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I feel like the longer LMG goes without posting new content could mean they are making more significant changes than they first anticipated. Hopefully we have a Wan Show this evening to restart things and bring us up to date. Today is what 10 days so we should be hearing something soon.

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I feel like the longer LMG goes without posting new content could mean they are making more significant changes than they first anticipated. Hopefully we have a Wan Show this evening to restart things and bring us up to date. Today is what 10 days so we should be hearing something soon.

I feel like the longer LMG goes without posting new content could mean they are making more significant changes than they first anticipated. Hopefully we have a Wan Show this evening to restart things and bring us up to date. Today is what 10 days so we should be hearing something soon.

I feel like the longer LMG goes without posting new content could mean they are making more significant changes than they first anticipated. Hopefully we have a Wan Show this evening to restart things and bring us up to date. Today is what 10 days so we should be hearing something soon.

As fun as its been watching all the hate watchers fall over themselves to show who's the most outraged, I'd much rather a return to actual content. Kinda hopeful that the GN video will nudge them to quality over quantity. More Tech Longers, and a regular Emily/Linux video pleeeeze.

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I'm patiently waiting for video releases to resume.

You pay a monthly fee for access to Floatplane content, which if you are currently subscribed you still have. Give the staff a week to get their house in order, hopefully it leads to better/higher-quality content and a better work environment for LMG staff.

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I suspect the Wan Show will be very awkward at best and there will be no way to avoid talking about this past week. But the thing I will be watching for is if it starts on time. I get really annoyed when it starts hours late. I have felt for a long time that the late starts are just disrespectful to the audience. 

Eh, why not? If anyone can absolve their sins, it's got to be the Tech Jesus 🙂
 
Overall, I think that a lot of people are overdramatizing what's happening. Yes, a bunch of shitty things probably happened at LMG. Yes, making things right won't be easy. But they have a bunch of amazing people working there, who are more than capable of doing it. And this includes Linus. I don't think that any of his fuckups have been malicious, he's just gotten way over his head managing a company that grew too quickly. Not to mention his personal flaws, which naturally became more prominent once he became rich and famous. I think that in the end he can deal with it, the company can deal with him, things won't be perfect, but they'll be a lot better.

Since Linus only cares about money, the obvious thing to do is to cancel your Floatplane subscription. Also don't buy their merch. Who in their right mind is going to pay $250 USD or $70 USD for a backpack and screwdriver respectively?

In my view Linus's response just tossed more fuel on the fire. He needs to accept full responsibility, stop deflecting, and sincerely work to fix the problems.

Whether I remain a LTT follower or go depends entirely on Linus now. If he accepts full responsibility and does not try to pass the blame, then actually follows up fixing these problems, I am willing to mark this down as growing LMG too fast. However, if he tries to minimize the problems, make excuses or blame someone else then I'm done here. Linus had better be prepared to do a lot of damage control on this weeks Wan Show beginning with starting the show on time. Literally the entire tech world is watching. 

I am genuinely shocked at just how many people are holding Linus accountable 

I have been a fan of yours for multiple years and listen to the WAN every week and have to admit I am disappointed in your response to what I think are fair criticisms of problems that your/your company partly makes and I feel that in your expansion of the last couple of years into the Labs and other side business you seem to have forgotten the reason your fans watch you is the trust that you have built up but has been slowing eroding & you need to evaluate your actions and how to keep the trust we have in you. It takes years to build and can be lost quickly.
 
