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Has Techlore sold out? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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I like Techlore (https://www.techlore.tech if you don't know) and I usually regard them as one of the most impartial and most trustworthy Youtubers out there. But for the past few months, I couldn't help noticing their somewhat heavy bias towards some of their video sponsors. Still, everybody has to eat right?

This time though, it looks like Synology flew them over to Taiwan, and if you watch their video at the event, it's wall-to-wall Synology shilling. I'm really disappointed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I read their reasoning and it sort of makes sense: what they're saying is essentially "We do Discord because that's where the people we want to reach - the folks who don't know anything about privacy - hang out."

Well, I get that. But it's kind of like Al Gore saying his flying around the world and spewing megatons of CO2 doesn't matter because he's doing that to promote environmental causes. I don't like people who exempt themselves from the rules they preach, whatever their reason. People who walk the talk are usually more convincing.

But yeah, they do have a point I guess...