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Jeff Fatwood posted:I think he used a galaxy fold so that's probably why a dip bricked it Lmao owned. That thing doesn’t have basic waterproofing?
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Oct 4, 2023 19:23
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I didn't even know they still made phones that aren't waterproof in the year of our lord 2023.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:26
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No he left the phone soaking in the pants.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:28
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The galaxy fold is the one that could be destroyed by a grain of sand in the screen fold, right? Don't know how that could expect to be waterproof.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:14
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Jeff Fatwood posted:I think he used a galaxy fold so that's probably why a dip bricked it "The Linus Effect" operating at full power, he's such a plonker. 
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Oct 4, 2023 21:18
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i suspect he'd have been a bit more careful with his $1500 phone if it wasn't all pocket change to him
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Oct 4, 2023 21:25
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Rinkles posted:i suspect he'd have been a bit more careful with his $1500 phone if it wasn't all pocket change to him I'd guess it was given to him by Dbrand. It's where LTT get all their iphones for reviews, as Apple won't send them any.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:29
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Linus said later in the video that he traditionally just used whatever the last phone was given to him for review until he got a new one to review, but he's basically stopped doing phone reviews so this is his first time in years actually buying a new phone. (So he's having his audience pick a phone for him that he will use for a month and then post a review of instead of picking his own.)
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Oct 4, 2023 21:36
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Mr.Radar posted:Linus said later in the video that he traditionally just used whatever the last phone was given to him for review until he got a new one to review you... you can just keep them?
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Oct 4, 2023 21:37
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There are serious journalism type reviewers who will either only buy items from retail to test, or if they get a review sample return it to the manufacturer. But those kids of folks seem to be few and far between. And the computer and electronics manufacturers know the devices and phones they give away to "review" will curry favor. Computer and phone manufacturers, somehow more corrupt than other consumer focused industries.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:41
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Different manufacturers have different terms too, Apple I believe always asks for devices back. Most other companies seem to not care though knowing it's probably beneficial to them if their product keeps showing up in a person's videos. Audio guy Crinacle has basically built a coffee shop and audio sampling place stocked with stuff he's been sent for review (apparently a pretty common business in Singapore). There's reviewers who sell review units they've gotten on Ebay, sometimes but not always for charity. I just remember Techmoan's line in his review video of the Sony Linkbuds where he said "Payment in product is still payment". Then there's videos where a person will keep saying a video isn't sponsored, show off thousands of dollars worth of product they've gotten for free and end on a custom discount code to buy that stuff, which is a sponsored video to me because you're ending on a call to action to buy the stuff you've been showing off.
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Oct 4, 2023 22:09
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The FTC is clear that receiving anything of value has to be disclosed. https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers And I think most competition and commerce regulators outside the US do too. Shame that there have been relatively few enforcement actions by the FTC besides big name celebs.
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Oct 4, 2023 22:26
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Yeah the enforcement seems to be non-existent and everyone’s realised that. Unless you’re a huge channel you’re never going to get anything but comments you can complain about in future videos.
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Oct 4, 2023 22:31
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Rinkles posted:you... you can just keep them? That implicit assumption is where the thread title comes from.
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Oct 4, 2023 22:52
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lol at 8bitguy wearing a Rick & Morty shirt in 2023
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Oct 4, 2023 23:21
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Arivia posted:There's a subset of people who watch retro tech channels for something kind of like ASMR - the footage/process of retrobriting or recapping a board is a calming, important part of a video to them. I wouldn't be surprised if 8bitguy was appealing to that crowd. It increases the perceived improvement between the “before” and the “after”, which is more dramatic and impressive to an audience. It makes the finished restoration/cleanup seem more complete at the end of a video. The discolored/stained/yellowed plastic looks “new” at the end of the video, regardless of how it may feel or eventually discolor again. Sure there’s an “ASMR” or satisfaction/reward component there, akin to pimple popping or rug washing, etc, but mainly people just want to see dramatic changes and they like the narrative of “old thing got fixed up like new again” and they want to be impressed. A repair or restoration that doesn’t look sufficiently challenging or extensive may not generate adequate hype/attention. This is also why a lot of tool/bike/metal/etc restoration videos on YouTube use various tricks to make things look more weathered or more damaged than they really are and make repair jobs seem much bigger than what was actually done. They’ll cover pieces in weathering/rust paint that buffs off, leave stuff in acid or saltwater baths to pick up surface corrosion that looks serious but also comes off with some mild abrasion or solvents, use multiple dummies (ie start with a piece that they can’t fix and cheekily swap in a ringer), etc.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:45
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Mr.Radar posted:Linus said later in the video that he traditionally just used whatever the last phone was given to him for review until he got a new one to review, but he's basically stopped doing phone reviews so this is his first time in years actually buying a new phone. (So he's having his audience pick a phone for him that he will use for a month and then post a review of instead of picking his own.) njsykora posted:Different manufacturers have different terms too, Apple I believe always asks for devices back. Most other companies seem to not care though knowing it's probably beneficial to them if their product keeps showing up in a person's videos. Audio guy Crinacle has basically built a coffee shop and audio sampling place stocked with stuff he's been sent for review (apparently a pretty common business in Singapore). There's reviewers who sell review units they've gotten on Ebay, sometimes but not always for charity. I just remember Techmoan's line in his review video of the Sony Linkbuds where he said "Payment in product is still payment". Then there's videos where a person will keep saying a video isn't sponsored, show off thousands of dollars worth of product they've gotten for free and end on a custom discount code to buy that stuff, which is a sponsored video to me because you're ending on a call to action to buy the stuff you've been showing off. There are the usual associated issues that can/will pop up with these. For motherboards it's the bios version, as they generally have very early ones. For video cards it is driver and in a few cases the firmware. Of the reviewers that I still watch, a few have sold the stuff they get. Though it's been on the old-ish side, where there is no point in keeping it around for comparison. And cases, they can get so many cases, and they take so much room. If I remember right that was a big reason why Jay did his tent sale, so he can get rid of all the cases he had. Hasn't Steve even done a sale of some sort to clean out cases? Selling the pre-production stuff though, again this is with the reviewers I watch still, they won't due to the issues that could pop up. As to LTT and Apple, I don't think Apple will send them anything for review at all. After they said something Apple didn't like, they essentially blacklisted them. It had been the phones, tablets, and I believe the laptops they got from Dbrand, so as to shill their sticker during the review. The desktop systems and monitors they have actually bought.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:50
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Koskun posted:The other thing that happens is the reviewers get a pre-production or one out of the first run. They work, they are officially what the final product is and should work, but they are just this side of engineering samples. This happens in the handheld PC and emulator handheld part of Youtube all the time now and I hate it. If it's not the final product people are going to buy why are you reviewing the drat thing.
