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The funniest thing to me, is that LTT would be massively improved if Linus would just fuck off and go away. He runs around like a ADHD Chicken on stimulants, constantly dropping and breaking shit, fumbling shit, and just being an overall annoying twat.
and hes been that way since the beginning, the only thing thats changed in time is that its gotten worse, to the point that I, personally, only ever stuck around to watch (Name Removed due threats from moderator to delete all my posts.) videos.. and after the whole backpack "just trust me bro" bullshit, even that wasnt enough to keep me around and I just bailed.
Much prefer people who know what they're talking about, and actually give a shit, and don't have a massive entitled stick up their ass. Like Hardware Unboxed, and GN.
You may not like Linus but he is undoubtedly a successful business person and a great entertainer for a large public. An opinion is no problem but these things are just hard facts. LMG is a big success and Linus has played a major role in it.
The numbers don't lie, content from LMG is just much more populair than content drom GN for example. It is way more accessible in my opinion. I feel like GN and LMG should not be compared as they have an entirely different audience. You seem to be a great example of that. If I want to have excellent reporting I go to GN if I just want a quick dopamine hit by seeing a few idiots cool a pc with an oversized turbine I go to LMG. I believe both are great but opinions differ.
That is the issue. It wouldn't be the issue if their videos were limited to being funny and goofy and for entertainment only. But their whole brand now is LLT Labs. Which is hard data focused (like GN is). So having incorrect data used to draw a conclusion for a product is journalistic malpractice.
I agree completely. I do believe good journalism is getting rarer. If it's not bad data it's people calling themselves journalists while they just amend chat GPT articles.