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Comment by 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.

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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.

  • fartcannon  3 years ago

    Well, again, I disagree. It's ridiculous to see a behaviour with your own eyes and then choose to believe it's the opposite.

    • dhzhzjsbevs  3 years ago

      What behavior exactly? Got receipts?

      Because from what I see he's both called Intel on it's bullshit and still worked with them on a professional level.

      Same for amd.

      As for apple, they funded a whole new Apple channel without Linus precisely because he knows he couldn't be unbias.

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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...

    • criley2  3 years ago

      Linus did a video on how much money they make from youtube premium/ads and the numbers can get as high as $50k-$100k/video for their most popular streams. It's not nothing. Floatplane is profitable because it's a subscription based system, and that's where the money always is. Hence patreon.

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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.

    • teh_klev  3 years ago

      > I hope you are right because he's got quite a bit of power these days.

      Oh c'mon. The guy is just a YouTube celeb like hundreds of others and easily disposable, what is this "power" he wields?

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    • criley2  3 years ago

      Salacious is an eminently accurate word for your string of source-less comments describing your feelings about their advertisements under the guise of actual accusations of wrongdoing.

      I don't "disagree with you", I dismiss you. I provided an accurate description of their financials and incentives and demonstrated that your salacious claims literally don't make sense.

      This is good and normal! We should always dismiss peoples feelings especially when they directly contradict all available evidence. However, I happily await your evidence demonstrating that Linus has been corrupted by a hardware partner into producing devious advertising! We'd all love for you to back your claims up.

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