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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (youtu.be)
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UPDATE 1: Statement from Linus

UPDATE 2: GN's response

UPDATE 3: Billet Lab's statement (it's on Reddit, but posted for completion's sake. ) You can find the complete text below

UPDATE 4: follow-up from Billet Labs Again, you can find the complete text below

UPDATE 5: "What do we do now?" LTT

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Billet Labs cooler block stuff actually made me go "what the fuck" and got me to unsubscribe. That's not just some error you can cut out or some funny joke, everything about that was something that Billet Labs could likely prove monetary damages for in the worst case scenario.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fwiw, Linus made a post today and said they've already arranged to compensate billet for the prototype.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Fwiw, Linus made a post today and said they've already arranged to compensate billet for the prototype.

That has very strong "I'm sorry that I got caught" energy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

And how will they compensate for the lost work, as GN pointed out? Didn't Billit Labs say they were unable to continue working on the product, since the prototype wasn't available?