Hardware channel Linus Tech Tips defended itself following a competitor's claims about its "accuracy, ethics, and responsibility."

The recent criticism of Linus Tech Tips, explained::Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian has admitted to “sloppiness” in the hardware review channel’s handling of controversy that erupted over its recent review of a high-end watercool

  • potato@lolimbeer.comEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    I find some of the stuff they do entertaining, but have always found the technical information pretty… lacking and sometimes outright wrong. Seldom do they focus on what an item is engineered to do and instead just slap something together for content.

    The billet labs stuff doesn’t surprise me for those reasons, but i feel like the GN focus on it just brings their incompetence to the forefront and made what I already suspected that much more visible.

    I’m sure there are plenty of great people that work at LMG, but this ain’t about people at an individual level. It’s about a company that is literally built to sell you stuff. Whether it’s through sponsor spots, float plane(services), or through their own store. I’ve always felt their message was high and mighty and rang a bit hollow.

    For their sake, hopefully they actually improve on the technical aspects and are able to endure not because I care about them, but because I don’t think this will actually mean anything once the drama is gone.

    I’m sad about the Madison stuff, not because I care about LTT, but because working in that type of environment and watching your “heroes” not only implode but actively harm you has to be one of the worst experiences I can imagine.

    My heart goes out to her.

    • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I thought it used to be pretty solid. Not as solid as Gamer Nexus, but totally acceptable and significantly better than the vast majority of tech reviews. But that hasn’t been true for awhile.

      • potato@lolimbeer.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        That’s completely fair.

        GN might be on a different level and can be a bit dry, so I can understand the appeal of the LTT videos.

        I think you’re right with the “decline” since it doesn’t appear as though they consistently research the stuff at hand.

    • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Call me when you find a company that isn’t trying to sell stuff.

      Agree on the rest, though.

      • potato@lolimbeer.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think you deserved to be downvoted.

        I think you just might have misunderstood what I was saying, which is fair because I have little context.

        I just meant that the criticism isn’t levied at the individuals, but at a company that’s pushing content out to sell you things.

        So, while I’m sure in many of these contexts an individual shared partial responsibility, the criticism is leveraged against the company as a whole in this circumstance since I’m not going to pretend to understand what’s going on internally.

        Appreciate the comment!