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It seems to me like all the Youtubers actually agree: This Daggerheart license is not as bad as OGL but there are some parts which raise concerns.
It isn't a problem for now but imagine a future where someone big (like Hasbro or Disney or...) buys the rights to Daggerheart and wants to extract more money from the IP. Having experienced WotC, the TTRPG community is sensitive about it, so it seems appropriate to demand some more explanation from Darrington Press.
I think the issue is that Bob is severely understating the extent of the problems with the licence as it currently is. He's putting a lot of faith in DP to act in good faith and suggesting that having this good faith is a reason to be against making the licence put in black-and-white the terms of that good faith.
Bob also goes to a lot of effort to personally attack the people who are trying to encourage DP to do better. Claiming that they're just stirring up drama, all while he is himself stirring up drama in comparison to their attempts to discuss the actual issues. Play the ball, not the man, as they say.
Bob's got "new hobby horse" glasses on. He likes the game, and is treating criticism of the company publishing it as an attack on the game itself, which...
He's been playing 5e for years. He should know better.
I should mention, too, that Bob was an early playtester, so he also has "chosen fan" energy around this. It's surprisingly how often people are not aware of how their feelings are easily manipulated by being "seen" by "important people". Influencers are amazingly easily and cheaply bought.
And I don't mean this as a slight to Bob. This is normal and natural human behaviour. He likes the game, and that's legit. But people don't go to war over things they like. They go to war over how others make them feel valuable.