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I disagree that it's silly. I think that's unfairly dismissive of a valid point when he is paid money to advertise for those companies and we are discussing the
by fartcannon 4y ago
I disagree that it's silly. I think that's unfairly dismissive of a valid point when he is paid money to advertise for those companies and we are discussing the validity of his reviews of that equipment.
- p1necone 4y agoLTT very clearly demarcates which videos are sponsored and which are not.
- fartcannon 4y agoHow do you know that that's everything? It's just taking their word.
- DominoTree 4y agoHow do I know your comments aren't being sponsored by a rival YouTube channel?
- fartcannon 4y agoYou don't. But if I said, "I'm not being sponsored by a rival YouTube channel" would you just go ahead and believe me? What if I also linked to a bunch of videos from a rival YouTube channel while repeating that I'm not sponsored by them.
- p1necone 4y agoDo you have even an ounce of evidence? You're being ridiculous. You can't just sling mud baselessly and expect people to take you seriously.
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- criley2 4y agoLTT makes almost all of it's money from floatplane, youtube premium, and youtube advertisements. The "deals" they work with companies are almost entirely outside of the product space they review. This mud-slinging idea you continue to push (with zero evidence) is contrary to their financials and directly contrary to their business model. Why on earth would Linus leverage his entire business in debt to buy a huge facility to produce hardware reviews if that would mean "his sponsors" (your salacious claim) would abandon him or force him to change? It literally doesn't make sense. If they were truly bought and paid for and producing faux-content that is actually advertising, they would have legitimately zero need to spend millions of dollars on hardware testing labs.
- fartcannon 4y agoSalacious is a bit of a salicous word for doubting their reviewer credibility. I get it. You disagree with me. I hope you are right because he's got quite a bit of power these days.
- criley2 4y agoSalacious is an eminently accurate word for your string of source-less comments describing your feelings about their advertisements under the guise of actual accusations of wrongdoing. I don't "disagree with you", I dismiss you. I provided an accurate description of their financials and incentives and demonstrated that your salacious claims literally don't make sense. This is good and normal! We should always dismiss peoples feelings especially when they directly contradict all available evidence. However, I happily await your evidence demonstrating that Linus has been corrupted by a hardware partner into producing devious advertising! We'd all love for you to back your claims up.
- fartcannon 4y agoNow you're just being rude.
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- dhzhzjsbevs 4y agoIt's silly because it isn't a valid point. Linus flip flopping on those brands is precisely why he isn't suffering from fanboyitis. It's kind of rediculous to claim he's a fanboy in one sentence then claim he's just a shill in the next when the evidence contradicts your first statement.
- fartcannon 4y agoWell, again, I disagree. It's ridiculous to see a behaviour with your own eyes and then choose to believe it's the opposite.
- dhzhzjsbevs 4y agoWhat behavior exactly? Got receipts? Because from what I see he's both called Intel on it's bullshit and still worked with them on a professional level. Same for amd. As for apple, they funded a whole new Apple channel without Linus precisely because he knows he couldn't be unbias.
- fartcannon 4y agoYes, and I agree that you can see those actions as being contrary to my proposed scenario. I sort of see them as evidence in the other direction, but it's good to hear it said out loud. Makes good food for thought.