I’m breaking one of my biggest rules.. - Reacting to Tech Hot Takes

I love the community that emerged around me and the rest of the

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YouTubers. It really feels like we're a big family sometimes, doesn't it? But like in every family, there is at least one of us who is the weirdo with the crazy politics. Sorry, hot

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on Tech and if I had to pick one, let's say it's probably not Austin, but if there's one thing I've learned from reading an obsessive amount of YouTube comments it's that I'm not the only one with horrible

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, I mean. Check this out, forcing USBC on mobile phones forever isn't the best idea, but come on, Apple's been using Lightning, which is USB2, for 10 years, it doesn't exactly seem like they're trying to innovate there, so there it is, folks. today.

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Let's start by explaining this a little. Yes, in the very, very long term, everyone will be stuck with the USB type. Ultimately, it could be a problem, except in the phone space, ah, look, I'm going to get into trouble here. I don't see us needing more than 5 or 10 gigabits per second by the time we do, companies like Apple and its followers will likely have ditched cables entirely in favor of more wireless charging and wireless data transfer standards, so I understand your point. period, but you are also wrong. Max here, Mac OS is just better for professionals, professional, what a man, I see that argument. time x is best for professionals why is it just for do you know how many different types of professionals there are?

Some professionals never leave a web browser behind, in which case Chromebooks are probably just better for them. What about professional engineers? Mac OS is the best for that. let's do it Samsung SSD should not be put on the pedestal they seem to stay on years ago they were the safe bet they are no longer the only option I don't know if this even qualifies as a hot option, the only reason Samsung ended up on the pedestal they have It's because they were consistently at or near the top of performance charts and perhaps more importantly consistently among the lowest RMA units as rated by Puget Systems.

As for whether that has changed, I would have to check if Puget has released their latest oh oh reliability report update on Samsung SSD reliability from last month, blah blah blah, incredibly low failure rate, something changed in the last year 980 Pro 2 terabytes, wow, they switched to sabrin. I still remember like it was yesterday when Sabrant arrived. out of nowhere with these great products and they continued to innovate from there, which is good for them, but that being said, I think this is a really valuable lesson: no matter what brand it is, you should never be brand loyal and Always review the product individually God, on the other hand,

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nical reviews are often greatly removed from the intended user experience.

What someone who changes phones several times a year once on a phone is not representative of the user experience that most companies are aiming for. I'm not sure I agree that there are things in the lifestyle of tech reviewers that can give us blind spots - for example, when I was reviewing a very low-end device, I would get used to carrying around an iPhone or at least a high-end Android phone. in my back pocket in case my kids or pets do something adorable so I'm not stuck with a non-tree potato camera that someone who bought that phone as their only device would have, however, when you completely switch between devices one after the other, I think it can actually give you a much sharper view of both what's better and what's worse, and that's part of the reason why you guys look to us for that experience that we've developed using all of them. these different devices, oh Max is Apple's 30 fee is fine and fair as an app developer.

I'm not happy that I have to pay for it, but I'm not wrong about why it's there. It's not an Apple tax, it's a platform fee like Shopify. Amazon. See, that's the difference. List a bunch of things that are not monopolies. Amazon for all its anti-competitive behavior is not a monopoly. You can go shopping at Walmart.com or bestbuy.com and you can decide to buy somewhere where they have a lower profit margin. not if 30 percent is fine and fair, in fact it's the same 30 percent that Valve takes on Steam, the point is that Apple lacks competition and they unilaterally decide that 30 percent is fine and fair, that is the problem, the fact that you're even making this argument means that you fundamentally don't understand what's going on here.

Monopoly is not a valid argument because a real estate developer has a monopoly on the sale of apartments in the building they built, except that there are other buildings. Is this guy serious? Yes, oh Mathematica Ken, the cheapest cell phone. The enabled iPad works better and has more features than the most expensive car infotainment system, right? What a hot shot, that's the coldest shot, it's freezing. I'm going to put up with so much crap for this video. I don't even have a thin and light laptop with egpu configuration. As a desktop computer it is better than a traditional tower PC, so you have the performance when you are stationary and the ability to take it with you while traveling.

You're not wrong, but you're out of touch. Look, that's not the problem. the convenience of a thin and light device with an egpu is not great, the problem is that it is very expensive, i mean even ignoring how expensive gpus have become, now you are adding another 300 400 for the case around it plus any extra you need. end up paying for a laptop that has a good gaming capable cpu and a quad lane thunderbolt pcie connector, it's a very expensive option and has noisy stem mods, although this can't be all bad, a hot pebble is the only one intelligent. watch ever done that doesn't suck 100 agree with you.

