Seriously. His response was profane. F-bombs, the works. From a C-level executive of the company. ## This is the future of Odysee I repeat: It was made clear to me, by the person who runs Odysee, that this sort of content **was the Odysee brand** and that this was the future. I raised concerns around this strategy -- as one of the most prominent creators on the platform. Not a lot of high quality content creators want their content hosted on a platform where their viewers are recommended to watch "F***ING breaking my F***ING A**HOLE!!" right next to their own content. It's confusing. It's weird. It's gross. **It's both degenerate... and simply a terrible business decision.** But that's where we are. That's the future of the Odysee and LBRY platform, as chosen by those running the platform itself. ## That's not me I'm not a big fan of cursin' and swearin'. I haven't made a video, or done a live show, where I've let a naughty word slip out in several years. I don't begrudge others for using naughty words -- just not really my thing (unless I stub my toe really, really hard). And I certainly don't want to be a part of a platform where this type of degenerate, low-quality, vulgar content is promoted not only above my own... but above *everyone else*. And where my viewers (and my family members) are subjected to such disgusting garbage **by the corporate channel**. The damage this does to me (and other creators) is obvious. Political comentators. Journalists. Engineers. Tech enthusiasts. Popular culture reviewers. Comedians. All sidelined and ignored, in favor of gross, shock-value-only, low-quality, highly vulgar gegeneracy. If that is Odysee, count me out. ## Leaving Odysee I'm out. Despite years of significant investment and effort... I am, immediately, ceasing all involvement with LBRY and Odysee. I will not be publishing my future content here. I will not continue doing any work with the company -- those couple hours of part time consulting? Those are done. I will not recommend anyone use the platform, in any way. I simply will not associate myself with filth, garbage, degeneracy, and low-quality. ## Where to find me You can find most of my articles over at [Lunduke.com](https://lunduke.com/). And you can find all of my audio and video content over at [Lunduke.Locals.com](https://lunduke.locals.com/). Both free to use -- though you can pay to support me at Lunduke.Locals.com if you wish (totally optional). What will I do with the archive of content here on LBRY / Odysee? Honestly, I don't know. For the moment I will simply cease all future publication. Going forward I may remove this channel entirely and bring all the content elsewhere. Not sure yet. Heck. Maybe Odysee and LBRY will realize how big of a mistake they have made (Titanic level bad) and change course. Who knows. Time will tell. Either way. You know where to find me.">
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Lunduke condemns LBRY & Odysee

https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e/condemn-odysee:2

Because sometimes Odysee links get mangled in Locals (maybe because Locals has good taste) I'm posting the full markdown of the article here as well:

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This is not a fun post to write.

I have been a vocal advocate for LBRY (and then Odysee) since 2017.

At one point mine was the single most subscribed-to channel on the entire platform. Still among the most subscribed-to and viewed (I believe around number 50 or so).

Of the top 100 channels on LBRY, over a dozen of them joined on my personal recommendation.

My investment in LBRY and Odysee is extreme. That said...

Due to recent decisions and actions by Odysee, I will no longer be utilizing the platform for publishing my content. And I am publicly condemning the direction that Odysee and LBRY are choosing to go, along with their recent actions.

Odysee has gone degenerate

A few days ago, the [official Odysee company channel](https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8) made a post promoting a creator channel. The first such promotion, of any channel, in many months. What channel did they choose to promote? One of the hundreds of high quality channels that currently publish to the platform? One of the exciting, popular channels that have joined recently?

No.

The official Odysee company channel [made this post](https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8/axxl-on-odysee:c), promoting one of the most low quality, vile, vulgar, degenerate channels on the platform. A channel with only a couple dozen subscribers, no less.

That post -- again, posted by Odysee, itself -- contained such text as "You want to F my TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS in the A???" and "FING breaking my F*ING AHOLE!!"**.

Signing off with the text: "Odysee is his yard now!"

Seriously. Not a joke. Someone at Odysee thought this was a great idea.

It's almost so over the top, it's hard to believe a company (any company) would do such a stupid thing.

Free Speech is good

I love Free Speech. LBRY and Odysee are all about that. Right?

I would never, with that in mind, advocate for that channel to be taken down. No matter how gross it is. That person can publish his low quality, degenerate, profane content all he wants on LBRY / Odysee... and I simply should never need to see it.

But for Odysee, the company, to make that post? Promoting it above all other channels on the entire platform? Pushing that content in our face wether we want it or not? Going so far as to declare that "Odysee is his yard now!" to the half million subscribers of the main Odysee channel?

To say "that is a problem" would be a collosal understatement. Could you imagine the uproar if YouTube posted those things on the main company channel? The response would be off the charts, swift, and extreme. And warranted.

