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Wow you’re right that is extremely long. Tldr seems to be he’s saying he didn’t do anything wrong and he’s disappointed Steve didn’t just send him a quick text about it. I feel like it would have been better for Linus to own the mistake at this stage and get the prototype thingy back as it’s not like he’s short on cash or anything. I’d say he comes off like a bit of a jerk. We’ll see how this one shakes out.
Yeah but he already has an out. The Community are already fixated on “he never even asked me for comment. What a shitty journalist” and you can bet the WAN show chat will be half that and half “Yo, what the fuck?” so he can skip it as he said he will.
Regarding: “GN should have reached out for comment”, I generally actually agree with this. But this is closer to one of their “documentary” style videos. They already have LMG’s comments. Probably a solid 30-40% of the video is literally Linus talking in clips. And this is outright a response to some random ass shade an LMG employee threw that was then followed up by Linus standing by said shade AND throwing more at GN specifically. LMG were already asked for comment and this is a response to that.
I still think sending a “Hey, do you want to respond to these talking points?” would be “professional”, but I don’t think it is at all necessary.
And… it is worth remembering how this kind of defense usually plays out. A says that B never asked for comment. B eventually gets pissed off and explains “Yes, we did. But you wanted to see the entire article and have veto rights before you would provide any. So we just ignored your bullshit and were polite enough to not call you out for this”
Yeah, either that, or trying to lie to Steve aboht shit like the Billet Labs thing.
It’s ironic that he feels like he’s being bashed by Steve for not contacting him after he bashed an indie company without contacting them prior to posting the review. A review that was very poorly done and, essentially, put them in the worst of lights possible. All right before selling their product on an auction.
Wow you’re right that is extremely long. Tldr seems to be he’s saying he didn’t do anything wrong and he’s disappointed Steve didn’t just send him a quick text about it. I feel like it would have been better for Linus to own the mistake at this stage and get the prototype thingy back as it’s not like he’s short on cash or anything. I’d say he comes off like a bit of a jerk. We’ll see how this one shakes out.
Yeah but he already has an out. The Community are already fixated on “he never even asked me for comment. What a shitty journalist” and you can bet the WAN show chat will be half that and half “Yo, what the fuck?” so he can skip it as he said he will.
Regarding: “GN should have reached out for comment”, I generally actually agree with this. But this is closer to one of their “documentary” style videos. They already have LMG’s comments. Probably a solid 30-40% of the video is literally Linus talking in clips. And this is outright a response to some random ass shade an LMG employee threw that was then followed up by Linus standing by said shade AND throwing more at GN specifically. LMG were already asked for comment and this is a response to that.
I still think sending a “Hey, do you want to respond to these talking points?” would be “professional”, but I don’t think it is at all necessary.
And… it is worth remembering how this kind of defense usually plays out. A says that B never asked for comment. B eventually gets pissed off and explains “Yes, we did. But you wanted to see the entire article and have veto rights before you would provide any. So we just ignored your bullshit and were polite enough to not call you out for this”
Not every story requires a reaching out for comment.
I don’t feel this story did. Linus is just perturbed Steve didnt reach out and give him an opportunity to pressure Steve into not running the story.
Yeah, either that, or trying to lie to Steve aboht shit like the Billet Labs thing.
It’s ironic that he feels like he’s being bashed by Steve for not contacting him after he bashed an indie company without contacting them prior to posting the review. A review that was very poorly done and, essentially, put them in the worst of lights possible. All right before selling their product on an auction.
What a piece of shit.
I am a fan of Linus. To say he had a bad take is an understatement.
Linus wouldn’t like it that you’re a fan, he hates that whole concept of being a fan
He said he made those mistakes, he’s sorry, he’ll try not to do it again, but they’re not a big deal.
Several step in the narcissist prayer in his response.
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.