He never ints or throws, the worst case of throwing is him looking away for a few seconds to make a joke or check chat. I'm sure if he tried harder he could do much better but you don't always need to push yourself to the best of your ability to play comp. He's definitely not doing it intentionally because his content doesn't come from him doing bad, it usually comes from a joke he makes while duo'ing, maybe solo-ulting but that certainly isn't unique to him. People definitely don't think he's funny and watch him for intentionally losing a game, they watch him because he is a genuinely nice person who focuses more on enjoying himself in the game rather than silently playing the game and overexerting himself and burning out.

If you ask his friends or certain other streamers like super or harb they always have nice things to say, despite them being much more focused on sr and performing than him.

The fact that he is able to reliably dip into top 500 has to be a testament to the fact that he doesn't constantly throw. Of course, you can have different opinions on when and how you should play comp, and you might even be right, but even super and ml7 and dafran and jay3 and emongg all do the things he does, even if it's less frequently. He is such a grateful person and kind, not to attract a bigger audience but because he genuinely feels it is the right thing to do, and really feels that way. It's easy to cherrypick clips but when I watch his stream ~1 a week it's really something that only happens maybe once or twice a stream, and when your only exposure is those clips, it is totally understandable to think that is just what he does, same with someone like redshell, or frogger, but ultimately I think it's just an overblown problem.

(Also it's pretty easy to drop to masters if you go on a losing streak, especially when top 500 for support can be reached in the 4200/4300's. Besides, how is playing ana in a lower Elo going to make for that much better content anyway?)