Post #2204266
2026-05-03 20:21 UTC
@foxyloon@blimps.xyz I tracked down his video, and the current title is "You'll Subscribe to Your Router, Too" and within the first 2 minutes he wink-nudge implies the NSA is installing surveillance malware in every American router, and down in the comments he's using the official account to upvote people who aren't particularly nuanced. The source for not being allowed to buy your own router seems to be conflating ISPs requiring you to use their modem with not being allowed to bring your own wifi (something that's been the case on certain ISPs for decades), then a vague gesture at ISPs being big lobbyists.
So I'm not sure that this was most nuanced video, and the internet just misunderstood his very specific language.
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@foxyloon@blimps.xyz 2026-05-03 20:41
@lusrangifer@blimps.xyz Perhaps I'm being a tad too generous. It really feels like GN is going all-in on the click/rage bait these days. So many of their latest videos are exposes on the "RAM cartel" and other bullshit going on. It's like they saw the numbers on their videos exposing corporate shadiness going on and are caught in the vicious cycle of video metrics. I used to respect their journalistic integrity, but it looks like they sold out a while ago by now :blobfoxsad: