Not a fan boy, I actually find him a little annoying. He is clearly a narcissist, and has trouble taking constructive feedback gracefully, but he drinks the good community koolaide.
He told people about adblockers, and ublock, even while asking people not to use it.
His people in his company are asked not to run ablockers because it would be hypocritical
He isn’t perfect, but for the most part, he practices what he preaches, he does get introspection (eventually, heh), and tries to build the community and world he would want to live in.
The recent drama is necessary to improve processes. I’m sad to see all the brigading, but gathering on my life experience I consider him upstanding, and of good moral character.
He told people to use regular adblockers… but went on a major rant where he condemned Sponsor Block. You know why? Because adblocks are better for his income - he wants to sell advertisers into an ad type they can “guarantee” every viewer will have to watch. Adblocks boost their rates, SponsorBlock tanks it. Making a video showing how to block ads boosts the “Linus is a community driven host!” perception too.
What these waves of “I kinda still like Linus” posts are missing is the controversy here isn’t a bad word, or a random mistake: it’s mistreatment and sexual harassment on an employee.