It's not every day that a Youtube legend like Linus Tech Tips roasts your phone. We just had to get our co-founder and product manager Miquel to watch the wh...

I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭

  • APassenger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    124·
    8 months ago

    Was that in the past few years?

    I watched his stuff before the GN kerfuffle . I’m not unfamiliar with the self-promotion, compound-building as content, antics or free-wheeling vids (or vids made to look that way).

    Yes, even the side channel stuff.

    The tech signal to total signal is… Low-ish. It’s entertaining, it’s broad in its scope, but I can find denser, deeper stuff if I care about a topic.

    • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      The tech signal to total signal is… Low-ish. It’s entertaining, it’s broad in its scope, but I can find denser, deeper stuff if I care about a topic.

      I agree, but it is important to point out that this is not necessarily a bad thing. It just means that the videos are aimed at a more mainstream audience. His videos are definitely part of what got me (and many other people) interested in tech.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      89·
      8 months ago

      The LTT stuff that’s currently coming out is high quality stuff.

      After GN went off on LTT, Linus reigned in his marketing staff and gave the tech staff more time resources to properly review.