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HW News - Linus Tech Tips' Terrible Response, ESMC, & Starfield x AMD GPUs (m.youtube.com)
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[–] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 409 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (64 children)

So let me get this straight.

  1. Linus screwed over a small two-person startup with his own incompetence by using the product in an unintended way and not using the GPU and instructions which were provided for him.
  2. Stole their prototype which they needed to develop their product further, even going so far as to sell it at auction.
  3. Goes on record to say "yes, we screwed up but it would cost $100-$500 to fix it so I'm not going to and no, I'm not apologizing for that". (That amount of money is chump change to him.)
  4. Lies about offering to recompense the company. They didn't do that until after getting called out.
  5. When he gets criticized for screwing over this company for his own mistakes, rather than owning up he tries to gaslight everybody into think he is somehow the victim?? "Today was so hard bros" oh poor wittle multi-millionaire Linus... I'll be sure to pray for you while I struggle to pay my rent.

What a fucking piece of shit, fuck him. I hate people like this that simply can't own up to mistakes and have to deflect all criticism.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 193 points 2 years ago (47 children)

It's not just the Billet Labs thing, GN showed a pattern at LMG of rushing out bad test data and therefore wrong conclusions to keep up the frankly ridiculous volume of videos they put out.

[–] fireflash38@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago (17 children)

It's the sort of thing that makes me really, really sad for the people working there. That crazy breakneck pace cannot be good for mental health.

[–] GravenImages@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They somewhat recently did a "what do lmg employees really think of working here" video, and it seemed like the #1 complaint was the pace. I really hope they take this criticism to heart and just... Slow down for a bit

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

But they won't. Cos $$$.

[–] galloog1@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Part of the equation here is the transparency. It's good that they are transparent and I do think they listen. Part of the interesting side to watch is the interaction with the community.

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