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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] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What am I missing here? I'm a super casual watcher and even I knew he was an investor in framework? Every time I've seen the company mention he goes about how he's involved. So yeah, not sure what the issue is there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Watch GNs video. Steve goes through several instances where their handling of sponsorships is clearly inappropriate, beyond just investing in Framework.

The biggest problem Steve points out is that LTT content is clearly biased from the beginning. They know exactly what angle they're pushing for before they start writing/testing the video. Whether they are Short Circuit videos where they wave away and even apologize for issues they find in their review-not-a-review, or whether it's Linus' own content decisons where he decides that he hates a product before even starting work on a video and so refuses to give that product a fair shake.