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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 95 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The Linux thing I don't find egregious. Replace Linus with a sizeable majority of the population and they would have done the same thing. I probably would have as well.

If you want to move people from Windows to Linux, Discord to Matrix, Whatsapp to Signal or even Reddit to Lemmy, it needs to be as painless as possible.

Everything that GN points out though is pretty damning.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Billet labs incident is very very troubling. I can't see other youtubers not getting roasted over doing something like that, and could easily see a LTT video drawing attention to another channel doing something like that. So to find out LTT pulled such a move is a hit to their integrity.

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Thats the thing that irks me.

    Linus is so free with the criticism when he's calling out other companies (At least ones that aint paying him off coughASUScough), but legitimate criticism against him is treated like the most awful thing anyones ever done.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    It would be better if he wasn't trying to frame the Labs as being some kind of weapon or insurance to keep sponsors in line. Cool it Deputy Linus. There's already too many Sheriffs this week with awful takes on journalistic integrity.

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  • [+] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I actually think this would make a fantastic copypasta tbh

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    I'm glad to hear that the experience was relatively smooth for you.

    I don't mean to imply that average computer users are dumb. It's just that your positive experience came thanks to the numerous improvements made over the years, and I just feel like there's still a bit of ways to go.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    For the last 20 years I have installed linux 1-2x a year to see whats new, do some rice and leave it like that. My work is tied to the adobe/capture one and it's much easier to have windows than use other solutions. I installed linux on my mom's pc that i maintain and it works like magic.

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