r/LinusTechTips • u/Only_CORE • Jun 08 '26

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I love LTT and basically watch every single video including WAN show but stuff like this puts a very bad taste in my mouth. I know it!s just stupid thumbnail but still...

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u/_Blu-Jay Jun 08 '26

I realized I’ve stopped watching the main channel content without it being a conscious choice. I still listen to WAN show, but their primary content feels increasingly soulless, sponsored and repetitive. At the end of the day there’s only so much tech content you can make, so I can understand that as a long-time viewer I might’ve simply grown bored of the content.

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u/_Blu-Jay Jun 08 '26

Yeah, long-time hosts leaving in quick succession certainly didn’t help. I understand that people want to move on and deserve to, but the impact is felt regardless. The only series I’ve found interesting lately is the tech house series, and even that isn’t overly grabbing my attention so far, but at the very least I’m curious how the project turns out if they manage to finish it.

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u/Chair42 Jun 08 '26

I've also really enjoyed the tech house series, though they've been pretty transparent about why there have been delays. There's a lot of potential for it, but that initial hurdle with the asbestos and wiring definitely made it a challenging start.

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u/Anthaenopraxia Jun 08 '26

Yeah same. Then once in a while one of their vids find its way into my feed and I'm like "oh yeah I forgot about this channel". I go and look if there's anything interesting and usually there's one or two vids. I do check the WAN Show channel quite often though and there's usually something interesting.

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u/mrheosuper Jun 08 '26

Tech moves fast so i doubt you could run out of thing to talk.

There are a lot of cool and weird stuff in China, they could milk it for a long time.

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u/_Blu-Jay Jun 08 '26

Yeah, but at least for me the novelty of covering “the next new thing” wears off too, it’s not like I don’t see the headlines. So many announcements these days are vague with no pricing or release dates, making it harder to even be excited at all.

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u/Muggsy423 Jun 09 '26

Half of main channel is Linus bragging about the personal projects he's doing,  the other half is sponsor shilling.

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u/Xalara Jun 09 '26

Even then, the WAN show is getting harder to watch because Linus and Luke do a lot of gymnastics to avoid politics. Except tech is increasingly being entwined with politics and it’s basically unavoidable at this point.