'The Linux Gamer' a Marketing Lamer?

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-07-06 14:28:08 UTC
Modified: 2022-07-06 14:30:25 UTC

Summary: The YouTube channel formerly known as The Linux Gamer became just Gardiner Bryant or "TLG" and it's not even acting like an organic, grassroots effort but more like a marketing operation; is Bryant a PR operative?

Meanwhile, Spamnil has bought himself another round of clickfraud in YouTube. The Linux Foundation passes money to a fraud and it does the same itself.

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