Nah, its not even past transgressions at this point. Simply put, Ian isn't funny anymore. He can wipe the slate clean, pivot full breadtube, but he's not entertaining, he's not insightful, he's not engaged, he's not opinionated, he's not any of the things you need to be to see success in the breadtube space. He'd just become another 14 viewers wannabe media regurgitator, trying to avoid bringing up anything from his past while not saying anything at all about the current stuff, because he doesn't have the credibility or egotistical anchoring to insist on a position. Say what you may about Hasan, but one thing he's good at is immediately deciding his position on a matter and then sticking with that shit and actively arguing for it, even in the face of mounting contradictions. Ian would backpedal off any interesting position the moment some rando in his chat actually questions him on it.