• wido@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    He absolutely did it for clout. He currently has more traffic than he had in months. Talking about how awkward and uncomfortable the whole thing is, yet smiling through the whole video.

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      He currently has more traffic than he had in months.

      Because this is the highest profile thing they’ve covered in months. You’re talking as if he invented issues with LTT and didn’t report on real ones.

      Talking about how awkward and uncomfortable the whole thing is, yet smiling through the whole video.

      First time I’ve seen someone say resting bitch face is desirable.

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        The real question is, given how he overdramatised these issues now, how much of the previous issues must have been him talking up molehills to mountains.

        Essentially, pointing out mistakes in tech YouTuber videos is not a challenge. They are everywhere. Whenever GN goes into details of electronic engineering I want to kill myself just as much as when Linus does anything related to Linux, or Jay does … well, anything really. I mean, GN clearly demonstrated in this very video that he doesn’t even know what IP is.

        So the only real issue is that whole Billet thing. They themselves said they only asked for compensation on the 10th and since they didn’t get a reply within a day they used the weekend to help Steve with his hit piece? I don’t know what they think they are doing, but they are radioactive now. Who in their right mind is going to review their stuff if there’s the possibility that they will give a competitor private emails to construct a hit piece like this. They are an incalculable business risk now and ultimately they need reviewers more than the other way around.

        That all being said, the really disgusting stuff is what apparently happened to Madison. That’s something a company and their leadership needs to be held accountable for. Not this other petty shit.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly it’s the emotional language choice he used that put me off. That’s when is started to strike me as a bit disingenuous. But motivations aside, so good points were made.