I find myself watching Linustechtips way less: Is it just me?

[maartendc]

Hi everyone,

 

I find myself watching Linustechtips less and less these days. I used to watch just about all of their videos a couple of years ago. 

 

I find the videos these days to be either:

- Over the top stuff that has no pratical use (7 gamers one CPU for example)

- For less-tech-savy users (explaining things I already know)

- Clickbaity titles / controversy that doesn't interest me

- Reviews (phones, laptops, GPU's) don't provide depth of info like some other channels do. Or the information gets lost in the memes & puns.

 

These days, I much rather watch Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed and Paul's Hardware. They provide actual down-to-earth, in-depth reviews and topics that I have a use for.

 

Just curious: Am I alone in this? Has anyone else been turned off by the direction that the videos on the channel have taken in the past 24 months or so?

 

Maybe I am just getting old... seems like the direction the channel has taken is geared towards teenagers perhaps?

 

Thanks!

[Origami Cactus]

That exact same topic is posted over and over again every day, so no, you are not alone at all.

LinusTechTips has changed and you have changed.

[Nicnac]

Yup I only watch them on occasion now but used to watch them regularly. I think it's also a kind of "tech-burnout" if you want. There's only so much to it like a new phone, new cpu, new graphics card and while there are no new releases it's pretty much the same old watercool this watercool that and maybe some hacksaw projects ^^

For me it was definitely a phase where everything that was new to me was exciting but now I don't even keep up with the naming schemes anymore and I just can't be bothered...

 

[maartendc]

32 minutes ago, Nicnac said:

Yup I only watch them on occasion now but used to watch them regularly. I think it's also a kind of "tech-burnout" if you want. There's only so much to it like a new phone, new cpu, new graphics card and while there are no new releases it's pretty much the same old watercool this watercool that and maybe some hacksaw projects ^^

For me it was definitely a phase where everything that was new to me was exciting but now I don't even keep up with the naming schemes anymore and I just can't be bothered...

 

That is definitely also part of it, a long drought between reviews tends to lead to more "watercool everything" type content. Not only at LTT.

 

However, my problem currently with LTT videos is also that, when new hardware does come out, the coverage of it is just kind of sub par. The review is usually geared towards inexperienced users, does not contain in depth benchmarking, fails to address all aspects of a product, etc. etc. The  reviews have just gotten kind of... bad. Information lost in the torrent of memes and puns.

 

I guess with the channel having grown so large, they are catering towards the lowest common denominator..

[sazrocks]

2 minutes ago, maartendc said:

That is definitely also part of it, a long drought between reviews tends to lead to more "watercool everything" type content. Not only at LTT.

 

However, my problem currently with LTT videos is also that, when new hardware does come out, the coverage of it is just kind of sub par. The review is usually geared towards inexperienced users, does not contain in depth benchmarking, fails to address all aspects of a product, etc. etc. The  reviews have just gotten kind of... bad. Information lost in the torrent of memes and puns.

 

I guess with the channel having grown so large, they are catering towards the lowest common denominator..

LTT is (and has been for a while) much more about entertainment than technical discussion. If you want more pure technical stuff, then watch Gamer's Nexus; they're pretty good. Personally, I like to have some of both, so I watch both. I also find some of the more crazy ideas (such as 7 gamers 1 CPU) to be conceptually and technically interesting (that video got me into virtualization), as they really demonstrate the power of the technology.

[RoseLuck462]

I only watch it slightly less because I watch so many other channels as well.

 

its good to have choice 

[porina]

1 hour ago, maartendc said:

I find myself watching Linustechtips less and less these days. I used to watch just about all of their videos a couple of years ago. 

Same here, but possibly for slightly different reasons than others. I actually find LTT family of channels are the only tech ones I watch regularly nowadays. Entertainment is a large part of it, but I feel they've lost a lot of the "friends messing around" feeling by trying to be more professional about it. I think they were at their peak when they were still in the house. The only time I saw something like that in the modern era was the Mexico workcation. You saw the people as much as what they were doing.

 

Other tech channels I'm finding less interesting that ever, and I've pretty much stopped watching a bunch of them.

 

GamersNexus "everything sucks" attitude just drains the life from me. Even if justified, the tiresome presentation kills it.

Pauls Hardware, I like him as a person but his industry knowledge is lacking and painful if not misleading.

Kyle & Lyle at least remains entertaining in his way.

Hardware Unboxed, similar problems to GN and Paul. Love the test data, but conclusions suck.

Jayz... no comment needed.

