Lmao Linus immediately jumped back into the "we're only human, feel bad for us" thing
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Wait, so people used to take this guy seriously? I watched a review he did on some sim racing gear a few years back and it was obvious the guy didn’t google even the most basic advice on how to set up a sim rig properly.
I mean, let's be clear, Linus knows wtf he's talking about. He recognizes obscure parts on sight and generally has a deep understanding of tech from years of experience with it.
Doesn't excuse the shitty behavior, but get real with this hot take.
EDIT: you all really going to pretend Linus is some tech idiot? Okay, I guess.
Between this and Madison's tweets I hope the good people can get out and the company dies.
...the company dies.
Oh for fucks sakes we have an edgel0rd over here. You can just stop watching the channel if you don't like them.
There's nothing wrong with hoping an unethical company goes under.
I don't think they're beyond redemption. My hope is that Linus can take a step back and let the CEO work on improving the workplace culture. No idea if he's up to the challenge but time will tell
After digging into this whole fiasco and it’s various aspects, I’m coming to think that this is a leadership problem, pure and simple, and that the leader that allowed these pretty egregious situations to exist and metastasize is Linus. So sure, good for him for basically bootstrapping a company up to a ~$100M valuation… but that is absolutely not an excuse for, and in no way justifies the internal and external ethical lapses.
The best case here is if the new LMG CEO forces a sharp, top-down culture shift that enables more sustainable working practices, better employee treatment and culture, increased rigor in the data they present, and an explicit public acknowledgement that their previous high-handed interactions with some creators and brands - and ethical conflicts of interest with others - did, in fact, occur, and will be seriously investigated in the interest of not repeating those failures in the future. But given Linus’s continued “woe is me”/borderline gaslighting, I’ll believe change is coming when I actually see it. For now, I’ve unsubscribed.