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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (www.youtube.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3337820

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/PCGaming/t/341789

This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, and TechQuickie, particularly as it relates to rushing content out the door to favor -- by staff's own admission -- quantity over quality. As the company continues to expand into its LTT Labs direction, the importance of accurate data increases; however, even as 'only' entertainment, there are still certain responsibilities to the consumer and the manufacturers to report fairly (and to have defined corrections processes in place). We tried to approach this as objectively as possible and hope that viewers are able to listen to the evidence we present, particularly as it relates to significant and frequent data errors that now present in nearly every technical review video.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you operate any sort of international business (LTT store products are made in China) the US dollar is the currency you use. Their costs are all in USD so if they used CAD for pricing they would just be constantly jumping around with the exchange rate to make sure margins stayed constant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm talking about for videos along the lines of "$500 build guide" not for their merch.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The logic still applies. If you price something in CAD for a US or international audience, you might as well price it in beans because nobody's going to have any idea how much it costs. Think of LTT as an Canadian exporter of video content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thinking of it that way makes sense, but it doesn't change the fact that they were (idk if they still are, stopped watching years ago) advertising themselves as Canadian content creators, with a fair bit of emphasis on being Canadian. As far as I could tell they were trying to appeal to Canadians by pushing that angle, however their videos used US pricing and availability which may as well have been in beans because it means nothing to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canada is tiny. They probably receive only 5% of their views from their home country.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should still have a Canadian price storefront

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or, at the very least, a built-in currency conversion.