Linus maintains that criticizing a sponsor's tools without having knowledge of their underlying unethical consumer practices would have been a poor decision for his channel.

“I don't know how many times I have to say this we didn't know about that we didn't say anything because we didn't know about that and we had no reason to”

The speaker suggests that the ethics of working with companies that rely on affiliate schemes can be difficult to judge because companies may change their business practices after sponsorship deals ar

“but that gets tough because you don't know like what you guys were saying they they assured that it didn't work that way you tested it okay cool they can change it on you they could have changed it on you immediately after the sponsor spots went up”