I am glad that LMG is making these changes. However, I do think they were already somewhat aware of them and they could have been brought up in a WAY more constructive manner. I also hope people don't see GN as the good guys in this situation. Their video is not constructive and is not charitable in many ways. They backed them into a corner because LMG does not have the option to say, "we will listen to this criticism, but are also very unhappy with how it was delivered" as everyone would say they're blaming others (already sort of happened when Linus responded initially). Several clips and quotes are taken out of context and interpreted in a manner that assumes the worst of Linus (in both the initial video and the response video). It is also unclear to me what GN's end goal was other than to take this as an opportunity to get one over on LMG.
In my opinion, going about this the way they did could have very well resulted in LMG layoffs and a severe decline in the quality of their videos. As not only do they need to implement changes they were already planning to implement (albeit this has forced them to implement them faster and maybe made some of them more imminent than they previously thought), they also have to deal with a negative backlash mostly due to the severe lack of clarity in the GN video. Which in itself contradicts the claim that this was for the betterment of the community. Linus had just talked about a need for more community input and interaction in reference to video mistakes on one of the more recent WAN shows, but said that it was something that would take time and maybe require new hires (aka he wasn't trying to put more on his current employees. GN's video forces this, forces rushing). Now people who already had other responsibilities are going to have to also help with that since this GNs video forces them to rush (especially now that the community is digging up every speck of dirt they can find every second they don't do something).
Not to mention, Linus brought in a new CEO because he at least some self awareness that handling things like HR and other business related tasks were not his strong suit. That CEO is still new and is still observing. Luckily, they were able to respond in such a positive way and this video is testament to their clear devotion to improvement (I thought the jokes and LTT plug was them showing that they're still devoted to keeping the fun LMG personality in their videos, and was also a way to keep things somewhat lighthearted for staff members that have and continue to work hard). The same devotion that I felt the community was super fast to forget when they all jumped on the opportunity to hate on them (hardware unboxed started a podcast 1 day after the GN video and GN definitely editorialized this).
With the pace they've been going, a huge mistake like this was likely to occur, so I do think they need to slow down. However, GN did have a sponsor in the follow-up, they were very uncharitable in the way they presented Linus's response, and they speak as though Linus is solely responsible for all of this (but only when it is convenient and changing to calling LMG a big corporation when it's narratively convenient). Also, it would be one thing if this was targeted at a creator with a reputation of not responding to criticism kindly, but LMG has a track record of being open to criticism when delivered in a polite/appropriate manner. LMG is not a huge corporation relatively and actively says they want to support everyone in the community in order to continuously improve as a whole (this was also conveniently cut out in the GN video when they show Linus's response to the LTX controversy). Meaning they would never make a video the way GN did, and they would never attempt to editorialize the mistakes of others in such a negative uncharitable way. As someone (GN) who was supposedly looking out for the betterment of user experience and the tech community, it would have been way kinder to reach out to LTT for comment first! However, if GN did that they would have had a harder time making a news story/hit piece that would garnish a high view count.
This whole situation has been incredibly disheartening in my opinion. I feel like in a lot of ways LMG is trying to break the norm and create a new kind of company where community input matters and transparency is at the forefront. It is refreshing, and I feel like there has been a lot more pros than cons. That being said, whenever you try to break a decades old mold, you are bound to make big lapses in judgement. Rather than be charitable to Linus/team and take into account the MANY instances that he and other LMG employees have shown upstanding character, people were extremely quick to make him and others out to be evil. This makes me feel like it's impossible for a company to both have a far reach and be honest/transparent.
As far as the allegations go, I think that was mostly a consequence of poor processes and stupidity. I believe Linus struggled to fire people who should have maybe been fired. Hopefully by putting someone else in charge they can take stronger actions against any employees who are bringing the team down. I also believe that these matters are more personal and I am hesitant to provide too much of an opinion without the entire story. I do think they will and need to make major changes in that regard and I think brining in a third party was a smart choice (should have happened a lot earlier).
I personally think the initial communication from Billet Labs when they sent the cooler is important (and not shown from what I have seen). From the screenshots I have seen, it seems like they made LTT think it was theirs to keep (I believe that they said something like, yes, we did say you could keep but didn't know it would be auctioned). I do think asking before auctioning would have been right and a smart decision, but if they were under the impression that it was theirs to keep, then I don't think it's as big of a deal.
The response from Linus was far from unhinged and it is sad that he had to make a video where he essentially allows everyone to blame him for everything. His initial response was maybe rash, but it was coming from someone who has put blood, sweat, and tears to improving the tech community and was likely very hurt by how quick everyone was to villainize him - I imagine he cried A LOT and I believe he did not deserve the harshness that was the consequence of a dishonest/uncharitable editorial hit piece. PLEASE watch Linus's entire commentary on the LTX controversy which starts at 2 hours and 19 minutes to see for yourself how uncharitably GN presented their response.
As part of the efforts to raise revenues in the country's 2020 draft budget, the Lebanese government will start charging for VoIP 0.20 USD per day. This charge will be effective by 01/01/2020.
The country is in a state of economic crisis and this decision was approved because the fee could potentially bring up to 250 million USD in annual revenues.
"The country has only two service providers, both state-owned, and some of the most costly mobile rates in the region."
I wonder how this is going to work in a world where VPNs are a thing..
As part of the efforts to raise revenues in the country's 2020 draft budget, the Lebanese government will start charging for VoIP 0.20 USD per day. This charge will be effective by 01/01/2020.
The country is in a state of economic crisis and this decision was approved because the fee could potentially bring up to 250 million USD in annual revenues.
"The country has only two service providers, both state-owned, and some of the most costly mobile rates in the region."
I wonder how this is going to work in a world where VPNs are a thing..
As part of the efforts to raise revenues in the country's 2020 draft budget, the Lebanese government will start charging for VoIP 0.20 USD per day. This charge will be effective by 01/01/2020.
The country is in a state of economic crisis and this decision was approved because the fee could potentially bring up to 250 million USD in annual revenues.
"The country has only two service providers, both state-owned, and some of the most costly mobile rates in the region."
I wonder how this is going to work in a world where VPNs are a thing..
The thing is that this laptop has switchable graphics (6770m and intel 3000) and for some reason I did could not find up-to-date drivers so I tried leshcatlab's drivers. And am having issues with these. So would you recommend just using the utility or should I reformat and start again?
I'm sorry they aren't getting paid for what they do. I don't like the endless psychological barrage of advertising and I'm not required to be providing YouTubers with a living. I'm sorry. It's never been an extremely profitable job, nor should it be.
If I really like a website, I donate to it. Monthly. If I don't like it, then yes, I don't care if they hit the paywall.
I used to pirate, but than i realized how that hurt the devs ( mostly the indie ones ; i could'nt care less when i pirate something from EA)
so yea i buy all my games now.. The big problem i have here is that my cable provider doesent support hbo so i have to torrent game of thrones and such, also netflix isnt avilable in my country
My current cnnection is highly unstable 2,5 Mbit down, about 1 up. Count in 20 GB data limit (no limits between midnight and 9 am).
I'd kill a man for fiber. No kidding, just say a name, it's done.