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MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My take on this is no they don't. As long as they are truthful they only report on the quality of the product and prevent many people of spending a lot of money from losing it by buying something that doesn't work.

If your product is shit your company does not deserve to be shielded from the backlash, this is the core of (classic) capitalism after all.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm legitimately shocked there are people defending the garbage Humane AI Pin, which leads me to think a lot of the criticism levied at MKBHD is made up by a PR firm working for the company. I already hated the god damn thing because it gave you hallucinations on demand. But watching his review and The Verge's review, its an overpriced gimmick that has a camera on all the time, and does nothing a smartphone can't already do. They didn't ask for bad reviews, they made a godawful MV--sorry, shitty product. Now they're gonna reap the whirlwind.

A smartphone is just better in every way imaginable. I also don't have my phone hallucinating all the time either, so I have that going for me.

I'm also gonna say the obvious quiet part out loud: He's black and they're targeting him first. Not The Verge, not Engadget, him.

[–] Codilingus 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'd think a bigger difference is he's a single YouTuber, the Verge and Engadget are actual companies with $ and man power.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

No, he's mentioned he has a team. He may be the final say on a product, but there's people under him shaping what he gets.

I respect MKB for the hustle and his success, but he's not a one man band.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

They seem to think he is single at least..