What is all this for criminals BS. Graphene is one of the best ROMs out there if your willing to use Google hardware. Pretty much just works and without the normal bloat.
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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Linus videos have clickbait titles like that, and it's in reference to some news articles calling GOS an OS for criminals
Title and thumbnail aside, the video was a positive review of GOS and was made with help from a GOS team member. I probably should have added the extra context before it got downvoted away π
The articles didn't call it that, Spanish authorities did. GOS claims this was a "state-sponsored attack" but couldn't provide any evidence of such a thing.
WTF is up with that title. Jesus.
Dude has had nonsense clickbait titles forever but this is a new low.
deshonesty and profits in mind
the Photoshop on that thumbnail is real bad haha
Leave it to Lemmy to down vote the hell out of a decent video
I don't think it is bad. However, Linus is going to quickly discover why people avoid Graphene OS. (The devs and community are toxic as hell)
It's because we all know he both steals content and fakes reviews. He lost our trust. He can make one good video but it doesn't make up for his entire history.
I even don't care about trust or whatever drama of the day is going on with LTT. I'm just sick beyond any measure of all that clickbait shit.
His channel is the worst for it. I know clickbait is how you game the algo to try and make it, but it's just so horrible, every title is just hot garbage. His images also are the worst.
Yeah, I have his channels blocked on freetube and pipepipe. Tech related searches has been better for it without his channels dominating results.
His channel feel like watching an infomercial too with all the constant plugs compared to other channels. Its like for people who like TV infomercials.
So you're going to punish people even when they do the right thing.
Why would anyone choose to do the right thing over wrong, if you always punish them no matter what they do?
The click bait title also annoys me, if that makes you feel better.
In an era of chat control getting pushed and governments pushing to require verification for sites why don't people appreciate Linus helping to give the impression that GrapheneOS is the criminals OS of choice?
That imagery hadn't even occured to me with me just seeing at a privacy OS. How helpful of him to use his large channel so that is the impression first set forth when he could have presented any other way and still done his dumb clickbait and stupid face.