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Ironically enough, this whole debacle with Billet Labs probably is better advertising than a proper review ever would have been. (sh.itjust.works)
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The shitstorm of a fallout has pushed the community behind Billet Labs more than they ever would have gotten had they just gotten reviewed properly. It may have sucked what had happened but I think they will be better off in the long term now that people are aggressively supportive of them. Funny twist of fate in my opinion.

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[–] keylogthis@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is the dumbest take I've read so far. It's not about whether the product is worth it or not... that doesn't play into this whatsofuckingever.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It makes sense if you hold them to high journalistic standards for the wish.com pc builds, fake knockoffs, and I bought 10 stupid things from Amazon and we’re gonna make fun of them videos as well. I watched the video yesterday to see what it was about and the tone is about the same, it was a foregone conclusion that the price was ridiculous and the item would never be worth your money and they were not really going to give it a real rigorous evaluation. I don’t care if you defend folks who spend $8 million on stupid shit because they have more money than sense. That’s not someone I care enough about to defend, but those are the only people that would even think about buying this thing. I’m not a LTT fanboy. The GN video was really good and I hope LTT improves significantly in many ways. Selling the prototype was extremely shitty. But to say this isn’t about whether the product is worth it is a stupid take in and of itself. The value proposition of the product isn’t changed by the way LTT did them dirty. And that was the point I was making originally. I am definitely not contesting that LTT did them dirty, and then lied about it several times, nor am I stating that LTT is the paragon of hardware reviews. I simply stated that with regard to all that, I agree with Linus’s conclusion completely.

[–] keylogthis@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm going to quote another user's comment on this to show this does have a market and the founders were honest about it:

I rewatched the video for this block and in the literal video itself he quotes one of the founders acknowledging that this is uber expensive and definitely meant more for like few boutique buyers. So how does this end up getting a review for the general audience when they had already acknowledged the general audience wasn't the target for this product and Linus himself said that the market for this is very niche.

The market for this is basically people who have the money and know how to install something like this and want to spend a hefty sum on something that is acknowledged to be nice and unique but not game changing but was reviewed as if some basic ass civilian like me is going to go out and buy this tomorrow

It's not for you to decide on if someone else should buy it. End of fucking story. I can guarantee you have bought some things that I would deem to be stupid, and not having a positive expected value too. People spend money on whatever the fuck they like, some douchebag named Linus tripling down on his incompetent review is the problem here... again, it has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the product is overpriced to you or to the general consumer. That doesn't fucking matter.

I'm into tools, I work on all my own vehicles and have a shop. I have bought a gold plated ratchet, I paid twice as much for it over the same thing with normal chrome plating. It's a showpiece. That's what this is. And it's function deserves to be reviewed accurately, or not at all.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like I said, I'm not invested enough in rich people who buy dumb shit to defend them online. I just don't care, and I don't care if all content online doesn't cater to them, as you seem to suggest. You seem to suggest some kind of violence even, in not catering to idiots with too much money and time. Sorry man, but no, that's no the "hot take" you think it is. LTT and Billet labs can be dumb simultaneously.

It’s not for you to decide on if someone else should buy it.

wtf does this even mean. this sounds like the kinda shit someone who buys a gold plated ratchet would say

[–] keylogthis@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem to suggest some kind of violence even

Yeah? Where? You're fucking delusional.

wtf does this even mean. this sounds like the kinda shit someone who buys a gold plated ratchet would say

Does every single item in your house serve a practical purpose and you have nothing that serves aesthetically? And also, you have never paid more for one item over another because it provides better aesthetics? Do you not have hobbies? I guarantee I could take one look through your house and point out much dumber shit you have bought in a matter of two minutes. You're a moron, with dumb takes.

Also, the tools I've bought over the years have saved me literal thousands of dollars and have given me skills and experience that you can't buy... so paying another $20 for a gold plated ratchet is a problem to you? Spoken like someone with no life skills, and no money.