I've been trying to get back to it. I've been trying to use the one you gave me, but I've been having trouble getting Rebel to work in less than three minutes and then I quit and forgot about it. I'll take care of it. DVI is the best video connector, okay, but DVI DL, okay, dual link DVI, smartphone slightly better. The hardware peaked at the note 9. Okay, are you just trolling me? mocking me specifically as a gaming device, the Raspberry Pi is overrated. How many people talk about Raspberry Pi is fine, if all you want to play is the main thing, sure, how many people ironically sit around and spend the afternoon playing main games.

The Skype days were great and I understand why Discord didn't overtake Skype in popularity right away. That said, Discord is at the top, we do it out of necessity and ease of use rather than being a clear winner. I have to say that I try to use Discord for the first time it's a pretty bad interface and if Skype had been a little less rubbish I think a lot of gaming communities wouldn't have bothered to switch, although I'll counter that with my own opinion if Microsoft didn't. would have been nerfed and then removed. MSN Messenger we wouldn't have needed either of them, the reason we stopped using Skype had nothing to do with the functionality of the software but rather some vulnerabilities and I think it was the protocol, basically there were these tools called IP solvers. which, assuming you had someone's Skype username, you could use that to get their IP, so whether you were playing with people you didn't know that well or say hosting a live video podcast, if someone found out what was your user account, it could resolve your IP. and DDOS, cool Avery physical keyboards on phones from 10 years ago, infinitely better than today's touchscreen keyboards.

Wow, that's always wrong, as someone who went back to a phone with a physical keyboard not long ago, let me tell you how that felt. good back then, but it was shit, special characters, forget it, removing the headphone jacks is a positive step forward, if bluetooth headphones are owned by most people before then it's not really a problem, but no They were, two cables are annoying and get tangled Wireless service is bad, but three are lost The price of wireless service is the same as the price of cable service are you talking about why you would say things that are demonstrably false The price of service wireless is the same as you know it isn't Terry says Rey's tracking is pointless it adds nothing of value to the game and most of the time you move too fast in the game to appreciate the best of it.

Reflections use that extra power for more frames. I have to stop you here because in a utopia right where ray tracing hardware is abundant, basically everyone has it. and game developers may assume that if they build their game lighting engine with ray tracing in mind, everyone will be able to run it in theory, it actually dramatically simplifies a game's lighting process, adding a layer of realism and immersion that simply cannot be achieved. Replicated with our fakie light. Reflections that we have been doing for the last 20 or 30 years. The problem is that we're in this middle stage right now where it feels gimmicky and has a significant impact on performance, but it's noticeable.

Nvidia in particular is playing an extremely long game here and I think ray tracing is here to stay and could be a long-term benefit. Smartphones for 300 are now sufficient for all tasks in terms of hardware, no one should spend more money, yes. yes I can't, I can't even disagree that they are enough, however there are features that are beneficial on smartphones that cost more, for example you can't get a 300 smartphone that does this, it just doesn't exist the Ultra wide kizu. It's and I quote garbage, okay, I was big on ultra wide rail for a long time, then I got to Wendell from the Texas level one argument, where he says, have you looked closely at the price of these things?

They basically cost the same as a 16x9 monitor which is the same width but is also taller so in terms of pixels per dollar it is much better if you really want the ultra wide experience why not put black bars on the top and bottom of the screen? and if you have an OLED, that's a pretty strong argument, especially if you're sitting in the dark, but then I got my hands on Corsair's 43-inch curved monitor and I was sitting using it as part of the review process and I was like Steam Deck was destined to be dissatisfied.

I don't even need to read this anymore. It's a terrible shot. Steam Deck is going to Steam Deck has already changed the valve of the gaming industry. It is now officially a console manufacturer that they are planning for a long life. cycle for this, they are agreeing to the developers, they are doing all the right things and they have the revenue to support this product long term through their version yes 30 of Steam game sales. Steam Deck is here to stay Karen I love motion blur What about especially at higher frame rates? Why don't you put Vaseline on your screen?

Honestly, if you like blur. I mean, why do we bother trying to build low persistence screens? Why don't you get like a 2005 Dell flat screen? You'd love it, you get this nice, blurry little trail behind every moving object on the screen. It's cool, the only justification for motion blur, okay, is games that run at 30 FPS and you need some way to hide that horrible annotator while you're scrolling. the camera around that's why it exists doesn't exist because it looks cool Dex Fox switching to an electric vehicle doesn't have as much of an environmental impact as one might think, especially when everyone is expected to buy the shiny new thing that expands public transportation, builds cities walkable and prevent E-waste has a much greater impact, certainly the problem is that you know, I'm assuming this, but I have no way to verify it.

No, you're from Salt Lake City. I would have assumed you are European and that is a big part of the problem. is that in North America I don't see any way back to walkable cities, there is literally nothing within walking distance of my house and the only way to fix it would be to demolish entire neighborhoods and build more things like shopping malls,restaurants, entertainment. Isn't it happening? RCS Rex Linux will never take off like people say Linux has already taken off. Need I remind you that SteamVac has a million units and sales? Do you think there were a million Linux gaming computers before in the entire history of Linux?

