I was reading my usual news websites, when I stumbled across one of those shitty sponsored ads with a person who looks suspiciously like David.

Is this actually him, or just happens to look like him?

Hope he gets better soon. This was way worse than the whole "AI escaped onto the internet and I can prove it" fiasco

My parents would tell me that if I don’t have anything nice to say, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. So here’s something nice I can say about it:

I wish I had the confidence to put something this genuinely terrible out into the world.

People keep asking why this matters: Patreon.

People donated because he promised to make more 8-bit restoration and documentary videos. As a former supporter, that’s what I was paying to see more of.

He’s released one semi-good 8bit video in 4 months, while focussing his time and resources making AI slop movies rather than creating the content that attracted supporters in the first place. I didn’t support his Patreon to fund AI movies. I supported it to help preserve and document 8-bit history, as promised.

Want him to stop making AI slop? Take away his patreon support.

https://youtu.be/RmgeFTAk2a8

The disclaimer in the video was strong, but that trailer was... 😬

Just wanted to post this here because its seriously heartbreaking to see him like this.

Trying not to be parasocial or anything close to that. I grew up watching him from the early "The iBookGuy" days (crazy its been a decade already) and seeing his latest video is heartbreaking. I kinda just stuck to his restoration videos whenever he wouldn't post and just wanted some background noise, so hes become kind of a household name and comfort. His videos also put me on some pretty cool musicians and artists, so I owe a lot to him in regards to my taste in those departments.

Its horrible that he isnt doing well and I do hope he gets better, Im just so confused about this AI movie theater premier thing he did. I dont want to speculate or make any assumptions as for the why behind it, just wanted to put this out there as a heartbroken and confused long term fan.

Get well soon David.

The brainwashing of the 8bitguy!

I wrote David an e-mail where I recommended making a classic hardware documentary to get away from all the recent AI controversy, suggesting the Amstrad CPC. He told me he isn't likely to cover it since he doesn't own one and doesn't know much about them, but he revealed that his next video will be about the Commodore KIM-1. I don't know about you guys, but I think that sounds like the perfect way to get his channel back on track.

https://www.youtube.com/@davidmurray5992

I found this channel by digging through the X16 facebook group

I had messaged David a long time ago to ask about the I/O Slots on the X16. 2.5 years later I just received this message. Has David been hacked?

-10k subscribers in 30 days. David you really should rethink the direction you are going with your videos.

I saw the big, bad controversial video and while I agree some of the things David did seemed a bit callous, it's his show. As for the computer being "rare" lol, suck an egg. It's only rare in that it was an unusual configuration. It has no real significance or place in computer history. It's not an Amiga, FFS. People decrying him for that are of the junk hoarder type who misapply value to material things on the basis of perceived rarity instead of actual significance. You are nothing more than a Pokemon collector. You are the kind of person who posts garbage on ebay with hyperinflated prices, exclaiming, l@@k! ULTRA RARE!!!1!"

The cancel-culture turd bags dredging up whatever they can find to hate on the guy can eat crap. Don't like open carry? Too bad, it's a legal right.