Even if Jones isn’t super correct all of the time, I think he’s hated because he’s like controlled opposition, without being controlled. Just like Ben Shapiro or the “Intellectual Dark Web” or whatever yahoos you want to name, Jones is, in his own way, approachable for certain kinds of people. Except he’s not approachable because he’s a carefully curated sandbox of normie-right positions, but because he’s a larger than life living meme. People can watch him without agreeing just to see what he’ll say next. He’s a different sort of on-ramp into right-leaning thought, and unlike certain other gatekeepers, even though he does have his blindspots and foolishness, he’s not too concerned with deliberately guiding his viewers into normie-brand conservatism. Any blind spots he has are probably genuine, rather than malicious, and that in itself is dangerous for the powers that be.

(I have seen people call Jones a CIA asset because of his blindspots, but I think that’s far fetched.)