Correct, not all things that matter are positive.

But it’s the 5% we need to focus on.

The same was true for YouTube, in the beginning they operated at a loss, and when people were hooked on the service, they monetized it.

As a non native English speaker, I found the “pilot” thing a bit confusing. But:

pilot = pilot program

And then it made sense.

Anyways I think it’s not so much the 95% that fail that matter, it’s the 5% that succeed.

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you gave no proof

WTF! I gave a timed link to Gamers Nexus CLEARLY demonstrating LTT posting videos with similar conflict of interest.
And I gave examples of how payment as “sponsor” which was the method he mostly used, omitting the sponsor part in his reviews, gave exactly the result I claimed. And even that the opposite was also the case for the non payment.

I also demonstrated the fact that such claims can be made without risk is also evidence of the truth of the claim.

HOW the fuck can you say I gave no proof? You appear to refuse to see the truth, or have a complete lack of understanding of what evidence is.

That’s an extreme accusation

Yes, and I can make it without fear of him suing me, because it’s true.

It was pretty obvious if you have more than 2 brain cells and the ability of critical thinking.
But Gamers Nexus actually gave examples of obvious “conflicts of interests”:
https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc?t=1575

This is actually from way after I stopped viewing LTT trash, but I can’t just go back multiple years and dig up the evidence.
But if you really are curious, you would have to track his “sponsors” and compare them to his “reviews”. And the evidence will quickly be pretty clear.

For instance it was very obvious that after AMD became a major sponsor around 2018, Radeon suddenly got way better reviews.
Raja had tried to suck up to him, and give him special treatment and privileges of first access with the Vega release, which didn’t work the slightest. But when they became a sponsor THAT WORKED!

And when Intel stopped their sponsoring of him, he suddenly made several features complaining about how bad Intel was. This was at least true, it’s just funny how the criticism didn’t come out until they stopped paying him.
Intel stopped supporting YouTube reviewers in general, but other channels did not suddenly switch how they reviewed Intel.

LTT is corrupt as hell, to the point he may use his popularity for extortion. He probably doesn’t think so himself, because he seemingly doesn’t have the intelligence to see that what he is doing is wrong, unless it is pointed out to him very clearly.

But if you don’t have eyes to see what’s going on, I really can’t help you.

Spot on, and much like reading a 2000 year old book, and believe it contains everlasting truths.

Linus has to keep sponsors happy

Meaning that for Linus you are the product, and the advertisers are the real customers.
Again meaning the videos are not made for you, they are made for the advertisers.

He only changed practices to be more transparent because he was called out with clear evidence.
I bet he still breaks the rules if it fits his purpose, but since I haven’t watched his dishonest channels for years, I cannot really say. But once a fraudster always a fraudster, that’s my experience.

First it’s not investigative journalism, it’s hardware reviews that may or may not reveal problems, and he fakes and cheat with his, and takes money illegally under the table for making good reviews.
Difference between him and for instance Gamers Nexus, is that Gamers Nexus reveals if he detects something is off when he tests. While LTT prefer to get companies to pay for good reviews that gloss over the problems.

People are idiots if they believe your claim is true, and apparently most do?!

No it’s not, it’s clearly illegal even in USA. Gamers Nexus never did anything like that, or Hardware Unboxed. Those are channels that are renowned for their integrity. Although Hardware unboxed is Australian they are addressing the same market. Except for not being a goofy joke like LTT.

Yes, he would make a paid advertisement camouflaged as a review and never disclose that it was in fact not a review but an advertisement.
He had even set up a scheme to hide the fact, and make it look like the payments were for something else, like consulting.
The guy is absolute scum, and the success of his channel is based on illegal practices.

Oh I almost forgot about him, I blocked his channels years ago. He is an idiot and a shill, and did illegal hidden advertising.
Why anyone would still watch his channels is very strange IMO.

That’s a good point, especially at at high mileage it may become an issue.
But I don’t think it’s normally much of an issue, it would be mostly gear and engine that has that extra stress, and AFAIK they are very durable.
I saw a complete tear-down video review of a VW gear and engine, and they are very well made. So I wouldn’t worry about it, especially if you can find one at a reasonable price with reasonable mileage.

Having fun at a movie, is just exercising a humorous aspect of our intelligence and consciousness, no different from being amused by a joke.

It’s obviously not a delusion if you know it’s fantasy, it’s only a delusion if it’s fictional, but you strongly believe it to be true. Like believing there is life after death.

