Linus Tech Tips explains why he\u2019s considering retirement in emotional stream YouTube: LinusTechTipsYouTuber Linus Sebastian, best known as the host of popular channels such as Linus Tech Tips and TechQuickie, has opened up on his thoughts of retirement in a tearful livestream on January 22. Linus is perhaps the best-known tech expert on YouTube, with tens of millions of subscribers across his team\u2019s various channels. After over a decade worth of content on PC\u2019s, gaming, phones, tablets and so much more, Linus remains a mainstay in many of the videos, even with a large team of experts now on board. All this content, and the success that comes with it, appears to have taken a toll on Linus though, who poured his heart out to fans on an impromptu livestream. Titled \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking of retiring,\u201d Linus spoke for almost half an hour about his dwindling passion for the work, and that he desired to spend more time with family. \u201cThe truth is, I\u2019ve been thinking about retiring for quite some time now,\u201d he explains, \u201cit felt so far off, I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever get there. I\u2019d often joke that\u2019s what I should do for ten million [subscribers], just like \u2018hey, thanks, it\u2019s been a wild ride, see ya!\u201d He went on to explain that a request from the Make-a-Wish foundation had been \u201clife-changing\u201d for him. A sick child had wished to meet Linus, but due to the severity of their ill-health, the best that could be achieved was a video message. \u201cI pointed the camera at myself and tried to think of something to say, and I just couldn\u2019t. [\u2026] The only thought going through my head was everything I know is going to die.\u201d Linus confirms he\u2019s not retiring \u2013 yet For fans concerned that he could really be stepping down, Linus confirmed that he wasn\u2019t retiring just yet. \u201cI\u2019m going to stop looking for a purpose in it, I\u2019m just going to have fun doing what I\u2019m doing,\u201d the YouTuber explained, \u201cSo, I\u2019m not retiring. That\u2019s why the stream, which is not clickbait, is titled \u2018I\u2019ve been thinking of retiring.\u2019 I\u2019m also not promising that I\u2019m not going to retire, I\u2019m just taking a different approach and we\u2019re going to see how it goes.\u201d So, for now, Linus\u2019s content looks like it will resume as normal, but we may see less of him and more of the other members taking the helm in many of the videos. Having just crossed the 10 million subscriber mark on the main Linus Tech Tips channel, the content is still booming in popularity, even all these years on, something many other channels will envy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Linus Tech Tips explains why he\u2019s considering retirement in emotional stream YouTube: LinusTechTipsYouTuber Linus Sebastian, best known as the host of popular channels such as Linus Tech Tips and TechQuickie, has opened up on his thoughts of retirement in a tearful livestream on January 22. Linus is perhaps the best-known tech expert on YouTube, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}