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I can understand where you are coming from. I personally don't find him as being arrogant or condescending, rather he knows a lot of about what he is talking about and has a factual (albeit cold) way of presenting. He used to write books for Microsoft on how to use their software back in the 1990s so I can understand that requirement to have in-depth knowledge before talking/writing about something, plus how interested one would have to be in technical minutia).
Having worked in and around IT for the past 20 years, I find most IT people can come off as cold, arrogant or condescending but in fact it is really a lack of social skills / how they deliver information, mixed with their knowing a subject cold (you should see the discussions German and Finnish IT guys get into, it is really rather comical to watch).
To tell you the truth, I prefer to learn from someone like Tony rather than someone who talks a lot but never really says anything (such as back when Fro had the Raw Talk round-table discussions about nothing). Sort of like the other day I was watching a video about the Nikon Df and Dfc, with two people running around London. I switched it off after 5 minutes as it was more about their showing video of their running around London rather than discussing the technical differences between the two cameras (other than "this one is smaller and mirror-less").
I also like watching Thunderf00t on Youtube, so maybe I am biased by prefering a more clinical approach compared to a flash / dazzle "blah blah" one.
Now you mention I.T I can understand his delivery on YouTube as Techno people do like to get into the very core of detail technical discussion and I.T / technical minded professions erode social skills i.e Accountants, Solicitors, etc
he also has a bloody nice house, expensive BMW which I would not mind, oh yes and Chelsea ! ! ! !
I have watched some Pro Togs on YouTube reviewing gear and you are right it is more about them running around doing a little challenges.
Similar to Gadget Show were Suzy Perry & Jason Bradbury would be reviewing some kit with very pointless tasks / tests. Which was more of an entertaining value about them beating the other person to best of 3 test !
I dabble in I.T ( well PC's ) as I build my own PC every 2 years or so which means I do have to be pretty particular about gear, settings and tech.
I have acquired a Rig with M2 drive and SSD, CPU water coolering, 32GB RAM i7 89000k CPU which should be good for LightRoom & Photoshop ! !