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[–] 70 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Anyone else stop watching ltt already just because of boring topics, if you can even figure out what the topic is with their hyper clickbait titles?

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I use DeArrow basically exclusively for LTT.

    For those who don't know it, that's a crowd-sourced youtube title replacement script, intended to purge the platform from clickbait. Made by the same devs behind the SponsorBlock addon.

    https://dearrow.ajay.app/

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

    I used to watch the wan show, but stopped because Linus was frankly becoming pretty unrelatable. It's sad to see them lose the plot like this, but I'm not surprised. I think Lmg has been growing far faster than they could keep ahead of, and the train is off the rails now...

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

    I feel like growth is poison for content companies, especially niche content. I get where a million-view video and the associated cash is great reward. I get that people can consume content so much faster than it's created that a known creator's revenue is limited only by the rate they produce. Gotta be tempting to squeeze just a little more, cover a less interesting topic, or skip a difficult detail to get that extra bit of revenue. It's the fundamental process of enshittification, and it works on everything from LTT to EA to walmart.

    Expecting people to give up money, rewards and fame - to stay a small dedicated provider with ideological purity - when there are crowds outside the door begging for just a little compromise, just this one time, is a big ask. But it's also why there's so much churn in media. Young turk comes in with great content, gets an audience, gives in to enshittification, and gets replaced by the next young turk.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Stopped since 2017 when they started using dumb thumbnails and titles, I knew it was just going to be another clickbait channel and I was right. This channel started my hobby since 2011, I even made LTT forum account on day 1. But I found GN since, so that's nice.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Stopped when Linus showed his continued ignorance towards Linux, his Stockholm Syndrome towards Windows and his general lack of geekiness. He is an ignoramus playing "Legos" and wants to see results, that's it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    I stopped watching when they got a Tuxedo laptop to review it, and instead of actually reviewing it the entire video was a shitpost because the laptops can have the keyboard font customized and the dumbass set it to wingdings.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I liked the LTT Translator twitter account before it got sold off / hacked / whatever. It was fun trying to guess what the fuck their stupid title even meant. At this point why even bother with a title, might as well just call each video "click me pls"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I used to watch several videos a week, but now I find them outlandish and clickbaity, so I basically just watch LMG Clips.

    With this latest piece of info I don't think I trust them anymore

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