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So LTT apologized and gave GN credit only after GN made it public and that’s not proof?

Yeah, it is proof that Linus acknowledged it. Of course it was too late and he didn’t do enough about it, but that was never in question.

Linus said he’d fix it. GN thanked him for quick action but 3 years later LTT still hadn’t done anything.

All I see in the email is that Linus said he will speak with the writers to not forget citations again and put up a pinned comment, which he did, and GN thanked him for it. I don’t see GN requesting any other action in the email. That’s definitely not “hadn’t done anything”. It’s not enough, but again that was never in question.

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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yeah, it is proof that Linus acknowledged it

The receipts show LTT plagerized, Linus promised to fix it but didn’t. Steve thanked him expecting that Linus would do what he promised but then Linus did nothing.

3 years later after GN publicized the unethical behavior, Linus then, and only then fixed it.

the writers to not forget citations again and put up a pinned comment, which he did,

But he didn’t. He promised to but never did until 3 years later. That’s why Steve called him out.

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- dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  3 years later
  
  The WAN ship with the plagiarized segment aired on September 16, 2022 GN wrote to LTT about the plagiarism on September 21, 2022 The pinned comment was published on September 21, 2022, less than an hour later
  
  Please give me some dates because I really can’t see where the 3 years are coming from.
  
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  - cardfire@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Man, this is exhausting. Thanks for trying to carry as far as you did. Some folks just really need LTT to be a bunch of villains, and will move the goal posts to get there.
    
    Part of why I still have LTT shit a listen was because of how I’ve seen him conduct his company’s focus, and course corrections, and how they HAVEN’T sued people trying to attack them.
    
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  - Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    "As of January 20, 2025, nearly 3 years later, there has been no public acknowledgement of the plagiarism, nor retraction of the content in the WAN Show upload with 2,000,000 views. The WAN Show upload and LMG Clips videos do not reference or cite GamersNexus either verbally or on screen at any point for the EVGA story. "
    
    gamersnexus.net/…/our-response-linus-sebastian
    
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    dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Sounds correct, he only acknowledged it in private by responding to the email.
    
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