To point out some examples:
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Their overuse of Martin Gilbert, and for that matter, general books on WWII, since the very beginning, for one.
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Their constant need to stick to the popular views on things instead of confronting them outright (see their comment sections and Indy’s videos on drugs in Nazi Germany). Of course, they’d go too far in the other direction too (see how they’ve treated Churchill, for instance).
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Speaking of the drug videos, sensationalism. That was also a problem in the early videos.
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The overly emotionally-charged moments (See Sparty’s WAH videos; understandable for WWII, but it is definitely not the best method of teaching). It honestly came close to being borderline manipulative at times.
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Not using the proper videos and images at points (you can see an example of that in their racism video I criticized last year; see below)
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Speaking of the technical side of things, the sound quality was (and is) iffy in many videos. Even in some recent videos, Indy and Sparty sometimes sound like they’re shouting in empty rooms.
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I pointed out in an earlier post about their quoting a primary source from a secondary source despite the fact that the primary source is still readily available online (Molotov’s telegram to Poland, for instance)
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And of course, videos like these:
And that’s just a few I can think of at the top of my head. I haven’t finished transcribing all of them; maybe my views would change, maybe not.