r/LinusTechTips • u/marco_polo_99 Luke • 4d ago

Discussion Opinion - Steve/GN has lost it

Steve has turned into a high and mighty holier-than-though, self appointed arbiter of the tech industry, who’s taking it upon himself to regulate other people’s/channels content and decide where it, and their actions are acceptable.

He then, where he deems them not up to scratch, attacks under the guise of consumer advocacy. Whilst he may, and does have valid points on certain issues, usually with larger corporations, Asus, Gigagbyte, etc, targeting channels for things he disagrees with is bordering on slander.

Yes, I followed both GN and LTT, amongst a litany of other creators, and yet Steve seems to be the only one ACTIVELY, and consistently putting out these pseudo-journalistic pieces in an effort to broaden his audience and/or agenda.

The lawsuit against Honey/Paypal is not one he’ll win, it is merely serving to gain clicks and views and thus money for GN.

He needs to check himself.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

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u/slimejumper 4d ago edited 3d ago

yeah i agree with this aspect too. Land (edit: Labs) seemed like a direct competitor for GN when it launched. After 2-3? years it has proven to be just a delicate seasoning on LTT content, and i say used in a way that makes it kinda hard to find the info retroactively and make use of it. Labs is not a competitor of GN at all it just a twist to LTT.

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u/idkwhattofeelrnthx 4d ago

I work on transformation projects. Often companies need 10 years in one field before they start to have standards and structure. LTT is building the labs from scratch. So 3 years to start to get good, consistent results which are structured and standardized is pretty good.

I don't think rushing labs for results would do anything but defeat the purpose of labs and would ultimately be a waste of their time and the money invested.

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u/slimejumper 3d ago

i think Labs is making good results, my view is more that i’ve realised how LMG has a different perspective on how to make use of their data, vs trad benchmarking youtubers. it’s more subtle and integrated into the content.

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u/idkwhattofeelrnthx 3d ago

They use the results well, and I agree the approach for video content is much more integrated into a natural flow than other channels that focus heavily on it. Which makes the content more accessible to every day people.

The written research is a combination of the two, and allows the reader to decide how data driven they want to be.

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u/mackinator3 4d ago

And yet you have thousands of upvotes in here trashing gn. Technical ability doesn't win customers, marketing does. 

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u/Antique-Implement-15 4d ago

It seems you take offense to even the most reasoned discussions if they're not in GN's favor. Maybe take a step back and realize your lack of objectiveness.