I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭

    • @Linkerbaan
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      -599 months ago

      What a dumb take. Linus is one of the primary tech reviewers. After he got blasted by GN they got their shit together.

      • @PrettyLights
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        459 months ago

        They’re advertisers disguised as reviewers.

        • Chewy
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          169 months ago

          They disclose their advertisements through audio and video, altough I dislike them not declaring in title whether it’s a sponsored video or review. Linus said publicly that he wonders why people don’t understand which of their videos is sponsored or not, but going by their titles it’s to be expected.

          Watching their video it’s imo pretty obvious what is a review and what is sponsored advertisement.

          • @PrettyLights
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            19 months ago

            ACG on YouTube I feel does a great job at this if he’s following his publicized guidelines. He doesn’t do any sponsored content nor accept paid for trips from the gaming industry and when he receives a free copy of the game for review purposes he purchases a copy to give away to the audience. Accepting the free early copies and paying to give one away on release seems like a good compromise to ensure he can get the review out near the embargo date.

            https://www.acgamer.net/about

            https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2c4kmx5vjlWk-jS2XHEDw

      • @APassenger
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        89 months ago

        His primary skill and draw is entertainment. Tech is just what fills the gaps between shenanigans, “isn’t this cool?” and the next self-deprecating remark.

        • @Linkerbaan
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          109 months ago

          Bullshit. Linus was one of the first reviewers that didn’t say dumb stuff like “buy a really expensive motherboard and a mid range CPU” or “spend 200 dollars on a 1000Watt PSU for your 300Watt system”.

          • @APassenger
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            Was that in the past few years?

            I watched his stuff before the GN kerfuffle . I’m not unfamiliar with the self-promotion, compound-building as content, antics or free-wheeling vids (or vids made to look that way).

            Yes, even the side channel stuff.

            The tech signal to total signal is… Low-ish. It’s entertaining, it’s broad in its scope, but I can find denser, deeper stuff if I care about a topic.

            • @AdrianTheFrog
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              39 months ago

              The tech signal to total signal is… Low-ish. It’s entertaining, it’s broad in its scope, but I can find denser, deeper stuff if I care about a topic.

              I agree, but it is important to point out that this is not necessarily a bad thing. It just means that the videos are aimed at a more mainstream audience. His videos are definitely part of what got me (and many other people) interested in tech.

            • @Linkerbaan
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              -19 months ago

              The LTT stuff that’s currently coming out is high quality stuff.

              After GN went off on LTT, Linus reigned in his marketing staff and gave the tech staff more time resources to properly review.

              • @APassenger
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                -19 months ago

                I’ll check it out. Thanks for the update.