My guess is it’s because reviewing is advertisement, as he’s making money off the review if he monetized the video.
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simple@piefed.social 1 day ago
Retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd has been sued and raided by the Italian government.
That's insane. I know many of these handhelds come with pirated roms but taking it out on a youtube reviewer is outrageous. Why don't they just ban them from being shipped to italy?
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 17 hours ago
st3ph3n@midwest.social 1 day ago
Easier to stomp on one individual than to crack down on the businesses importing this stuff. They’re probably also collecting some kind of import duty on them too.