This reflects poorly on Odysee. And it makes those who have advocated on behalf of Odysee and LBRY over the years look bad. Likewise for the creators publishing to Odysee. This much is brutally obvious (as the comments on the post, from the community, and from other creators who reached out make crystal clear). It's just common sense.

It also makes Odysee significantly less safe for work... and families.

Heck, it makes Odysee a downright hostile place to exist for anyone other than that one degenerate channel (with only a few subscribers).

I sought answers

Over the last few weeks, I have been doing some very, very part time consulting work for LBRY and Odysee. Nothing big or crazy, just some help with writing some technical content and a handful of the (more professional) posts to the LBRY (not Odysee) channel. I'm a writer, and I was helping out with a platform I have supported and publish to.

This, combined with me having one of the most long-standing channels, made it reasonable for me to express concerns (in private) with this recent post.

Why was it posted? Could it be removed? Was the impact on other creators, and users, considered? And, perhaps most importantly, will more posts like this be made in the future?

I'm sure it was just a bad idea by a low level intern... right?

I got answers

In response to expressing my concern, I received an explitive filled tirade from the Cheif Marketing Officer of Odysee (whose previous experience, [according to LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-chandra-54a37613/), consists entirely of a short spell at Tik Tok), where he made it clear that he, himself, published this content.

And that this sort of content was the future of the Odysee platform.

> Seriously. His response was profane. F-bombs, the works. From a C-level executive of the company.

This is the future of Odysee

I repeat: It was made clear to me, by the person who runs Odysee, that this sort of content was the Odysee brand and that this was the future.

I raised concerns around this strategy -- as one of the most prominent creators on the platform.

Not a lot of high quality content creators want their content hosted on a platform where their viewers are recommended to watch "FING breaking my FING A**HOLE!!" right next to their own content.

It's confusing. It's weird. It's gross.

It's both degenerate... and simply a terrible business decision.

But that's where we are. That's the future of the Odysee and LBRY platform, as chosen by those running the platform itself.

That's not me

I'm not a big fan of cursin' and swearin'. I haven't made a video, or done a live show, where I've let a naughty word slip out in several years.

I don't begrudge others for using naughty words -- just not really my thing (unless I stub my toe really, really hard).

And I certainly don't want to be a part of a platform where this type of degenerate, low-quality, vulgar content is promoted not only above my own... but above everyone else. And where my viewers (and my family members) are subjected to such disgusting garbage by the corporate channel.

The damage this does to me (and other creators) is obvious.

Political comentators. Journalists. Engineers. Tech enthusiasts. Popular culture reviewers. Comedians.

All sidelined and ignored, in favor of gross, shock-value-only, low-quality, highly vulgar gegeneracy.

If that is Odysee, count me out.

Leaving Odysee

I'm out. Despite years of significant investment and effort... I am, immediately, ceasing all involvement with LBRY and Odysee.

I will not be publishing my future content here.

I will not continue doing any work with the company -- those couple hours of part time consulting? Those are done.

I will not recommend anyone use the platform, in any way.

I simply will not associate myself with filth, garbage, degeneracy, and low-quality.

Where to find me

You can find most of my articles over at [Lunduke.com](https://lunduke.com/).

And you can find all of my audio and video content over at [Lunduke.Locals.com](https://lunduke.locals.com/).

Both free to use -- though you can pay to support me at Lunduke.Locals.com if you wish (totally optional).

What will I do with the archive of content here on LBRY / Odysee? Honestly, I don't know. For the moment I will simply cease all future publication. Going forward I may remove this channel entirely and bring all the content elsewhere. Not sure yet.

Heck. Maybe Odysee and LBRY will realize how big of a mistake they have made (Titanic level bad) and change course. Who knows. Time will tell.

Either way. You know where to find me.

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Open Source Leftists Celebrate Murder, Censor Conservatives, and say "Free Software is White Supremacy".

So many stories this week about Leftist Activists, within Open Source and Big Tech, going absolutely insane.

From celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk to censoring Conservatives and even equating Free and Open Source Software with White Supremacy. And there’s more.

What’s truly crazy to me, is that most of these cases of Leftist insanity are from leaders within Open Source. These are the people running projects and representing companies.

Seriously. It’s wild.

Here are the stories of the week, presented in reverse chronological order.

All of these links are to Substack (where you can watch the video or listen to the audio podcast) — but all of these stories are available for free on every platform which The Lunduke Journal publishes to. Use whichever platform works for you.

Only The Lunduke Journal Told These Stories

This week I am reminded why The Lunduke Journal is important.

Over the last 7 days, we published 13 stories.

Of those 13 stories only 2 were covered by any other Tech News outlet. Two.

