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  • For example they found out one of their main sponsors Honey were scamming their viewers and essentially stealing from people, they just kept it quiet rather than owning it.

    That’s one of the things I was referring to. GamersNexus did an expose on the Honey thing and filed a class action suit over it because they were essentially stealing money from creators. Linus was complicit and aware and said nothing.

    Let’s also not forget the time Linus literally received a prototype cooler from Billet Labs for testing, was supposed to return it after review, and he not only reviewed it poorly (and used it for the wrong hardware), but then basically stole it and auctioned it off, later referring to this as “a small mistake.” Supposedly he only offered to pay for the prototype after this was also exposed by GN.

    Billet Labs’ statement on the issue:

    You, the PC community, are amazing. We’d like to thank you for your support, it means more than you can imagine.

    Steve at Gamers Nexus has publicly shown his integrity, at the huge risk of backlash, and we have nothing but respect for him for how he’s handled himself, both publicly and when speaking directly to us.

    Regarding LTT, we are simply going to state the relevant facts:

    On 10th August, we were told by LTT via email that the block had been sold at auction. There was no apology.

    We replied on 10th August within 30 minutes, telling LTT that this wasn’t okay, and that this was a £XXXX prototype, and we asked if they planned to reimburse us at all.

    We received no reply and no offer of payment until 2 hours after the Gamers Nexus video went live on 14th August, at which point Linus himself emailed us directly.

    The exact monetary value of the prototype was offered as reimbursement. We have not received, nor have we asked for any other form of compensation.


    Dude’s just scummy. I’ve no idea why people will defend him to the ends of the earth.










  • tomkatt@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldRTFM is Sage
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    27 days ago

    If it was a problem with the microwave function I don’t think I’d have bothered. I’m terrible at repairing things and break most things worse than they were before. But it was the lightbulb acting up (the underside one, we’ve got an over-range mounted unit).

    In this case I had the circuit diagram and multiple YouTube videos to lean on. Thankfully the thyristor is big, because I’m terrible at soldering, but it worked out.