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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Damn that’s a lot of repairs. Maybe my standards are just low, the old bike I had (3x7 gears) I rode for probably somewhere around half the distance you did, and never changed anything (apart from tires and brake pads), and the bike itself was my old dad’s bike that’s more than 25 years old by now. The 7th gear did start skipping pretty hard by the end tho.













  • I honestly don’t believe this. I still believe Linus isn’t a shill and usually has consumer interests at heart, I think the problem is that he’s just pushing too hard and feels like he’s in a fight for survival at all times, and I don’t know if I can blame him for that, being a YouTuber is harsh. He tries to keep his company afloat to feed all his employees, but sometimes that focus on profit is to the detriment of quality and then fuckups happen. And I think Linus is too tunnel visioned on that profitability aspect to realise that stuff like this hurts his brand a lot more than he believes…


  • Redex@lemmy.worldtoLinus Tech Tips@lemmy.mlHe has risen.
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    2 years ago

    I agree with most of GN’s points, but this part really rubbed me the wrong way. I think GN really should have contacted Linus, to get his thoughts and clear up misunderstandings. When they do it like this it feels disingenuous, if you really care about the consumer then it’s in your best interest to help LTT change, not to try and deal as hard a blow as possible. It feels like they’re just want them to take the punch as hard as possible.

    But I still can’t believe how bad LTT’s behaviour was when it comes to Billet labs. The rewiew was bad, but I could get over it, but to sell their best fucking prototype, that’s atrocious. It’s not just the material and time cost of building it, it’s a giant opportunity cost. It’s completely unacceptable.