I'm the kind of guy who still wears nearly two decades old clothes, and in some cases as much as two or three sizes too big, either because of my weight loss or because they were free merch and didn't have my size. By virtue of half of my shirts being freebies, and half of the rest being cheap though surprisingly durable (they don't make them like they used to), I am no stranger to lower quality clothes, which makes you appreciate the good stuff that much more. When I made my original purchase at the end of 2019, I did not see myself eventually retiring over a dozen shirts to replace them with LTT merch, and now this is one of six t-shirts I have bought from lttstore.
I have bought merch from over half a dozen other content creators and artists. Still, it has always been only the special limited-run celebratory type that you wouldn't typically wear because none of them are good enough to warrant wearing them compared to even the shirts I have had for half my life. That was my intention when I made this order two years ago; I only wanted the Floatplane beta squadron shirt. When I saw the shipping cost, I decided it wouldn't be worth it for just one, and if it turned out that the quality Linus kept discussing on the WAN show was a fabrication, I could return them. Beyond being some of the only shirts that fit me in my current state, they are the most comfortable shirts I own. Despite being extremely geeky, they are artistic enough that I feel confident wearing them in public without feeling like a stan. Some people mentioned that the AA shirts reduced in quality over time; these ones are the early run, but I bought shirts six months ago, and they are just as good, so hopefully, that gives people some perspective.
If creative warehouse expanded its business to manufacture merch for other creators Teespring style, maybe as an option/incentive to Floatplane creators, I would probably buy more merch from other people too. Ironically it would be a double-edged sword, as buying more LMG made merch from other people would mean buying less LTT merch, but hey, they profit either way.
