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One thing that is missed is that Marques is careful about what he reviews. 99% of the junk that companies release he/his team simply won't waste time on. So t

One thing that is missed is that Marques is careful about what he reviews. 99% of the junk that companies release he/his team simply won't waste time on. So the title is probably true.

burningChrome 3y ago
>> One thing that is missed is that Marques is careful about what he reviews. He is and he isn't. If he feels something is not worth it, he'll tell you. Like the crypto phone: "This is a Crypto Phone. Don’t Buy It." with a photo of him face palming: https://youtu.be/hRSMJGs0YMg?si=_sD9MA7JLeDbI0f1 https://youtu.be/hRSMJGs0YMg?si=_sD9MA7JLeDbI0f1 And who can forgot the famous "Escobar Folding Phone"? https://youtu.be/O8FJSjy3bXA?si=nfAe9tZniafBwDmc https://youtu.be/O8FJSjy3bXA?si=nfAe9tZniafBwDmc And the follow up video when the company responded to his original video: "Escobar Responds! A PSA" https://youtu.be/Ns8ydpZ5-4o?si=3tppQYwiMbSVMfb7 https://youtu.be/Ns8ydpZ5-4o?si=3tppQYwiMbSVMfb7 If you filter through his videos, there are plenty of reviews of stuff that he rips that aren't Apple products. Even his review of the Cyber Truck was brutal. And there very clearly are reviews of emerging products they rip like the crypto phone.
- dvngnt_ 3y ago
  these aren't great buys but they're still better than the wearable device
- plorg 3y ago
  I don't think that means he isn't careful about what he reviews - just that his selection criteria is not "I expect this to be good". Rather it's, if I had to guess, "this is part of or illustrates an interesting story in the world of technology."
  - Intralexical 3y ago
    No need to guess: > But as many videos as I've made about products, there are way more products out there in the world that exist. So the process of selecting which products to even review in the first place is like an art form to itself. Most products are just, meh, they're fine. Like they exist, they get made, they're fine, whatever. So they have to reach a certain level of interest or being really good to even be considered for review. Or sometimes really, really bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA
Gigachad 3y ago
I think also part of what makes it so bad is the mismatch between expectations, price, marketing, and reality. If you bought a pair of $10 headphones from ebay and they suck, it's not shocking. But when you have a $700 device, with hundreds of millions in funding, and a ton of marketing about it being the smartphone killer and the future of computing, yet the device is total junk, that makes it worse in a way than other junk marketed as junk.
- paxys 3y ago
  $700 device which requires a $25 monthly subscription to use, let's not forget.
  - wahnfrieden 3y ago
    And charged multiple times through each day.
  - al_borland 3y ago
    It’s like buying a whole smartphone and service, but only getting the voice assistant. Who wouldn’t think that’s a bad deal?
- rickdeckard 3y ago
  I do wonder what would have happened if Humane would have launched the product as an invitation-only beta with a different pricing-scheme. The hardware is good enough to test it. Power-consumption, projector and voice-cloud-voice latency is too high. But that's probably all forgivable if it's a "public beta" with the clear statement that this is not a final mass-product...

One thing that is missed is that Marques is careful about what he reviews. 99% of the junk that companies release he/his team simply won't waste time on. So the title is probably true.

burningChrome 3y ago

>> One thing that is missed is that Marques is careful about what he reviews. He is and he isn't. If he feels something is not worth it, he'll tell you. Like the crypto phone: "This is a Crypto Phone. Don’t Buy It." with a photo of him face palming: https://youtu.be/hRSMJGs0YMg?si=_sD9MA7JLeDbI0f1 https://youtu.be/hRSMJGs0YMg?si=_sD9MA7JLeDbI0f1 And who can forgot the famous "Escobar Folding Phone"? https://youtu.be/O8FJSjy3bXA?si=nfAe9tZniafBwDmc https://youtu.be/O8FJSjy3bXA?si=nfAe9tZniafBwDmc And the follow up video when the company responded to his original video: "Escobar Responds! A PSA" https://youtu.be/Ns8ydpZ5-4o?si=3tppQYwiMbSVMfb7 https://youtu.be/Ns8ydpZ5-4o?si=3tppQYwiMbSVMfb7 If you filter through his videos, there are plenty of reviews of stuff that he rips that aren't Apple products. Even his review of the Cyber Truck was brutal. And there very clearly are reviews of emerging products they rip like the crypto phone.

dvngnt_ 3y ago
these aren't great buys but they're still better than the wearable device
plorg 3y ago
I don't think that means he isn't careful about what he reviews - just that his selection criteria is not "I expect this to be good". Rather it's, if I had to guess, "this is part of or illustrates an interesting story in the world of technology."
- Intralexical 3y ago
  No need to guess: > But as many videos as I've made about products, there are way more products out there in the world that exist. So the process of selecting which products to even review in the first place is like an art form to itself. Most products are just, meh, they're fine. Like they exist, they get made, they're fine, whatever. So they have to reach a certain level of interest or being really good to even be considered for review. Or sometimes really, really bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA

Gigachad 3y ago

I think also part of what makes it so bad is the mismatch between expectations, price, marketing, and reality. If you bought a pair of $10 headphones from ebay and they suck, it's not shocking. But when you have a $700 device, with hundreds of millions in funding, and a ton of marketing about it being the smartphone killer and the future of computing, yet the device is total junk, that makes it worse in a way than other junk marketed as junk.

paxys 3y ago
$700 device which requires a $25 monthly subscription to use, let's not forget.
- wahnfrieden 3y ago
  And charged multiple times through each day.
- al_borland 3y ago
  It’s like buying a whole smartphone and service, but only getting the voice assistant. Who wouldn’t think that’s a bad deal?
rickdeckard 3y ago
I do wonder what would have happened if Humane would have launched the product as an invitation-only beta with a different pricing-scheme. The hardware is good enough to test it. Power-consumption, projector and voice-cloud-voice latency is too high. But that's probably all forgivable if it's a "public beta" with the clear statement that this is not a final mass-product...