Ahh, The Verge, always causing problems where none exist.

The guy was a brazen pirate and operated a ToS-violating subreddit about Switch piracy. He was sued for his actions, and lost.

This is like writing a headline "McDonalds employee ordered to pay", or "Amazon employee", or "Walmart employee", or "Guy who uses Linux", or "Good upstanding Christian", or whatever unrelated thing you want to attach here.

Like, I'm not pro-Nintendo nor pro-Reddit here, both are toxic reprehensible companies that harm users and partners alike, but the guy did what he did and had his day in court.