Fantasy is a part of our imagination, that enable us to speculate on things that may happen in the future, and prepare for them.
We can do that for fun, and speculate on things we very well know will not likely happen. That can be for amusement / entertainment.

Delusion is to believe things that are very unlikely to have either already happened or to happen in the future, but believe them despite being contrary to logic and the evidence. Like for instance religions or believing Santa Clause is real.

If a delusion is fixed, and no degree of evidence it is a delusion will persuade the person. It can become much like a psychosis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis

Therefore strongly held beliefs in things that aren’t true, like for instance conspiracy theories or religion can reasonably be considered a degree of mental illness. Which most today will not be willing to acknowledge, but I think maybe in 50 years will become more accepted.
Belief in God is a delusion, a strong belief in God can be borderline psychosis.

Having fun at a movie, is just using our imagination for fun and entertainment, instead of the real life problem solving that is probably the evolutionary main reason we have it. Having fun using these skills, helps train them.
So this is perfectly healthy and normal, and has nothing to do with delusions. The story may be fantasy, but the fun is real.

That is true, I am also in EU, and I use Visa for purchases outside Denmark and also for Steam.
We also have local payment systems that are mostly exclusive to Denmark. Many have Visa but not all, so only accepting Visa may lose Steam some business.
To cover Denmark 100% they will need to accept Dankort or MobilePay by Danske Bank. Everybody here have both of those, and they are both cheap and excellent to use.
I personally don’t have PayPal because I despise the company for their high rates.

Many online shops here too is just local player + visa/Mastercard.

In principle that would be the same for Steam, local player is the local service for the country the customer is in.
Steam is multinational, and has business enough in each country to support the local players. It’s extra work to set up, but also cheaper prices for Steam than Paypal and also cheaper than Visa in most cases.
So I think they’d make money on it over using PayPal.

Honda should absolutely be higher too. And literally that study is worthless, there is no reliable common set standard for the results, which is probably why I can’t even find the methodology used described in the article.

The below linked article based on a TÜV study, is based on legally mandatory safety checks performed by an independent third party:

https://www.autoparts24.dk/press/stor-undersoegelse-her-er-bilmaerkerne-med-flest-fejl/

In this way more rigorous and fair study, based on security issues detected at mandatory checks, VW turns out to be #1!
So clearly Toyota is NOT easily better than VW, Audi or Mercedes, which actually all beat Toyota in an actually useful fully transparent study.

It was claimed earlier that price was a factor in the study posted earlier.
In that regard, I can say that Tesla model 3 is hailed as the cheapest to maintain the first 4 years here in Denmark.
Many car reviewers noted that as a plus for Tesla. But the maintenance also suck balls, because after 4 years we have the first mandatory safety check, and 33% of Tesla model 3 fail that test, even with very serious issues like on steering and brakes. No other brand fails on steering after 4 years!!
So clearly basing it on cost is not worth shit. You may save a buck, and then die next time you need to make a double maneuver or brake hard.

Toyota are absolutely good cars, but they are not easily better than VW. They are mostly on par.

I would think Steam is big enough to make deals with local card vendors in individual countries.
I bet that would also be a lot cheaper than PayPal.

No need for Steam to make their own as some suggest, it would be insane to have a system just for one business.
And it would be a serious limitation for Steam, because many won’t bother signing up for it.

Yes, but that doesn’t make the car unreliable.
Also funny story is that car safety is abhorrent in USA today compared to Europe. Especially with American pickup trucks.
USA was absolutely in the front on research on for instance seat belts, but Europe made them mandatory to have and wear first, because in USA it was delayed because they were afraid it would slow down car sales! (AFAIK)
Crash tests were expensive, so I bet that started in USA first too, because American car companies had way more money than in Europe.Still how did the Cybertruck pass? We’ve seen the crash test of that, and it’s an absolute killer car for the driver in a crash. A broken neck is almost guaranteed!
There is no way Cyber Truck would pass car safety standards in Europe!

Turns out that when the tests are mandatory safety checks performed by an independent third party, a study shows VW is the clear winner.

https://www.autoparts24.dk/press/stor-undersoegelse-her-er-bilmaerkerne-med-flest-fejl/

Here Tesla is claimed to be the cheapest to maintain, but they also have the worst failure rate of any brand here in Denmark at similar safety checks as in Germany. Although the failure rate is even higher here with 33% which used to be completely unheard of.

So cheap maintenance does not mean high reliability. 😋