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Comment by p1necone

3 years ago

> flip flopping AMD/Intel/NVidia praise

This is a silly take. Tech evolves and companies release more than one product at a time. It would be weird if LTT /didn't/ have "flip-flopping" takes on various companies.

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fartcannon  3 years 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.

  • dhzhzjsbevs  3 years ago

    It'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.

  • criley2  3 years ago

    LTT 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.

    • hoseja  3 years ago

      >LTT makes almost all of it's money from floatplane, youtube premium, and youtube advertisements

      In the recent video they did on their most profitable videos Linus explicitly said money from YouTube is only a small fraction of their revenue. I don't imagine Floatplane is much of a profit centre either...

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    • fartcannon  3 years ago

      Salacious 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.

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