The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility
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My personal thoughts

At first it came off a bit whiney, but I watched the entire thing and I’m glad I did. It shows a pattern of carelessness and in some cases complete douchebaggery of LMG.

What they did to Billet Labs is absolutely un-fucking excusable. LMG and Linus, in particular, needs to be mercilessly shamed for that until Billet Labs gets a clear and unequivocal apology and paid restitution for damages. Fucking shameful. What a bunch of pricks.

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This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, and TechQuickie, particularly as it relates to rushing content out the door to favor – by staff’s own admission – quantity over quality. As the company continues to expand into its LTT Labs direction, the importance of accurate data increases; however, even as ‘only’ entertainment, there are still certain responsibilities to the consumer and the manufacturers to report fairly (and to have defined corrections processes in place). We tried to approach this as objectively as possible and hope that viewers are able to listen to the evidence we present, particularly as it relates to significant and frequent data errors that now present in nearly every technical review video.

  • kek_w_lol@lemmy.one
    44·
    1 year ago

    Wholeheartedly agree. Wverything else I can understand and maybe even excuse. But auctioning off a prototype that isn’t even yours is so far beyond the line. They have turned into another soulless corporation just like Google, Apple, Microsoft etc. And corporations should never be trusted.

    • GhostMagician@beehaw.org
      23·
      1 year ago

      He’s another tech bro. Wan show always seemed more like a soap box for him to try to make him seem like an aww shucks type of guy, but there was the whole discussing wages issue at LTT too that broke the illusion of the image he tries to depict of himself.

      • jcrm@kbin.social
        14·
        1 year ago

        When I was still watching I remember he said if LMG ever tried to unionize he would take it as a personal failure. The intention of that statement may mean well, but it’s a really not great view to have and profess. Unions can (and should) maintain a good relationship between the workers and management.

    • lloram239@feddit.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      But auctioning off a prototype that isn’t even yours is so far beyond the line.

      What “line”? It’s a bit careless, but utterly irrelevant as far as their viewers are concerned. If anything, this just establishes that they don’t communicate with the manufacturers to have their reviews cross checked and validated, which is good thing when it comes to independent reviews. And yes, mistakes will be made, but you can bet that there will be plenty of users of that product that would have made the same mistakes, so again, actually not a bad thing. Also even the manufacturer didn’t know at this point that it wouldn’t work. Only argument here is really that they shouldn’t be testing prototype products, since that can always go wrong in both direction (e.g. substantial features getting remove for the final version after the review).

      LMG leaving incorrect information in their video and only correcting them with an asterisch is really the biggest crime here, as those are intentional mistakes, not accidental oversights.

      Either way, Gamer Nexus here feels extremely nitpicky here. Of all the things wrong in the advertainment tech space, this really is about the least important one. This is pure dramabait.

    • Xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink
      1·
      1 year ago

      That seems like a pretty large jump just because of what they already said was a miscommunication and are taking steps to work on (though it shouldn’t have happened) I don’t really see what malicious motivations there could be behind auctioning it off cuz they aren’t that desperate for an amount of money that doesn’t really matter to them (see the size of the investments in things like the badminton center and the labs, also I think the money might’ve gone to charity) What you say about corporations is true, however I think you can grow to trust people in those corporations and yes, I don’t acutally know Linus but he’s shown that he usually tries to do the right thing so I don’t think he’s going to randomly flip into going against what he’s claimed are his morals for years. Also, there are most likely other people at LMG in leadership who, if Linus did become some sort of terrible person, would probably try and stop him, even if just for job security