Timoran Synkral

All this bluster got me curious and I checked out the video in question. I don't have a problem with anything in the video per se, but I do think that the included warranty on eBay Refurbished is the main point of the program. That warranty is just an Allstate (extended) warranty, this company is responsible for most of the extended warranties sold in the marketplace. I can tell you that I've dealt with that company once and they denied my claim that I thought was perfectly valid, the most I could convince them to do is refund the premium I paid to purchase the warranty. I'd really like Allstate to get a secret shopper treatment, because I don't think they would do well.

I think WAN should happen but in the beginning they should say that GN and Madison are off limits for the entire show, because they already responded Wednesday and nothing has changed yet in the 2 days since.

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

All this bluster got me curious and I checked out the video in question. I don't have a problem with anything in the video per se, but I do think that the included warranty on eBay Refurbished is the main point of the program. That warranty is just an Allstate (extended) warranty, this company is responsible for most of the extended warranties sold in the marketplace. I can tell you that I've dealt with that company once and they denied my claim that I thought was perfectly valid, the most I could convince them to do is refund the premium I paid to purchase the warranty. I'd really like Allstate to get a secret shopper treatment, because I don't think they would do well.

I agree with most of what Steve said in his video. But it rings hollow to me that he dunks on LTT for taking sponsorship from Asus and for investing in Framework meanwhile reviewing laptops for other brands. Steve often runs baked-in ads on his own content for product categories he reviews. He's very clear that he has to test the product and believe it's good before he accepts ads featuring that product, and I believe him (I would assume LTT does this too). But despite running ads for cases like the Lian Li O11D, he doesn't exactly rub it in your face that that type of sponsorship exists on all of his case review videos. And even though I've never seen him run an ad for a case on the same video as a case review, by the logic Steve is projecting onto LTT, it's already a conflict of interest for him to review cases at all or to not disclose it up front in every case review. I'm not actually arguing that how GN does this is a problem, I think the way Steve does it is pretty okay and is on the same level as LTT reviewing laptops from brands other than Framework. It would be better if GN only took sponsor deals from product segments he does not review, e.g. mice and keyboards, and even better still if he didn't accept deals from brands that overlap products he reviews, e.g. no Asus, MSI, Dell, Noctua, etc. brand deals for keyboards and mice. But being that strict isn't very realistic when it comes to paying the bills, and GN is probably nowhere near LTT being able to literally give brands the middle finger thanks to their own store sales. Still, it's really hypocritical for Steve to take shots at LTT for this.
 
I'm also not totally on board with the remark that the WAN show reaction to Asus's beta BIOS situation was soft. On that WAN show they did get a response, although only in private, and I feel like they handled it the same way they would have if Asus wasn't a sponsor of LTX. It's super lame that Asus didn't provide that same response to GN, but I don't find fault with Linus here. I agree with everyone who said they softballed Asus on the sponsor secret shopper video though. When Dell did similar stuff, Linus was a lot harder on Dell.

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

I agree with most of what Steve said in his video. But it rings hollow to me that he dunks on LTT for taking sponsorship from Asus and for investing in Framework meanwhile reviewing laptops for other brands. Steve often runs baked-in ads on his own content for product categories he reviews. He's very clear that he has to test the product and believe it's good before he accepts ads featuring that product, and I believe him (I would assume LTT does this too). But despite running ads for cases like the Lian Li O11D, he doesn't exactly rub it in your face that that type of sponsorship exists on all of his case review videos. And even though I've never seen him run an ad for a case on the same video as a case review, by the logic Steve is projecting onto LTT, it's already a conflict of interest for him to review cases at all or to not disclose it up front in every case review. I'm not actually arguing that how GN does this is a problem, I think the way Steve does it is pretty okay and is on the same level as LTT reviewing laptops from brands other than Framework. It would be better if GN only took sponsor deals from product segments he does not review, e.g. mice and keyboards, and even better still if he didn't accept deals from brands that overlap products he reviews, e.g. no Asus, MSI, Dell, Noctua, etc. brand deals for keyboards and mice. But being that strict isn't very realistic when it comes to paying the bills, and GN is probably nowhere near LTT being able to literally give brands the middle finger thanks to their own store sales. Still, it's really hypocritical for Steve to take shots at LTT for this.
 
I'm also not totally on board with the remark that the WAN show reaction to Asus's beta BIOS situation was soft. On that WAN show they did get a response, although only in private, and I feel like they handled it the same way they would have if Asus wasn't a sponsor of LTX. It's super lame that Asus didn't provide that same response to GN, but I don't find fault with Linus here. I agree with everyone who said they softballed Asus on the sponsor secret shopper video though. When Dell did similar stuff, Linus was a lot harder on Dell.

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

Looking forward to Linus closing out of both Twitch and FP chats to avoid the callouts

All this bluster got me curious and I checked out the video in question. I don't have a problem with anything in the video per se, but I do think that the included warranty on eBay Refurbished is the main point of the program. That warranty is just an Allstate (extended) warranty, this company is responsible for most of the extended warranties sold in the marketplace. I can tell you that I've dealt with that company once and they denied my claim that I thought was perfectly valid, the most I could convince them to do is refund the premium I paid to purchase the warranty. I'd really like Allstate to get a secret shopper treatment, because I don't think they would do well.

I Am Not A Lawyer (I suspect neither are you) but if you're saying LMG has a defamation claim against GN, I doubt it. LMG constitutes a public figure, and for a statement to be defamatory, it first of all has to be false, and second of all, if it is false, it must have been presented with actual malice or reckless disregard to the truth. I don't even know what LMG would accuse from GN's video of being false. I think most of the factual points are things Linus has admitted.

contacting linus personally, and resolving it quietly. is the exact opposite of "proper journalistic practices", what an absolute narcasistic arrogant buffoon