A few years ago, I used crypto-as-in-cryptography in conversation with another engineer and they seemingly derailed into talking about Bitcoin and Ethereum. We were both really confused and annoyed with each other.

It had a nostalgic feeling of what does "hacker" mean with some added irritation.

Yes!!! Complete change in general usage of the word.

I still use the term crypto when I talk about taclanes

We can make that happen again! Persistence.... Lol

It still does to us...

I think the implication is if you're into crypto that it's nice to have them, but I still think the beginning he said he was personally wary of crypto.

edit: typo fixed, thanks!

You forgot "extremely niche" in that sentence.
Throughout the video he has been emphasizing that this feature is only probably going to appeal to only a handful of people who wants it. He also mentions that the crypto value the phone carries has been tanking for a while, and tells the majority of people to buy other 600 dollar phones rather than this.

I guess. I only heard about him a year or so ago and it seemed like his thumbnails were more "normal"just that recently.

Click-baityness aside, it just reeks of vapid, shallow, content. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if I see Fabio on the cover of a book, I know I'm in the wrong section so there's some merit to it.

I'm not going to get my tech insight from someone who makes their content look like this.

Personally I avoid videos with variations of the open mouth, confused face, and disappointed look these days. It's just the area of YouTube I've gotten tired of, and those videos usually tend to be pretty shilly playing to the algorithm and tend to be from bigger channels. I understand why its done, but it doesn't shield from criticism. Anyways good for them, but it has manifested in a way where because the algorithm is what dictates the product it feels like AI in a way where the presentation style gets tiring.

Do we really need to have an exaggerated reaction in the thumbnail?

Less cringeworthy thumbnails? What else do YOU want?

Mobile games don't become as lucrative as it is without mtx. People understand the business reason, but it doesn't mean it shields it from criticism. Doesn't need defending either, since as you said money is enough to not care. You don't really start doing that stuff if you care about perception, so I say good for them monetarily speaking. But, that's the extent of my praise.

Having a face in the thumbnail isn't the problem though. Having a useless arrow pointing to the thing that the video is obviously about coupled with the guy holding his head in his hands like he just caught his favorite phone in bed with another YouTuber is the problem.

I thought this guy was supposed to be well regarded.

That's been a youtube trend for a while now. Most 10-20 minute videos should not have been longer than 2-5 minutes. It caused me to massively reduce the time I spend on youtube - and for me to watch a video longer than 5 minutes from somebody I don't know it needs to be about a very interesting topic and a description hinting at it not being just filler yet again.