That whole video, and the follow-up, were incredible. I used to trust LTT quite a bit, but after the video, I've just chunks of respect for LTT.
Dunno if i can ever trust them.
Edit:
I work in the tech industry. I work for an A tier company that makes servers, storage and more.
I cannot imagine fucking up a benchmark/performance characterisation chart THIS badly even for an internal presentation.
I have spent hours double checking and re-running tests to ensure I'm getting the right numbers.
And to see a channel as big as LTT goofing up numbers so badly, which have the potential to affect thousands of purchasing decisions, i can't even.
We also work with vendors, who sometimes send hardware prototypes. And we can never be THIS unprofessional to them.
I honestly never got his channel. Does Linus actually have a tech/engineering background which makes him an authority on this stuff? Watching his videos leads me to believe that he doesn't. He gets basic shit wrong way too often.
Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed are the only channels I would watch for new PC part reviews. They don't hide or glance over any details for the sake of entertainment and your attention. If I'm spending $700+ on a product I want to know exactly what I'm getting, Not a quick rundown that skips over details that could be potential deal breakers. Glad to see them get the attention they deserve after all this controversy.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills and I have the hottest take on the planet, but I really don't think this is as huge a scandal as everyone wants to make it, and Steve's motives / vibes are just really suspect in this whole thing.
I just watched steves response. It actually made me less 'on his side'. Sure you dont have to give him a heads up, but you have a personal relationship with the guy even if its just on a peer / youtube colleague level. He went to the roast for fucks sake. So you'e met the guy and were presumably friendly.
It's as pedantic to say "I didnt have to contact him first" as it is to say "we auctioned not sold!" It seems like really bad form and it almost seems in bad faith and makes his original, valid criticisms, feel like a hit piece.
this isn't nvidia or it's fucking Linus.
I also didn't get the impression that linus's ltt forum post was his official response/action plan. And for Steve to say "whatever they say or do now we wont believe them" seems incredibly immature and unprofessional.
Theyve grown too fast and Linus knows it. They've conceded as much and theyve taken steps to address it- hiring a senior manager for the lab and a new CEO. Those are pretty significant.
Steve's response video was a bit self-righteous and absolutely the behavior of a teenage PC gamer.