HW News - Linus Tech Tips' Terrible Response, ESMC, & Starfield x AMD GPUs

So let me get this straight.

1. Linus screwed over a small two-person startup with his own incompetence by using the product in an unintended way and not using the GPU and instructions which were provided for him.
2. Stole their prototype which they needed to develop their product further, even going so far as to sell it at auction.
3. Goes on record to say "yes, we screwed up but it would cost $100-$500 to fix it so I'm not going to and no, I'm not apologizing for that". (That amount of money is chump change to him.)
4. Lies about offering to recompense the company. They didn't do that until after getting called out.
5. When he gets criticized for screwing over this company for his own mistakes, rather than owning up he tries to gaslight everybody into think he is somehow the victim?? "Today was so hard bros" oh poor wittle multi-millionaire Linus... I'll be sure to pray for you while I struggle to pay my rent.

What a fucking piece of shit, fuck him. I hate people like this that simply can't own up to mistakes and have to deflect all criticism.

Jesus fuck Linus. Half the reason you are popular is because people trust your statements; and you are just flushing that away.

Linus just straight up lied about Billet labs resolution. That alone is horrendous behaviour.

While not being directly related it might be worth noting that a former employee of lmg has now come forward on twitter to describe in gory detail the kind of treatment she received while working there. The culture there sounds utterly disgusting and based on their history it is all extremely believable. Link to the post

Linus is always dropping shit, and this is no different.

Also, don't fuck with tech Jesus

It's looking like Linus should have taken that $100 million offer he got and left when he had the chance.

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Wow. When you're supposed to wait and hear from both sides and this is what comes... Yikes. Went to check and read the whole response and any other replies that might have come from it on their forum and found ~115 pages (oops 2 more while writing this) of discussion after Linus' post.

All I want is just good hardware reviews, the rest is noise...

I've never understood the appeal of Linus Tech Tips anyway. Anthony was great but Linus is just terrible as a host. "Oh no, Linux sucks because it is not Windows! Oh no I broke the system because I couldn't read the text on the screen!"

Linus is tech cancer plain and simple, now more so.

He's an idiot. After I saw him installing Linux I was sure about that. What a bozo.

and now there stuf about sexual harasment......

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I agree with Steve on everything, this was a huge blunder and fail in messaging from Linus. But you are supposed to reach out and ask for comment before running a story. I was a news reporter and have a master's in public relations.

Edit: Called Linus "Linux"

Oof.

So annoying how all good tech channels now lean on drama and sensationalism to get more engagement.

Digital Foundry seems to be the last one where people are level-headed.