ive heard some mixed things about ltt so i want to know if theyre actually bad or not

and im not watching them for linux help, i just like the content, but i also dont want to support a bad person

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, maybe I’m wrong and there is some drama. Googling for “Linus Tech Tips drama” yields many results. I must have missed it.

    Some of that sounds like average stupid people behaviour, like not being able to wear seatbelts properly, or skewing benchmarks. I’ve seen all the Honey ads as well, I always thought that’s how YouTube is, and didn’t make up my mind about it. Having some sort of boy culture and being unable to learn sounds a bit more unfortunate and worrisome. (If true.)

    • goofsqueak@lemdro.idOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      about the sponsors, basically every decent sized youtuber has had a bad sponsor

      like look at drew gooden, his content is amazing but most of his sponsors are utter dogshit

      • steelplatedmech@piefed.caEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Tech channels get more scrutiny because their reputation lives and dies by how credible they are as opposed to being purely entertainment.

        I trusted him less after he chose to stick with PIA after they got bought by Kape which is a company that had a history of distributing malware and adware

        The issue is who he sold it to — the notorious creator of some pernicious data-huffing ad-ware, Crossrider. The UK-based company was cofounded by an ex-Israeli surveillance agent and a billionaire previously convicted of insider trading who was later named in the Panama Papers. It produced software which previously allowed third-party developers to hijack users’ browsers via malware injection, redirect traffic to advertisers and slurp up private data.

        https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-is-kape-technologies-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-parent-company-of-cyberghost-vpn/

        Why would I trust someone’s hardware and software opinions if that’s the sponsor they stuck with back then?

        Never hears of Drew, but looks like he’s just a comedian? Not like his content is giving out product recommendations under the guise of being an expert who can be trusted.

        LTT is an advertising channel to me. For their merch or sponsors. Modern day infomercials for people who are entertained by ads hosted by personalities.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        1 day ago

        My mom taught me, other people doing things is never an excuse for yourself… But yeah, maybe that’s how things are.