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Oct 5, 2023 00:04
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njsykora posted:This happens in the handheld PC and emulator handheld part of Youtube all the time now and I hate it. If it's not the final product people are going to buy why are you reviewing the drat thing. Tbf some of them call it a first look vs a review. I get your point though
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Oct 5, 2023 00:05
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Ok Comboomer posted:
absolutely. some of the stuff on these channels has this faux old, almost spray painted look, like it was a prop in a cheap syfy show.
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Oct 5, 2023 00:22
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Ok Comboomer posted:A repair or restoration that doesn’t look sufficiently challenging or extensive may not generate adequate hype/attention. This has generated comedy in the opposite direction. One of the funniest dumbasses I've seen in a while was the youtube commenter who kept insisting that Hand Tool Rescue must be faking all the rust he was removing from some 100 year old antique tool he was restoring.
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Oct 5, 2023 00:49
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BobHoward posted:This has generated comedy in the opposite direction. One of the funniest dumbasses I've seen in a while was the youtube commenter who kept insisting that Hand Tool Rescue must be faking all the rust he was removing from some 100 year old antique tool he was restoring. like any other skill-based content creation genre, there’s people trying to make a quick buck and there’s genuine artists
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Oct 5, 2023 01:11
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One of the latest Baumgartner videos gave me those vibes in the beginning. It was just so bad I wish it was fake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-p8_O1Alhk
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Oct 5, 2023 02:57
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hitchens posted:One of the latest Baumgartner videos gave me those vibes in the beginning. It was just so bad I wish it was fake The person who hosed it up SIGNED it?  Love this channel I'll fall asleep to it.
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Oct 5, 2023 08:44
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Jeff Fatwood posted:I think he used a galaxy fold so that's probably why a dip bricked it The fold has been IPX8 rated since the 3, so it ought to have been ok for half an hour of being submerged at that depth.
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Oct 5, 2023 10:19
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If you fell into a pool with your clothes on I can't really see a scenario where it takes half an hour to empty the pockets and chuck them into a washing machine to give them a rinse but then again I am not Linus
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Oct 5, 2023 11:05
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Did he finish setting up the pool party whilst soaking wet? Or did he attend soaking wet?
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Oct 5, 2023 12:34
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Can’t it be both?
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Oct 5, 2023 12:46
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Linus was soaking wet else he wouldn't have been heavy enough to go on his own waterslide.
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Oct 5, 2023 12:51
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The “top drop” sports parody was genuinely funny and I hope it’s used a couple more times.
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Oct 5, 2023 13:26
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man linus, what a jerk! hey look at the funny thing that linus did haha
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Oct 5, 2023 14:08
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Instead of talking about irrelevant YouTubers, let's talk about people who make tech stuff: TheRasteri has a look at a SEGA board, but not the kind you would expect it to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOt2WfEyJ1A
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Oct 5, 2023 17:07
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I just want to say that the thread title makes me laugh every single time I log into SHSC
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Oct 6, 2023 23:26
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GN have an interesting angle on the Epic Games layoffs that has incurred The Wrath of Steve through the unforgivable act of buying his childhood mall, being dicks around the city in relation to it, demolishing it and now just leaving a patch of wasteland in the middle of the city that they paid $95m for intending it to be their new offices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87yzyfOfnY
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Oct 7, 2023 02:44
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GN also put this poll up and I had a good laugh at it 
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Oct 7, 2023 02:49
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lol Linus' phone poll on Reddit has been hijacked, and it looks like he might end up with an LG Wing.
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Ultraklystron posted:lol Linus' phone poll on Reddit has been hijacked, and it looks like might end up with LG Wing. The main villain in Blue Beetle has an LG Wing at one point and I really had to commend the prop master both for remembering it existed and picking something flashy but pointless for her.
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MarcusSA posted:GN also put this poll up and I had a good laugh at it nobody wants to AAA anymore
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Oct 8, 2023 04:47
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I was shocked listening to a podcast at the fact that Valhalla was the most successful game in the series so far. I was also shocked that they're selling Mirage for the price every microtransaction filled AAA game should still be, £45 since it's apparently intended as a smaller scale game. That's still apparently 20+ hours. I'm not buying it obviously because Spiderman and Mario are out in less than 2 weeks but I'll play it when it inevitably goes on all the subscription services in 3 months.
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njsykora posted:I was shocked listening to a podcast at the fact that Valhalla was the most successful game in the series so far. I was also shocked that they're selling Mirage for the price every microtransaction filled AAA game should still be, £45 since it's apparently intended as a smaller scale game. That's still apparently 20+ hours. Mirage was supposed to be DLC for Valhalla lmao Obviously not the full game as it is now but that’s how it started and why it’s such a smaller scale
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