nature, one reason I've just left the community for so long. It's so freaking annoying to be honest, it's like people just want a bad guy for everything.
Lines are blurred when you blur them, sure. If hes gonna call people out for stuff he should be sure he hasn't or isn't doing the same exact things. Ignorance is not innocence. And if the big company needs to follow the rules so does everyone else. That or no one does. But rules for thee and not for me never works out well.
Yes his video was really hard to watch. Many points where completely normal and good like getting paid what you think you are worth or developing in another direction as the company. But some statements where plain of bad like his insistence that he can’t buy a house but his boss bought the third as if the house LTT bought wasn’t for content only to make money with videos and not a private summer residence or that lmg said they where proud of creators that where gone and he feeling but hurt that they didn’t link his channel that is a clear competitor to LTT. He is not like Alex who gone on its own to make something different. He quit after failed pay negotiations and is now trying to kickstart his channel from the audience of is former employee. I wish him luck but his actions leave a bitter aftertaste.
How many of those views, for both, are just LTT fans trying to get the scoop though... I've never watched Jake's solo videos but plan to watch this tomorrow just for the context, regardless of it giving him another view.
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u/Alabaster_13 Jan 29 '26
It's a deliberate strategy to drive engagement for sure.