If LMG gave out a prototype for their latest screwdriver to be reviewed and it was onsold, I highly doubt it being called a "mistake" would have sufficed, heads would be rolling
Feel terrible for Billet and how they were treated here
The worst part about the billet testing I feel is the arrogance when he said "it wouldn't matter if it dropped temperatures by 20 degrees, it's a bad product"
Like a bad product to who? If I were overclocking and something knocked off a full 20 degrees, that's a great product regardless of price
There's a reason people bought 4090s, some people want the highest tier performance and dropping an extra thousand to get something decent isn't a concern for some
The sponsor related aspects I feel they handle pretty well for the most part, they're often critical of sponsors and I don't get the feeling he'd straight up sell out. It feels like they're putting out so much content across so many channels that they're not able to keep up the accuracy / quality. That's a fair point I think Steve raised and to see it fobbed off by Linus in his response is disappointing
Linus has already put out a response and it's not great either. There's some points of contrition, that it was done on his watch so ultimately he's reasonable, but overall he justifies their actions as a company coming into it's stride and being transparent with their mistakes (instead of them just rushing out content without proper vetting)
It's not a great look, but it's one I've come to expect from him given how he's handled previous community backlash with the backpack, screwdriver and other scenarios.
If LMG gave out a prototype for their latest screwdriver to be reviewed and it was onsold, I highly doubt it being called a "mistake" would have sufficed, heads would be rolling
Feel terrible for Billet and how they were treated here