And, in both of those 2 stories, The Lunduke Journal is the only Tech News outlet that covered them accurately — and without a pro-Big-Tech, Left Wing bias.

If we didn’t exist, the other 11 stories wouldn’t get told at all. How crazy is that?

Thankfully the stories are spreading — with people seeing them over 9 million times last month alone.

If you want to be part of making The Lunduke Journal possible, consider becoming a subscriber. Lots of options, big and small. And all go directly towards daily operations.

Might I make a suggestion?

The Lifetime Subscription (which counts towards both Substack and Locals — and last for life) is a marvelous, one time, way to show support. And it comes with all of the perks (access to the Locals community as well as the official Lunduke Journal forum, & DRM-free eBooks).

You can snag a Lifetime Subscription via Locals, Substack, or with Bitcoin.

But, heck, any type of subscription (via any platform) is appreciated! Choose whichever works best for you!

Then be sure to go to Lunduke.com and choose the platforms which are the most convenient for you to use — The Lunduke Journal publishes all over the Inter-Tubes!

And, once again, thank you to every subscriber. This work is only possible because of you. You rule.

-Lunduke

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Keep The Lunduke Journal Free!

So far, in 2025, The Lunduke Journal has published 246 shows — being the only Tech News outlet covering the vast majority of those stories.

All without even the slightest influence from Big Tech. No sponsorships, no ad reads, not a penny taken from any company.

And every single story — every article, podcast, & video — is free to share far and wide.

In order for The Lunduke Journal to continue doing this unique work — to keep the lights on well into the future — we need your help.

If you haven’t yet become a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal, doing so today makes a big impact. Pick one of the options below. Big or small. Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime subscriptions — or even simply one-time donations — all make a huge difference.

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Seriously. This is all possible because of you.

We are able to make all of this free to share with the world because of you.

Might I make a suggestion?

The Lifetime Subscription (which counts towards both Substack and Locals) is a marvelous, one time, way to show support. And it comes with all of the perks (access to the Locals community as well as the official Lunduke Journal forum, & DRM-free eBooks).

You can snag a Lifetime Subscription via Locals, Substack, or with Bitcoin. Lots of options.

But, heck, any type of subscription (via any platform) is appreciated! Choose whichever works best for you!

Then be sure to go to Lunduke.com and choose the platforms which are the most convenient for you to use — The Lunduke Journal publishes all over!

And, once again, thank you for making The Lunduke Journal possible.

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Lunduke Journal hit 9 million views in August
And still not taking a single penny from Big Tech.

Thanks to all of you, August was a truly spectacular month for The Lunduke Journal.

After everything was tallied up — audio podcast downloads, video views, and article views — all of you viewed (or listened to) my work over 9 million times last month.

I’m not sure if that’s a record or not — I’ll need to go over some of the past stats to be sure — but it definitely makes me smile.

It means that the real Tech News — the stories that most Tech Journalists refuse to tell — is getting out there. In a big way. No matter how much Big Tech wants some of these stories to go away.

Stats for August

Here’s some Lunduke Journal stats (because stats are fun):

  • 238 shows, so far, in 2025 (Jan 1st → Sep 8th, nearly one show per day).

  • Over 9 million views (or listens) during the last month (August) alone.

  • 131,817 free subscribers (not including audio podcast feeds).

  • 4,488 new free subscribers on the primary platforms.

  • $0.00 (zero) taken from any corporation (no sponsorships, no ad campaigns… not a penny).

9 Million “views”. In one month. Hot diggity!

You better believe I’ll be keeping a close eye on the stats this month to see if we get close to 10 Million. Because 10 Million is a nice, big round number.

And big, round numbers are fun.

No Sales in September

One other thing I wanted to mention: I’m hoping to do away with sales and discounts on Lunduke Journal subscriptions. Which means no sales during this month (September).

My hope is that, with the rapidly growing size of The Lunduke Journal’s audience, enough new subscriptions and donations will continue to roll in to keep this publication afloat… without sales. Because, let’s be honest, sales are kind of annoying, right?

The Lunduke Journal is unique in taking zero money from any company (while giving away nearly everything for free). Most Tech News outlets struggle to keep the lights on even with running paid ads (and paid articles) nearly non-stop.

Being funded 100% by all of you is something no other Tech News outlet even attempts.

And if we can do that while making all articles & shows free for the world… without needing to run any sales or promotions? How amazing would that be? It would send a profound message.

With that in mind, if you appreciate The Lunduke Journal, consider grabbing a subscription. Big or small (and via any platform), every subscription and donation goes directly to making this work possible.

Once again, a huge thank you for every subscription and donation.

Truly, The Lunduke Journal would not be possible without all of you.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have another show to record… which is probably going to make another Tech company very grumpy.

I love my job.

-Lunduke

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