I feel that the response from LTT after Gamers Nexus pointed out the ethical issues over auctioning off the water block when the company wants it back is obviously not going to be enough. Actually, it made the issue worse on LTT’s part.
I’m at work, so I will watch this video later, I would rather see LTT admit that they are wrong and taking the steps to do better in the future, but they are digging in instead of addressing the concerns Steve pointed out. :kanafacepalm:
It seems like the GN's video did have an effect on LTT's viewership. I know that AMD Ultimate Tech Upgrade will get more views than a Why is Everyone buying this *. But, 350K views is still low, even a day later.
In my opinion, LTT has always been more about entertainment than education. Labs be damned. #GamersNexus is doing some really great work and taking a huge risk by stepping on this limb to call #LTT and #LMG out on their bullshit.
I think I'm finally ready to unsubscribe from Linus Media Group channels. Between their rampant misinformation, their questionable conflicts of interest/ethics violations, a corporate handbook that forbids discussion of wages (which is illegal in British Columbia, by the way), and clear demonstrations of wage theft by the company, Linus's entire facade of being a for-the-people reviewer is obviously fake. Linus Media Group's entire goofy atmosphere seems to hide an underlying corporate culture that values quantity of content and profit over all-else.