Well, there's a million in people's hands right now. Miss micro USB, micro USB coupled with micro HDMI is one of the worst connectors ever made. I don't believe it, actually I don't believe it. I think they are lying about the advertised durability of the micro USB. that thing is a piece of garbage USBC is not a good standard, there are too many inconsistencies in the implementation and Apple was right to resist it for iPhones until they were forced to, don't take my word for it, Apple thinks you're wrong , look. the way they equip their top tier, more functional, more premium products with USBC like the iPad, with PC makers like Lenovo selling laptops with Fedora and HP's successes, we will see many more desktops and laptops running Linux 2025 is the year of the Linux desktop 2025 Man, you're giving yourself more than two years for this to become a reality, that's enough time for Windows 12 to come out and be like two suckers in a row and if that happens, you might be right.

Jeff says that SSD was the only technological revolution in the computer. world for the last twodecades, two decades, a good sauce going back to 2003, no multicore, multicore was huge, don't you remember that if we didn't have multicore processors, that SSD would be blocked by your stupid single core processor? Nvidia didn't do it. kill Greed-based SLI Nvidia removed SLI because the high-resolution games and faster GPUs they kept building required such fast interconnection between GPUs, but it became so cost-ineffective for the limited number of users and game developers. that were being served by SLI technology. It just stopped making sense.

I understand. I don't have to like it, but I understand. Okay, narwhal in terms of features. AMD drivers on Windows are much better than nvidia drivers. I love being able to see performance metrics for overclocking and undervolting my GPU. Wow, spoken as someone who hasn't used an Nvidia card in a long time. GeForce Experience is not the driver, it's a separate utility, you don't even have to install it, yeah sure, it's just another game launcher or whatever, but it has performance too. Metrics, it doesn't let you underclock overclock, but I mean I'd say it's nice to have a third-party utility for that, especially considering how much more functional they are anyway, even compared to AMD's built-in Nvidia tools and features. it has a lot more features, I mean just look at the last week, they just announced VSR, their video enhancement feature that uses your GPU to smooth and enhance web video, it's really cool and AMD has absolutely nothing to respond to. 99 of the tech YouTubers love to talk about how good AMD is and how everyone should buy it, but at the end of the day, name a tech tuber that uses AMD as a daily driver outside of a challenge.

I've been daily driving an AMD CPU for three and a half years, yes, since I updated the threadripper. What's happening? PCS are about to become obsolete for gamers looking at the performance, affordability and variety of games on today's consoles. This is simply cyclical. It always happens the first year or two after the launch of a new generation of consoles. They are untouchable. in terms of price-performance ratio and then Sony and Microsoft just sit there and let the hardware stagnate and become obsolete, the PCS catch up and then a new generation of consoles comes out in LeapFrogs and so on, this is what happens when you ignore all the historical context and focus only on the current moment, there is no point in unlocking the frame rate, your PC will generate frames that cannot be displayed beyond the refresh rate, creating unnecessary streaming hardware and costing more electricity, which is a waste of money and worse for the environment, unfortunately you are wrong when you render at a higher frame rate, even higher than what your screen can handle.

What you're doing is reducing latency and therefore the perceived performance of the game, even if you don't see more. that one of those frames for each refresh rate of your screen, we made a whole video on it with cover, it has like over 10 million views, maybe that view count should be 10 million and one after you see it and be it reported, pure future proofing is possible, for example getting a powerful CPU now would allow you to upgrade your GPU later when gaming is more in demand, you drank the Pier Kool-Aid if you get the mid-range CPU today and the mid-range CPU in three years.

When it comes time to upgrade your GPU, that would be a better experience overall than spending twice as much on your CPU today, it's just math. Polaris Apple isn't overly expensive, especially considering how long their products last and that they also make all of their own hardware. They don't, uh, I don't mind paying the Apple tax to get a Macbook that will last for many years instead of a PC that I will upgrade in the future. Okay, whether you choose to upgrade your PC is a completely irrelevant point as to how long. that PC will last and this is something I've seen so many times I remember the time my uncle's business partner showed me his amazing MacBook Air and look how fast this thing boots up, it's exceptional, you know how they did it. state drive, yes I know Phil, I have an SSD in my computer at home.

Apple didn't invent them, it's just the fact that Apple users tend to compare with PCs that aren't as well equipped as the Apple computers they're comparing. con, so while you are right that there is no Apple tax, by being right about that, you are wrong about how long that device will last you because if you buy a high quality PC device that is the same price and is similarly equipped can last a long time, that's the point where noctua simply can't release any product that is becoming irrelevant, for example are you buying an HD 15 right now considering other options?

