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  • GingeyBook@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Lmao Linus immediately jumped back into the “we’re only human, feel bad for us” thing

    • Fjaeger@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, I couldn’t watch past Yvonne’s section, it just felt like a corporate ad tbh.

        • Skelectrician@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          0·
          2 years ago

          I just find that screwdriver to be the most pretentiously bad product. Still a product that’s half as good as something from Klein or wiha, or Milwaukee, or Greenlee, for three times the price. He put all that money into a designing a cheap but overpriced Chinese piece of junk, when there are already great screwdrivers used by professionals for years and years. Linus was so arrogant he didn’t even think that somebody’s already made a superior product with established tooling. But no, he has to reinvent the wheel and design a screwdriver nobody’s asked for

          • LinuxSBC@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I’ve used one, and it actually is pretty good. For comparison, I have a Megapro Automotive (211R1C36RD) screwdriver. I like the ratchet and shaft knurling of the LTT more, but the smaller bits are a bit annoying (though the smaller handle size because of them is nice). Overall, it’s not a bad screwdriver, and even though it is too expensive for me, it’s another good product option in case other brands’ tools don’t fit someone’s needs.

      • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
        01·
        2 years ago

        I was just thinking about how theres almost no gradient between what makes you a “quirky and fun small business” which they want to act like and “oh shit better put on our IBM corporate hats and make another video”

    • snor10@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Once again he comes out with deflections and excuses.

      Put your ego aside for one second and take this one humbly on the chin.

  • rizoid@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Between this and Madison’s tweets I hope the good people can get out and the company dies.

  • flustered@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    Things are not looking good for linus, especially now that an ex-employee is making accusations about terrible working conditions, sexisim, and harassment of all types…

  • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    This situation sucks and was something I would have been willing to see through. But after reading the thread from Madison this morning I’ve decided to cancel my Floatplane subscription. While the accusations she makes are currently accusations, they’re pretty damning and worth taking seriously in case they are more than allegations. I await LMG’s response to her thread, as I feel that will be the deciding factor in whether or not I continue to consume and support anything LMG does going forward.

    Her thread: https://twitter.com/suuuoppp/status/1691693740254228741

    • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Gonna pop the ThreadReader link here for those who don’t want to log into Twitter: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html

      On the Floatplane thing, I am a bit worried for DankPods, who put a lot of backing into Floatplane after he got screwed over by Twitch. This whole thing might have some collateral damage towards the other creators on there, including him. Was considering subscribing to Floatplane for him and his drum streams before this.

  • dandi8@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years ago

    The “haha, we’ve made an oopsie” tone of the video (sponsorship jokes, plugging their store link, possible sex joke, deflecting to “I’m just a human” instead of fully taking the blame) don’t sit right with me. I was also hoping they would address Madison’s comments on why she quit.

    • snor10@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      To quote poetry:

      Uwu We made a fucky wucky!!

      A wittle fucko boingo!

      The code monkeys at our headquarters are working VEWY HAWD to fix this!

  • Twashe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Did any one see the pinned comment where they say turned off monetization after community feedback? as if this video should be monitized in the first place lol man this does not feel right

    • histy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      ok, at the risk of being branded a fanboy and a bootlicker I’m going to play devil’s advocate and say that this option is probably checked by default and whoever posted it didn’t think about it because they were probably one of the employees taking orders

  • tranceFusion@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Wait, so people used to take this guy seriously? I watched a review he did on some sim racing gear a few years back and it was obvious the guy didn’t google even the most basic advice on how to set up a sim rig properly.

    • BlinkAndItsGone@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      For those who aren’t aware why errors are an issue because all they’ve seen is wacky LTT videos where they mess around with stuff–Linus is the most popular (and profitable) computer hardware Youtuber, and he’s always done hardware reviews, but to some degree this whole scandal came about because of him wanting to be taken more seriously. Recently he’s been using his millions in an attempt to become the most authoritative PC hardware critic by building and staffing a state-of-the-art testing lab. It was one of his lab technicians who made the comment about how their testing was better than that of more respected channels like Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed that kicked this whole thing off. And the whole lab thing makes the continuing inaccuracy of the videos seem that much more egregious.

      • Rusky_900@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        There is a difference between understanding technology and doing the homework before a video. You can be super smart/experienced, hut if you don’t care to learn about the thing you’re talking about it becomes a goof off very quickly. I’ve (and many others out there) have watched enough content to know when things are straying from legitimacy.

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Eeeh, I don’t know about that. He may have experience, but it never seemed to me like he had much understanding. Or even knew how to learn, like with the Linux stuff.

      • fidodo@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        You could know absolutely everything about building computers and still know absolutely nothing about sim racing rigs. Knowing some domains doesn’t make you an expert at all domains. He could reach out to an expert for areas he’s not familiar with but he’s more concerned about clickbait and shitting out videos as quickly as possible.

        • keefshape@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          And this is true for anyone whose business depends on the monetization of YT content. Imo.

      • pup_atlas@pawb.socialEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        He has the technical competency of your average best buy employee. Not even geek squad, just like a normal employee. Just look at their channel, they constantly make videos about their mission critical servers breaking.

  • theodewere@kbin.social
    01·
    2 years ago

    amazing that something as bone dry as tech is now about nothing but drama and personalities and cliques

    • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      now

      Uh… I think you need to check out the history of computing.

  • dunning_cougar@waveform.socialEnglish
    03·
    2 years ago

    All the whiny complainers are responsible for this sad state of affairs. This is what happens when communist ideology subverts a culture.