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> Product recommendations are pure affiliate spam. Good luck finding critical reviews of anything. As YouTubers and modern influencers start acquiring enough c
by donmcronald 4y ago
> Product recommendations are pure affiliate spam. Good luck finding critical reviews of anything.
As YouTubers and modern influencers start acquiring enough capital to do what Linus Tech Tips is doing, the old web only review sites that rely search based traffic are dead IMO.
The personal reputations of celebrity level influencers are the new trusted brands. If some of them get a foothold and don’t screw it up there’s an insane opportunity to oust major legacy brands from some markets. Everyone has sold out their brands for short term profits and we all know it.
- lozenge 4y agoIs Linus a place for trustworthy reviews? The Youtubers I know are Marques Brownlee, Mrwhosetheboss, Unbox Therapy, and they basically fawn over anything and are completely in the brands' pockets (access journalism). I see the same in the smart home gadgets space and cruise holidays space.
- donmcronald 4y ago> Is Linus a place for trustworthy reviews? They’ve shown off tidbits of objective tools and processes they’re going to use for testing. For example, they’re building a robot arm for keyboard testing. And yeah, I agree about the soft reviewers. Most of them will gush about overpriced lifestyle brands. It’s weird.