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Linus may not be as advertising driven as we thought

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So a lot of us in Comms were talking about how Linus NEEDS to skate around being critical on products to avoid losing sponsorship.  Well on the WAN show seen here: 

 around 1:32:50 he comes out and says he cannot review a product because it's aluminium and he will rip it apart. 

 

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It was def. nice to hear how he has to be able to stand behind what he says. But then again, why would we otherwise listen to him ;)  

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he makes ads, but when it comes to reviews, he has to be unbiased, if he isn't I wouldn't watch him

hell, he'd loose all credibility if he isn't unbiased

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This also means he will never "rip apart" a product.

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I've always trusted Linus to give his honest opinion. No respectable company would want him to lie.

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This also means he will never "rip apart" a product.

I think he meant that if he does not have anything good to say about a product he just wont unbox. Not that we will overlook flaws when reviewing something.

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Wasn't this common knowledge? He pretty much repeats himself every other week - he only advertises things he thinks are good. People have been asking about the silly green headsets they wear and he basically says "nah, get decent headphones".

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This also means he will never "rip apart" a product.

Pretty basic conclusion here: If it's a popular product that you would have expected him to review, and he didn't, it's because he told the manufacturer he would rip it apart if they sent him one. 

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This also means he will never "rip apart" a product.

not really, he said they could send him a sample but he would tear it apart, Was more of a warning to the company. (but yeah .. i see your point)

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not really, he said they could send him a smple but he would tear it apart, Was more of a warning to the company. 

Have you ever heard him rip apart anything?

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i love linus :)

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Have you ever heard him rip apart anything?

you managed to reply before i edited my post .. dammn this is moving fast :p

well .. yes more or less .. atleast complaints, you won't see them completely trash on products often, in most cases he just tries to look at the positive things or at the very least what the manufacturer intended so you kinda have to take everything with a grain of salt.

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Have you ever heard him rip apart anything?

oh yeah i've heard him rip apart lots of .....BOXES and HARD foam 

(1) high frame rate (2) ultra graphics settings (3) cheap...>> choose only two<<...

 

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Have you ever heard him rip apart anything?

 

Yup.  Consoles and a USB shaver on NCIX's channel.

 

But I think the console trashing video got deleted because NCIX sells console games and controllers.

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a USB shaver on NCIX's channel.

Any products worth anything?

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