For the Billet Lab situation YOU yourself need to take responsibility for both not testing with the 3090 which is unfair for the company and the fact that is sold and not separated AS YOU DIDN'T OWN  IT needs IMMEDIATELY addressed internally with your Logistics department. Why was an item you didn't own put somewhere where someone thought it was available to be auctioned? Are items that you don't own kept with your normal stock in logistics?   @LinusTech Surely you have the details of the winner of the auction so can you get in contact to buy it back and return it to its RIGHTFUL owners? And that it isn't a company that wants to run tests/clone it. Your response about Biillet Labs is INSULTING to them when they send you a prototype for you to test and insult both the product and company is terrible and you owe them a full apology on a video! As you DIDNT apologize here (I feel that they deserve s full apology video and maybe testing the product properly But at the very least deserve an apology on WAN ) With the Labs project, you need to make sure ALL details are correct as you are marketing the Labs as unbiased accurate tests and frankly, your monitoring of test are proven to be flawed as multiple errors have been in your videos and frankly, you only have a small number of tests compared to what you are planning for the Labs' future. There hopefully will be a review of how the numbers/graphs are created, whether they are around the estimated figures, and if not why not? The fact that you didn't acknowledge your mistake and hit out at Gamers Nexus suggests you need to have a frank discussion with your team on the video and how to not make the mistakes again. Your YOLO attitude that you have can no longer happen when you are trying to show the labs for reliable results. Instead of hitting out at Gamers Nexus you should be looking at how they run their tests and how to spot outlier results.
 
All of the points in the video Steve made were fair and you should pass the video to your team leaders/department heads and then have a meeting with you where they can raise their concerns to you without repercussions to give you their concerns to help improve the company. I don't believe that the mistakes were intentional but they were mistakes made and you should make improvements so they won't happen again. Maybe your new CEO should watch the video and look for improvements to the processes you already have.
 
I have been a big fan for years and will be watching the WAN where hopefully there will be a segment on the points raised and whether any improvements are going to be made and hopefully an apology to Billet Labs. If there is no mention or no apology to Billet and some self-reflection it will be the last video I watch for a while.
 
So please reflect on the points raised because imperfection is not something that should be in the same sentence with LMG as you have the Lab now. 
 
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Whether I remain a LTT follower or go depends entirely on Linus now. If he accepts full responsibility and does not try to pass the blame, then actually follows up fixing these problems, I am willing to mark this down as growing LMG too fast. However, if he tries to minimize the problems, make excuses or blame someone else then I'm done here. Linus had better be prepared to do a lot of damage control on this weeks Wan Show beginning with starting the show on time. Literally the entire tech world is watching. 

Whether I remain a LTT follower or go depends entirely on Linus now. If he accepts full responsibility and does not try to pass the blame, then actually follows up fixing these problems, I am willing to mark this down as growing LMG too fast. However, if he tries to minimize the problems, make excuses or blame someone else then I'm done here. Linus had better be prepared to do a lot of damage control on this weeks Wan Show beginning with starting the show on time. Literally the entire tech world is watching. 

Whether I remain a LTT follower or go depends entirely on Linus now. If he accepts full responsibility and does not try to pass the blame, then actually follows up fixing these problems, I am willing to mark this down as growing LMG too fast. However, if he tries to minimize the problems, make excuses or blame someone else then I'm done here. Linus had better be prepared to do a lot of damage control on this weeks Wan Show beginning with starting the show on time. Literally the entire tech world is watching. 

The problem with people wanting LTT to fail, is its not just Linus. There is a lot of staff that would suffer from this.

Give him time to respond, don't just make blanket statements like these.  For better or worse, remember that it's a huge company with a lot of people's jobs on the line.  This may be a big mistake and his response may not have been ideal, but give him some time to see the light and adjust. 

It's crazy seeing people posting defending LMG like it's a sports team they are die hard fans of. Gamers Nexus posted valid criticism, you just have to hope LMG accepts the criticisms constructively. 
 
These valid criticisms were never addressed.
 
I'd give Linus the benefit of the doubt himself but we saw how he reacted when criticism goes his ways plenty of times. LMG in the other hand might be different. 

Is this anyone elses first time feeling disappointed by Linus?
All he had to do was accept that there's too many mistakes for wanting to be taken seriously in the product data field. And repeat his feelings on the framework investment.
But no.........
Big sad