The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility

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Do people still watch Linus for actual reviews? The amount of times him and his team get basic facts wrong makes it unwatchable for me, from that standpoint.
At this point it's just an entertainment production, watching Linus Tech Tips for actual tech review content would be like watching the original UK Top Gear for actual car reviews. Which makes LTTs foray into more data/fact driven stuff all the more puzzling. They had a good thing going with the more entertainment focused angle, hired some people that were funny, but I don't know what happened to that.
- Ever since they started their "labs" they've been trying to push themselves as actual reviewers and no longer casual tech reviews.
  
  Which makes little sense to me. They carved out a very nice place on the internet being entertaining instead of half the video being spreadsheets and stats about computer hardware. Seems as if they want their fingers in every pie now.
  
  I was surprised to learn that they have their own streaming service, full service production agency and tech convention, and that their store sells a lot more than just t-shirts.
  It seems safe to say that yes, they do want their fingers in every pie.
  
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  Yeah that's the vibe I'm getting
  
  The streaming service thing makes sense too, considering how shit YouTube is
  
  I mean yeah that's exactly why they've split of into multiple channels to convert a wider spectrum of content. I wouldn't be surprised if they start another channel with tech comedy skits.
  
  Linus stepped down as CEO. He clearly just wanted someone else to make the profit-worship decisions.
  
  Linus always wanted to be more, to go back to helping people with good guides and reviews, but he just can't seem to stop with the entertaining for long enough to actually produce high quality informational content.
- I never have. General industry commentary, I have a few times, but when I want actual facts and what feels like a thorough dive, I've always done HUB and GN along with text reviews (which I prefer) from places like Tom's Hardware
  Linus is tabloid-style to me and it's junk food at best
  Edit : Linux changed to Linus. Though Linux is some tasty junk food
  
  Linux is tabloid-style to me and it’s junk food at best
  Safe to assume you meant Linus?
  
  Fuckin android many words after-the-fact autocorrects
  
  dont you love it?
  How autocorrect just decides to go back and change a word from the last paragraph with no warning and suddenly your concise argument looks like you do not have the human standard amount of neurons
  
  Yet a few replies after that one I had to edit my sentence because it has no problems leaving a word spelled as "woth"
  There's literally nothing else it can be except for with
  
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- Reviews are probably the only thing that I consistently watch. I tend to agree with others here that a lot of the other videos recently haven't been catching my interest. That or it's just a behind the scenes of Linus' home project.
- A tech creator that big can never be trusted. I take his opinions with a grain of salt no matter how flashy his production is

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