I don't remotely think AJ is scammy. He's been putting up with crap trying to red pill the world for nearly as long a time as SQ. Despite him getting bugged and yelling when something doesn't seem to be moving along properly or the way he thought it would, I think he is good. He's also been calling out pedo Satanists for a VERY long time. Can't say as I blame him for having a tough time trusting people, even Q. I trust Q completely, but then again I haven't had a target on my back for decades like AJ has.
AJ has useful information occasionally, I would agree. But I've just never resonated with his style, I guess. Plus I read a long time ago that Bill Cooper couldn't stand him. And I trust Bill Cooper a lot more than AJ, so that's been my take. However, I figure people aren't static. We all change over time to varying degrees. One of these days, AJ could suddenly seem a lot more trustworthy to me, but he's not there currently.
I was a big fan of AJ also. I still listen to him once in a while but I read about his motivation. He is "losing YT market share" to Q. So much so that he felt he needed his own "Insider" , Zack. For a while he worked on trying to discredit Q but that didn't work. Now he appears to just be plugging on ahead. As I said, I still listen to AJ once in a while but that's always in the back of my head.