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LMG are some Shady ass motherfuckers. Look at this shit... (beehaw.org)
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You know, this is some shit that I expect when dealing with some shady asshole on ebay, but LMG?

Bro... Are you ok?

I always wondered if Linus was actually a slimy POS, but this Billet Labs situation has cemented it for me. If you haven't watched the Gamers Nexus followup video, definitely watch it.

Gamers Nexus - HW News - Linus Tech Tips' Terrible Response

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (13 children)

You missing the point I was making. I'm saying if LTT shot the video right and used a 3090 TI, we wouldn't be talking about this it would be a pointless video that most people wouldn't have given a shit about. It was 100% a filler episode. They really should have done it on a 3090 TI but holy shit this drama about this has been going on for a fucking month now only just rekindled with the GN news.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Sure, we wouldn't be talking about this. But also Billet Labs wouldn't have lost their only prototype device. It's not like they can turn this attention into new customers when they don't have a product to sell.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    It is literally up for preorder right now and set to be delivered in a month or 3. You literally don't think they have production models or cad files for this thing? Like yes losing this prototype sucks and it can hamper further development since they will need a new one made but if they haven't updated their page that is a bit questionable to me. Their consumers should be informed of how this may affect things seeing as this has been a problem for months now.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    Losing the prototype mostly hampers their ability to send it to other review channels, showing it to potential clients, and so on, so in a sense Linus forced them to milk the controversy as much as possible.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    And also: did they really milk it all that much? Addressing the flaws of a test done by a major outlet would be PR standard operating procedures.

    Not to mention if a standard outlet fucked up this hard, firings and industry blacklistings would swiftly follow.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Billet Labs has not done anything to promote the controversy as far as I can tell. Gamer's Nexus is the one amplifying this, and rightfully so.

    The whole point of including that element in their video was as another example of how sloppy, rushed and unprofessional LMG has been operating. The complete lack of respect for an enthusiast tech startup, the exact kind of company that Linus always talks about wanting to support, is incredibly revealing about how the priorities and objectives of the company are practiced.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    You're missing the point that you're out here saying it doesn't work as intended, when apparently it does. That wouldn't be happening without LTT fucking them over.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not OP, but I think the point they're making is that LTT screwed up the video, and that the drama sparked from LTT's screwup gave Billet a lot of publicity they wouldn't have had otherwise.

    Personally, I'd trade the publicity for my only working prototype and $2,000 GPU back and a video that didn't shit on me, but if you believe any publicity is good publicity...

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I understand they point they're trying to make, but while attempting to do so they repeated the same false conclusion that LTT came to in the review. Someone pointed that out to OP and rather than take that comment in good faith they wanted to harp about "missing the point".

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