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Is it appropriate for you to be trying to attack the guy's credibility? Seems odd that it would be the first and only response given this video.

joshstrange 8y ago
I’m not attacking his credibility, I’m calling it into question. If you produce a video in a reality-tv/anger-inciting manner then I’m not going to take it at face value without knowing more.
- syshum 8y ago
  Then you should spend a few minutes investigating the person before questioning his credibility a cursory look at the channel will see this type of over acting is common for the channel. While he is over the top, I do not doubt that Apple Refused to repair their device for their "customer" that is standard apple anyway. Apple has always been about consumerism meaning they want you to buy new devices not repair broken ones. Their policy is "If its not Warranty, buy a new one", and even under warranty it is mainly REPLACE not repair.
  - boneitis 8y ago
    I think it is super fair for the toplevel guy to question it. Linus had extremely humble beginnings and had done incredibly useful, applicable consumer research for our[the consumers he was targeting to] sake. Most of my information came from his channel when I built my PC a couple years back. As with all channels trying to be commercially stable, sponsorships, endorsements, advertising, and such will run its course. These days I don't bother to check in on Linus' Tech Tips precisely because of how commercialized and out of touch they [PRESUMABLY] have become. It's just unfortunate that tech products are constantly iterating and coming out with new gen products all the time. Another, unrelated-but-very-relevant-to-the-discussion channel that will still be relevant today I'd say would be the Brothers Green cooking channel. Check it out!
  - boneitis 8y ago
    That is, when I say "relevant today", I mean another channel that has undergone the same criticism we are talking about but whose content [within the older videos] still remains relevant, as opposed to that of Linus' Tech Tips.

joshstrange 8y ago

I’m not attacking his credibility, I’m calling it into question. If you produce a video in a reality-tv/anger-inciting manner then I’m not going to take it at face value without knowing more.

syshum 8y ago
Then you should spend a few minutes investigating the person before questioning his credibility a cursory look at the channel will see this type of over acting is common for the channel. While he is over the top, I do not doubt that Apple Refused to repair their device for their "customer" that is standard apple anyway. Apple has always been about consumerism meaning they want you to buy new devices not repair broken ones. Their policy is "If its not Warranty, buy a new one", and even under warranty it is mainly REPLACE not repair.
- boneitis 8y ago
  I think it is super fair for the toplevel guy to question it. Linus had extremely humble beginnings and had done incredibly useful, applicable consumer research for our[the consumers he was targeting to] sake. Most of my information came from his channel when I built my PC a couple years back. As with all channels trying to be commercially stable, sponsorships, endorsements, advertising, and such will run its course. These days I don't bother to check in on Linus' Tech Tips precisely because of how commercialized and out of touch they [PRESUMABLY] have become. It's just unfortunate that tech products are constantly iterating and coming out with new gen products all the time. Another, unrelated-but-very-relevant-to-the-discussion channel that will still be relevant today I'd say would be the Brothers Green cooking channel. Check it out!
- boneitis 8y ago
  That is, when I say "relevant today", I mean another channel that has undergone the same criticism we are talking about but whose content [within the older videos] still remains relevant, as opposed to that of Linus' Tech Tips.