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Consumer Tech: mkbhd, LTT, MrMobile, Dave2D, JerryRigEverything, UrAvgConsumer, GamersNexus
Geeky Tech: TechnoTim, ServeTheHome, Explaining Computers, Level1Techs, Jeff Geerling, , Low Spec Gamer, Modern Vintage Gamer, Wolfgangs Channel, Network Chuck, Project Farm, Tech Rules
Smart Home: Everything Smart Home, The Hook Up, Smart Home Solver, Paul Hibbert, Reed's Smart Home, NotEnoughTech
Popular science: Veritasium, Kurzgesagt, Smarter Every Day, Hank Green
Science: Cleo Abram, Physics Girl, Nile Red/Blue, Computerphile, NumberPhile, Minutephysics, The SciShow, PeriodicVideos, Sixty Symbols, Scott Manley, The Action Lab, 3blue1brown, Kyle Hill, Steve Mould, Fermilab, PBS Space Time
Engineering: Practical Engineering, B1M, Coby Explanes, engineerguy, Technical Connections, Simone Giertz
Entertainment with some science/engineering sparkled in: Colin furze, Mark Robert, Slow Mo Guys, Johnny Harris, TheBackyardScientist
Entertainment: CGP Grey, Tom Scott, Max Fosh, Lockpicking Lawyer, Legal Eagle, Kitboga, Not Just Bikes, Cheddar
Docutainment: Cold Fusion, Wendover Productions/Half as Interesting, Anything with Simon Whistler (Megaprojects, etc)
Programming: Fireship, The Primeagen, Tech world with Nana, freCodeCamp, Ben Eater, Jake Wright, Dreams of Code, mCoding
Electronics: Andreas Spiess, GreatScott!, Tall Paul Tech, EEV
Chess: Anna Cramling, Gotham Chess, Hikaru
Cars: Carwow, Out of Spec Reviews, TeslaBjorn, Throttle House, Engineering Explained, autoTrader, Donut, Hagerty, RSEV
Travel: HONEST GUIDE (the Prague guy), Pack Hacker, SV Delos, Tim Traveller, Trek Trendy
History: the fat electrician, historigraph, history matters,
Woodworking: Shaun Boyd, Blacktail Studio, Foureyes furniture
Late Night: Colbert, Meyers, Kimmel, Daily Show, Last Week Tonight
Russia/Ukraine: LazerPig, 1420 (Daniil Orain), Perun (edited to add)
If you speak German: HausbauHelden, FelixBa, Lohnt sich das, Finanzfluss, Next Move, Autogefühl, Smarthome yourself, Jonas Winkler, Held der Steine
Ltt is debatable now tbh.
Edit: if you aren't aware of the situation that happened, here's a video from Gamers Nexus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc
They've more or less addressed this issue. Their videos are like double checked now and you can kinda tell.
But that's not the only problem. They also sold that prototype for that one company, and I don't think that company got their prototype back.
Yea that's gone and they admitted to fault and reimbursed them to the best of their abilities. Sometimes in life you fuck up and you just gotta own up to it and that there's no fixing it.
As a consequence, they'll most likely never work together again and LTT knows they lost a company. It also hurts LTTs reputation in the long run too.
I think they corrected, they don't upload strictly one video per day anymore. I'm hope the working conditions / stress for the staff improved. They content produced is still pretty entertaining.
For factual info about a purchase I would trust GamersNexus, tho. And their content about cars sucks, Alex is a terrible car reviewer.
Perhaps, but like I just said in a precious comment, they "sold" a company's best prototype and I don't think that company ever got it back. I was a long term fan and sub of the LMG team, but after this whole kerfuffle, I unsubbed from them and I don't regret it.
Fair
As far as I'm aware, they got in contact with the company and settled things.
meh. their content is at the same level it was before, they just look over the specs twice before uploading now.
Half of the channel you mention here were listed in the thread about youtubers who went to shit, which triggered this one here...
If by half you mean ~~4~~ (edit: 7), I addressed those in a separate comment, and I stand by them.
It's funny because I read through that other thread about creators going downhill and (while I don't know most in either thread) you mention a couple of them here.
Interesting, I just checked it out, and it seemed people really idealize "the good old days" plus they go absolutely crazy the second a youtuber wants to earn some money doing what they do.
Here's what I think of the individual channels that I saw mentioned:
LTT had a big controversy after the Gamers Nexus video and it looks like they corrected. MKBHD was never super deep, he does reviews after a week or two of using a phone. You never get a full picture with just one review, if you are interested in spending your money watch a few, otherwise it's just entertainment. I like LTTs server/Linus' home series and MKBHD for the visuals.
Mark Rober had a few bad videos a year ago and now has a product that he sells, that fits perfectly with his theme "learning engineering by building stuff". But his videos were never always perfect, people just remember the good ones.
The Primeagen reacting to stuff is the very reason I watch him (actually mostly listen while doing other stuff). He reads articles about programming/It stuff and comments about them. Yeah, sometimes he's not an expert on the topic, but it's still informative and very often he admits it from the beginning.
The lock picking lawyer picks locks. I don't know what people expect him to do, there's only so much variety. The 100th video about picking locks is not going to be so thrilling as the first one you watched... And again, him trying to monetize by creating products related to his hobby and selling them doesn't seem like a capital sin to me.
Edit, because I forgot about Veritasium and Kurzgesagt: I completely disagree. Veritasium has gotten better with time and the last year has been awesome. The "Epic Math Duel" (somewhat older than a year, but the channel is 10 years old, so relatively recent), "Franz Haber" or "Sawing Machines" are excellent videos. Kurzgesagt is completely transparent about their funding and cite all sources, if some people feel a video about using stars as fuel for intergalactic travel or about Dyson spheres is "capitalist propaganda", that is their right to an opinion I guess. If anything I would criticize for being a bit "too dreamy/science fiction", but the visuals are great and it's a great watch nonetheless.
Sebastian lague and acerola are some other programming channels I like
I just checked Sebastian Lague. Last video is more than an hour and about chess bots, so two hobbies in one, awesome, thanks!
I will check acerola later, but seems very focused on graphics, not my biggest interest :)
No Steve Mould? Definitely up there imo.
Edit: nvm I see him up there! I overlooked it the first glance.
Steve Mould is one of the best ones, definitely. Top 10 of all, you always learn something and spend a very nice 10 minutes doing it.
Rex Krueger, Stumpy Nubs, Jonathan Katz-Moses , Bourbon Moth Woodworking for woodworking.
AlphaPhoenix, Applied Science for science.
Strange Loop Conference, and many such other for programming.
Noted, will check them out over the holidays, thanks!
i also love crinacle for the occasional review of audio gear i will never buy.
and also all of the collabs he's doing so i can recommend decent IEMs to people.
Dang! Thanks for the detailed list, this had to take a while! Definitely going to look through it when I get a chance!
I took it as an opportunity to do some Christmas cleaning of my subscription list as well :)
Not really commenting beyond the fact that you have a separate category for Russia/Ukraine and have lazerpig on it? I think he did like three maybe four videos on it. Max. And you didn't even mention Perun...
You're right, big omission of Perun, I was going mostly from memory... Fixed now!
also in woodworking mokongtv123 has so much amazing builds , worth checking out
Something more for my "watch later" list, thanks!
Does lazerpig still claim mathilda 2s were immune to flak 88s?