If Buying Isn’t Ownership Then Piracy Isn’t Theft – WAN Show June 20, 2025

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Podcast Download: TBD
Timestamps (courtesy of NoKi1119):
0:00 Chapters
1:24 Intro
2:25 Topic #1: TeamViewer shuts down lifetime licenses
11:36 Why not give the newer version? ft. TeamViewer’s site
20:33 Pirate TeamViewer? Recalling Reboot ReWind, old movies
30:34 Linus on why he pays for Parsec ft. Luke roasts Linus
33:10 Scrapyard Wars 10 has been filmed
33:28 Topic #2: Steam now exposes AI frame gen
36:39 Steam hardware survey, LTT’s "most average PC" video
41:06 What’ll happen when Gaben’s gone? Steam accessibility tools
43:39 LTTStore’s WAN Show Special, MM: Combat AI YT content?
48:00 Topic #3: Trump reveals T1, phone & internet service
50:12 Comparing sites, specs of the site, coverage map removed
52:19 Linus tries to call, asks Dan to call next week
55:04 The phone will be built in the US "eventually," Liberty Phone
57:22 Confusion, LinusCoin, "gold-backed crypto," scammers in SW10
1:02:41 LTTStore’s new transparent screwdriver
1:08:55 Linus calls Kyle on whether the plastic will yellow
1:11:32 Dan’s pun, Linus bashes the screwdriver on the table
1:12:04 LTTStore offers, retro monitor pet cave restock
1:13:31 MM: What to do about Greece’s €750 anti-piracy fine?
1:19:29 Show your multi-monitor setup, win an LG monitor!
1:20:28 Sammy’s meet the team FP exclusive
1:21:22 "Why is WAN late" funny clip
1:25:32 William Osman’s Sauce+, new service hosted by Floatplane
1:27:33 Why not integrate this into Floatplane?
1:30:02 FP’s themes, Linus on NCIX domain forking, yawns
1:36:04 Vessi
1:37:05 Corsair
1:38:27 Squarespace
1:39:58 Zip Tie Tuning, Alex’s & Andy’s new channel
1:41:35 Topic #4: Liquid Web’s survey on GPU upgrades
1:43:17 Linus on CPU-GPU bottlenecks, "4K gaming"
1:46:42 Cloud gaming’s preferred if latency’s removed
1:48:26 Topic #5: Nintendo bans Switch 2 Mig users
1:53:30 "Compatible with Switch 2," Linus’s analogy, Luke loses it
1:54:42 Topic #6: Nexus Mods sold to Chosen
1:57:03 Website, ad behind an ad, Dan’s question, adult mods
2:02:01 OnlyFans, Stellar Blade’s CEO on its mods
2:03:59 Topic #7: Twitch’s new multi-streaming guidelines
2:11:49 Private equity, 23andMe’s former CEO buy the company
2:19:31 Topic #8: Etsy’s policy update on 3D printables
2:24:08 Luke on buying on Etsy, caveats, embroidered items
2:32:42 Concerns with copies, other scenarios, Printables
2:47:31 Verified sellers idea, Luke’s "Lil Guy" AI idea, "Microguy"
2:51:53 Topic #9: AI leads to a huge drop in news sites traffic
3:01:43 Topic #10: TikTok’s new AI-powered ad features
3:03:37 Reddit turns users’ positive review to ads for brands
3:04:14 Close talk on AI tools, ads, LTT Labs articles
3:28:13 MM: How do you see the future of gaming in the AI world?
3:32:44 Things you regret doing? Most costly compensation?
3:35:46 How difficult was it to implement safety processes?
3:40:03 Any value left in synthetic V.S. accurate benchmarks?
3:41:30 Home remodel tips?
3:43:27 Have you seen lossless scaling on Steam?
3:43:48 Would you get a retro house and modernize it, or a new one?
3:45:50 How non-med people felt about patients being recorded by AI?
3:47:17 Have you tried Split Fiction?
3:48:24 Do you miss giving out real tech tip videos?
3:51:43 Handhelds for semi-serious non-social games gamers?
3:52:36 Services you’ve been banned from?
3:53:31 Suggestions for laptop protection in a commuter bag?
3:55:24 What’s stopping NVIDIA from showing "default ROPS"?
3:56:41 Thoughts on Sam Altman’s take that AI should be private?
3:58:32 Is the OG backpack updated with the dual bottom layer?
3:59:33 Any chance to open FP GitHub projects for community debugging?
4:01:45 Are LTT rack studs removed from LTTStore?
4:02:12 Linus’s SV650 paint update ft. The Lil Guy
4:06:17 Outro