 

Maybe should add that for a lot of scenarios, video isn't the best way to convey deep information if that is what you're after. At best it is time consuming. A well written text article is far superior if you want hard information.

[maartendc]

18 minutes ago, porina said:

GamersNexus "everything sucks" attitude just drains the life from me. Even if justified, the tiresome presentation kills it.

Pauls Hardware, I like him as a person but his industry knowledge is lacking and painful if not misleading. 

Kyle & Lyle at least remains entertaining in his way.

Hardware Unboxed, similar problems to GN and Paul. Love the test data, but conclusions suck.

Jayz... no comment needed. 

GN: I dont really agree that they just say everything sucks. They are definitely critical, but mostly justified where needed. I really like their in depth approach to benchmarking and reviewing. Steve's presentation is somewhat rattled usually (like he is trying to read a phone book as fast as possible), but I like him as a presenter mostly. He goes the extra mile in a review doing teardowns of graphics cards, power usage, etc.

 

Kyle from Bitwit: I just cannot watch him. So cringey. The guy just rubs me the wrong way for some reason.

 

Pauls Hardware I definitely like. I like his style, and his content is good. He does good build guides that are useful.

 

Hardware unboxed is really good in my opinion. They are technically well versed, their reviews are thorough. Not as thorough as GN, but not far behind. And I like the presenters Steve and Tim, they seem like good guys and seem to enjoy their work.

 

Jayztwocents: I liked his older stuff more. He has definitely gotten a bit too silly lately, too much watercooling, etc. His reviews are not great.

 

I guess you are right, an article is still way better. But video is just so much easier to digest. I have to admit my attention span is not as good as it used to be... In the age of Twitter and Instagram, it is hard to get people to sit down and read a 5000+ word article. Just the way things are going sadly.

[NineEyeRon]

Yes 100% watching it less.

 

Mostly because I have seen all the good, old, videos and only have the odd new one now. I binged for a while and now just catch the odd video.

[greenhorn]

For me, it depends on the video's topic:
I am not a fan of smartphone reviews, so I often skip those. On the other side, I like PC hardware reviews as well as the more unusual stuff (7 gamers 1 CPU, "water" cooling with concrete, etc). I also really liked Channel Super Fun because it was entertaining and I also enjoyed seeing how well all the LMG employees seem to get along with each other. The whole work environment at LMG looks pretty appealing: lots of hard work and progress, but still a nice atmosphere and some freedom to try new things as well.
My absolute favourite is the Scrapyard War series.

[haloharry97]

i used to sub to floatplane and Vessel back in the day, I still have the phone app for it. but for the past few month, i have been watching less and less of them I even cancelled the floatplane sub

[maartendc]

1 hour ago, greenhorn said:

My absolute favourite is the Scrapyard War series. 

I have to agree with that one. Simple concept, very entertaining. No clickbait, no lame memes, just good content.

 

Honestly, come to think of it: ever since Luke left to go do Floatplane, it went downhill from there. Luke was my favorite host / presenter by far. And his videos were just good, to the point, no nonsense.

 

Luke did good reviews of gaming peripherals too. Not the: "L00k @t what crap mouse / keyboard we bought on @liExpress OMG L0L"

[Princess Luna]

All I have to say on the matter is that I miss Luke hosting videos.

[RollinLower]

8 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

All I have to say on the matter is that I miss Luke hosting videos.

big papa luke sure is missed, tough the content has changed a lot aswell.

imo the production quality these days is absolutely stellar. like, most tv shows don't have this level of quality.

tough if you like this is personal preference i guess. 

[maartendc]

21 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

big papa luke sure is missed, tough the content has changed a lot aswell.

 

Well here is the thing: Luke used to write his own material / stories, etc. So it is not only they lost Luke as a presenter, but mostly as a writer of good material / videos.

 

I don't know who replaced Luke as a writer, but... They miss him in more ways than they know.

[captain_to_fire]

I seldom watch LTT videos nowadays because I’m incredibly busy at the moment and in my opinion, it has became more of an entertainment channel (clickbait titles and thumbnails) than a tech channel.

[zassou]

its not you watch less ltt video, its you watch more videos than you used to, so that the ratio of ltt video over others' is lower.

[alicskysareblue]

I have but ots because my interwst have changed will I still like games and comput Ive gotten int other stuff like music.

 

 

I actually lile jos vodeos now they do something diffrent if you want to watch reviews on tech stuff go watch hardware canuck,hardware unboxed, gamers nexus, udc tech...and hundreds of others I ger bored with them because they all say the same information (except gamers nexus thank God) amd it gets boring