You know, this is some shit that I expect when dealing with some shady asshole on ebay, but LMG?

Bro… Are you ok?

I always wondered if Linus was actually a slimy POS, but this Billet Labs situation has cemented it for me. If you haven’t watched the Gamers Nexus followup video, definitely watch it.

Gamers Nexus - HW News - Linus Tech Tips’ Terrible Response

  • ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Okay, would we be even talking about Billet Labs after a month if they didn’t fuck up this video and selling off the prototype? This situation has been probably the best case scenario for them. This isn’t to absolve LMG’s part in losing the prototype and selling it off but if it worked as intended we wouldn’t be talking about a 900+ waterblock for a gpu right now. It would be a long forgotten video because most consumers don’t give a shit about boutique water cooling solutions, wow what a filler ltt episode. There is a market for it but and I continue to say this what super water cooling enthusiast is going to follow the words of local idiot/“funny” youtube man who does stupid watercooling projects in the dumbest ways possible.

    • 520@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      if it worked as intended we wouldn’t be talking about a 900+ waterblock for a gpu right now.

      It does work as intended. LMG fucked up once again by using the wrong card. Billet Labs sent them a compatible card and LMG lost it.

      • ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        1 year ago

        You missing the point I was making. I’m saying if LTT shot the video right and used a 3090 TI, we wouldn’t be talking about this it would be a pointless video that most people wouldn’t have given a shit about. It was 100% a filler episode. They really should have done it on a 3090 TI but holy shit this drama about this has been going on for a fucking month now only just rekindled with the GN news.

        • 520@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          21
          ·
          1 year ago

          Sure, we wouldn’t be talking about this. But also Billet Labs wouldn’t have lost their only prototype device. It’s not like they can turn this attention into new customers when they don’t have a product to sell.

          • ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            8
            ·
            1 year ago

            It is literally up for preorder right now and set to be delivered in a month or 3. You literally don’t think they have production models or cad files for this thing? Like yes losing this prototype sucks and it can hamper further development since they will need a new one made but if they haven’t updated their page that is a bit questionable to me. Their consumers should be informed of how this may affect things seeing as this has been a problem for months now.

            • jarfil@beehaw.org
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              13
              ·
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              Losing the prototype mostly hampers their ability to send it to other review channels, showing it to potential clients, and so on, so in a sense Linus forced them to milk the controversy as much as possible.

              • 520@kbin.social
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                3
                ·
                1 year ago

                And also: did they really milk it all that much? Addressing the flaws of a test done by a major outlet would be PR standard operating procedures.

                Not to mention if a standard outlet fucked up this hard, firings and industry blacklistings would swiftly follow.

                • QHC@kbin.social
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  7
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  Billet Labs has not done anything to promote the controversy as far as I can tell. Gamer’s Nexus is the one amplifying this, and rightfully so.

                  The whole point of including that element in their video was as another example of how sloppy, rushed and unprofessional LMG has been operating. The complete lack of respect for an enthusiast tech startup, the exact kind of company that Linus always talks about wanting to support, is incredibly revealing about how the priorities and objectives of the company are practiced.

                  • 520@kbin.social
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    3
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    1 year ago

                    It is extremely telling that the CEO and CFO of LMG came out directly, throwing Linus under a bus.

        • plantstho@beehaw.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          You’re missing the point that you’re out here saying it doesn’t work as intended, when apparently it does. That wouldn’t be happening without LTT fucking them over.

          • Eccitaze@yiffit.net
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            Not OP, but I think the point they’re making is that LTT screwed up the video, and that the drama sparked from LTT’s screwup gave Billet a lot of publicity they wouldn’t have had otherwise.

            Personally, I’d trade the publicity for my only working prototype and $2,000 GPU back and a video that didn’t shit on me, but if you believe any publicity is good publicity…

            • plantstho@beehaw.org
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              I understand they point they’re trying to make, but while attempting to do so they repeated the same false conclusion that LTT came to in the review. Someone pointed that out to OP and rather than take that comment in good faith they wanted to harp about “missing the point”.

            • plantstho@beehaw.org
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              if it worked as intended we wouldn’t be talking about…

              This is what I was referring to. I can read thoroughly, and I did so in that case, but the rest of your comment is entirely irrelevant.