Gamers Nexus big story about GPU smuggling got taken down.
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Yeah that's a lot of time for something I have no idea about.
I found it fascinating beyond just the geopolitics of video cards (although the existence of that right there is wild).
It's a really neat look inside China with "real people" (not trade shows, uptight salesmen, or politicians). I don't speak Chinese but it also seemed like Steve Burke had spent a lot of effort learning. He seems very talented and smart while staying humble. That's rare.
Despite it being a 3 hour video about smuggling, the most discomforting thing for me was the left-handed driving in HK and I find that hilarious.
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Why does it matter?
Curiosity matters.
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... opposed to the journalist speaking about a topic they set out to cover without derailing things ... and still producing in excess of 3 hours of distilled content. You are exactly what is wrong with the current social media. There are thousands of topics speaking directly about the subject you are concerned with. Go partake in those. You aren't shedding light on something - you are virtue signalling. You aren't being a good steward - you are being a disruptive cunt.
GamersNexus chose to derail things. With rumors about Russia instead of mentioning Israel committing a literal genocide with AI. And they purposely avoid talking about Israel in every single of their videos.
They choose to make their videos political and make political statements. But the hypocrisy on this is too glaring.
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I found the intro hook intriguing, but the reporting starts with a lot of media clips and other run-ups, which eventually made me leave.
It's great they put in so much effort into genuine, on-site reporting, but the already long video report feels even more bloated/filled this way.
I have to wonder if the DMCA was due to the news clips. While they may be fair use for contextualized reporting, I didn't find them particularly valuable, and DMCA issues could have been avoided without them or without using so many of them.
I have to wonder if the DMCA was due to the news clips. While they may be fair use for contextualized reporting, I didn’t find them particularly valuable, and DMCA issues could have been avoided without them or without using so many of them.
They have said that Bloomburg footage of trump talking about GPUs was the claim. They probably did play a little too fast and loose with copyrighted footage.
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GamersNexus chose to derail things. With rumors about Russia instead of mentioning Israel committing a literal genocide with AI. And they purposely avoid talking about Israel in every single of their videos.
They choose to make their videos political and make political statements. But the hypocrisy on this is too glaring.
instead of
Your topic. Your concern. I covered this. You want to drive the topic? Make your own content. I understand there's even a transformative method of reviewing content and talking about it. By all means go do that. Your fanatical pursuit of this accomplishes what? Go on - let us all know your manifesto. Detail to us how this opinion of yours, on a tiny thread, on an even smaller corner of the Internet, is making a difference at all in the topic you are whinging about.
You are a poser looking to self congratulate or a low effort troll. You want to make a difference? Go do it. This isn't it - nor is it a viable path to a solution.
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instead of
Your topic. Your concern. I covered this. You want to drive the topic? Make your own content. I understand there's even a transformative method of reviewing content and talking about it. By all means go do that. Your fanatical pursuit of this accomplishes what? Go on - let us all know your manifesto. Detail to us how this opinion of yours, on a tiny thread, on an even smaller corner of the Internet, is making a difference at all in the topic you are whinging about.
You are a poser looking to self congratulate or a low effort troll. You want to make a difference? Go do it. This isn't it - nor is it a viable path to a solution.
I made content about the review pointing out its pariality. And here you are whining about it.
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I had to close the GN vid after he said Russia is allegedly using AI to surveil their citizens.
Like yeah Steve. Conveniently never mention the genocide being committed using AI in the most dystopian way possible. Or anything regarding Israel ever, such as NVIDIA building a multi billion dollar tech campus in Israel right now.
I'm as against Israel's war crimes as the next guy, but I don't see why some people try to shoehorn it into completely irrelevant topics.
The video is about GPUs being smuggled into China, as well as the futility of this GPU export ban.
It is not about middle eastern geopolitics. That's why middle eastern geopolitics wasn't mentioned.
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I made content about the review pointing out its pariality. And here you are whining about it.
You made a post about a subject you were concerned with not brought up in a video you watched - and this part is important - on a thread discussing the video getting improperly removed.
Now perhaps you didn't read the title completely and became confused... but assuming you didn't: please tell me how your urgent missive is on topic.
My original response at least provided you the courtesy of a response. You didn't care for it - but that is perfectly fine. Your type rarely enjoy those sort of observations.
If you are looking to derail things further after losing your original position I'd suggest you stop. This behavior is well documented as a standard method of trolling and isn't even novel.
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I'm as against Israel's war crimes as the next guy, but I don't see why some people try to shoehorn it into completely irrelevant topics.
The video is about GPUs being smuggled into China, as well as the futility of this GPU export ban.
It is not about middle eastern geopolitics. That's why middle eastern geopolitics wasn't mentioned.
So why did it mention Russia allegedly using AI to spy on its citizens?
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You made a post about a subject you were concerned with not brought up in a video you watched - and this part is important - on a thread discussing the video getting improperly removed.
Now perhaps you didn't read the title completely and became confused... but assuming you didn't: please tell me how your urgent missive is on topic.
My original response at least provided you the courtesy of a response. You didn't care for it - but that is perfectly fine. Your type rarely enjoy those sort of observations.
If you are looking to derail things further after losing your original position I'd suggest you stop. This behavior is well documented as a standard method of trolling and isn't even novel.
You made a point about staying on topic and lost that point and have now fallen into repetition.
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So why did it mention Russia allegedly using AI to spy on its citizens?
Because USA has similar restrictions on Russia for these powerful GPUs.
Because Russia is just over the boarder from China.
Because its another example. Just because Steve gave us a few examples, of countries using ai tech, dosent mean we need an exhaustive list of every example in the world. -
GamersNexus chose to derail things. With rumors about Russia instead of mentioning Israel committing a literal genocide with AI. And they purposely avoid talking about Israel in every single of their videos.
They choose to make their videos political and make political statements. But the hypocrisy on this is too glaring.
You're free to make your own video without what you feel is an egregious oversight.
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Is there a tldw somewhere before I watch 3.5 hours?
TIMELINE: GPU Export Controls, NVIDIA GPU Bans, & AI GPU Black Market | GamersNexus
GPUs News TIMELINE: GPU Export Controls, NVIDIA GPU Bans, & AI GPU Black Market August 18, 2025 Last Updated: 2025-08-19 We’ve compiled a comprehensive timeline of the GPU bans, GPU smuggling, and export controls that impact NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel The Highlights The US blocks exports of
(gamersnexus.net)
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I found the intro hook intriguing, but the reporting starts with a lot of media clips and other run-ups, which eventually made me leave.
It's great they put in so much effort into genuine, on-site reporting, but the already long video report feels even more bloated/filled this way.
I have to wonder if the DMCA was due to the news clips. While they may be fair use for contextualized reporting, I didn't find them particularly valuable, and DMCA issues could have been avoided without them or without using so many of them.
Exactly the same - I was very interested in the premise but struggled to make it past this section, too, for the same reasons you've mentioned. Would certainly agree that these clips should've been used more sparingly, as it's a bit of a slog otherwise.
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Because USA has similar restrictions on Russia for these powerful GPUs.
Because Russia is just over the boarder from China.
Because its another example. Just because Steve gave us a few examples, of countries using ai tech, dosent mean we need an exhaustive list of every example in the world.It sure is convenient Steve only ever brings up Russia and never Israel. That is not weird whatsoever. Ignoring the Holocaust elephant in the room.