Yes, noctua has many benefits beyond performance, the fact. that you can get new mounting hardware for new plugs as they come out, nothing would stop you from using a bumper on a 12 or 13 year old refrigerator by sending them an email saying, "Hey, I need mounting hardware for the am5 plug and that's it." ready". Gavin says that megatransfers per second is the correct performance metric for Dram and not megahertz. I don't know, we switched to mega transfers per second mainly just to annoy Ian Dr. Cutris, oh my god, Max is back. The lack of sideloads on iOS is a good thing and it should remain a closed system, people only want it because it makes hacking easier without having to figure out jailbreak apps and yes it would have nothing to do with things like that. common sense that Apple doesn't incorporate into its operating system like oh I don't know about T9 dialing or anything else, alternative app stores are a big security risk because you can't tell if the official Instagram app downloaded from an app store non-CCP apps has worked well, then you would just download it from the official app store.

What Apple users who discuss this seem to not really understand the existence of alternative app stores, in fact it does not mean that they cannot use the official Neural Canvas. AI art is the modern Renaissance that is once again giving ordinary people the ability to express themselves creatively, the only people who complain are the ones who see their artists as a source of income and do not show their passion and creativity . Okay, wanting to be fairly compensated for your work doesn't mean you see art as a source of income instead of showing your passion and creativity, it means you hope the value of what you've created becomes some kind of value to others. you if you are creating value for someone else.

This is a bad decision when using the gyroscope. Aiming with a controller with aim assist and acceleration disabled is better than better than a mouse and keyboard, although better than a controller, yes, but you're probably not very good with a mouse and keyboard. Headphones are the worst, they heat up your ears and destroy your speakers to win, they just destroy, they only destroy your hearing if you turn them up too high, like speakers, that's clean and they heat up your ears. I mean, I guess Ryzen CPUs are promoted as the best value processors. the market is fine, we talk about brand loyalty and just painting with broad brush strokes, not necessarily, but let's continue, as long as that is true, in benchmarks and in-game performance, they tend to be less user-friendly due to All the frequent mistakes and plot holes, what are you? even talking about, are you talking about first generation ryzen ryzen 1000?

You are so outdated here retro Breezy what is Mac? Even good for everything I see is that Mac and iPhone are products for the rich to only buy with the excuse that they have money, whatever, Matt can sell Windows and Linux can do it better. um, no, there are exclusive softwares that you can only get on Mac. I mean, we made a whole video on the reasons why Mac OS is just better if you use Final Cut, man, you're going to want to. In fact, Mac, even running Premiere, we found it to be more stable on Mac OS than Windows.

Another thing the Mac is really good at is continuity. It's nice, being able to take what you're doing between devices; There is simply no analogue like this on the PC. There are things I've actually tried, but I've never been able to understand the appeal of gaming on the go, but it's not the same as a monitor with a proper mouse and keyboard. All I have to say is that I assume you've never commuted. on Transit because when I took the SkyTrain in the past I had a Nintendo that I could keep in my pocket or backpack, an absolute game-changer to eliminate boredom.

Dark mode may be better for your eyes, but in terms of readability, light mode. older than dark mode I'm a light mode guy I'm not going to lie there are a couple of places I use dark mode like our forum for example I tend to use dark mode but generally the eyebrows and Edge clear mode are older than Chrome, I mean. I'm not going to argue that Chrome isn't kind of shit nowadays, but I just can't get used to the edge interface. The car should not have an infotainment system. The screen on the dash is all you need to see.

Ferrari 296 GTB no, yes, me, no, no, 100. I would rather have a touch screen that I can interact with like I want to type in a destination or something. What am I going to do with that ridiculous, stupid Audi, little touch panel? and draw letters on it like a child and paint with fingers or something no, no, no, no, honorrito apparently got a response from one of our employees about this, okay, as someone who loves tech games, etc. I wish the games were shorter, the games have tended to take their hours. with heavy content to justify their costs, yes it's not even a trend, that has literally always been a problem.

Arcade games were unnecessarily difficult so you would have to keep feeding the machine quarters and then during the rental era you know your Snass PlayStation. The games were unnecessarily padded so that you couldn't complete them during the rental period and then had to purchase them as we moved into the era of the subscription model. The games were padded so you would pay the subscription for more time looking at your world. of Warcraft and as you move into the mobile era, the games are padded so that you have to keep grinding or better yet, buy armor, weapons, endgame items and perks and all that so you can compete, but I mean, it has literally always been a problem for For one reason or another, you are absolutely right about Linus's stance on unionizing with a certain number of employees, some employee representation is simply necessary, this should not be about failing as a boss, but to have a structure in which each employee has the ability to get their voice heard well, there are a hundred.

I can tell you that, honestly, my stance on this isn't going to change if people felt like we weren't taking care of them, yeah, I would feel like we failed if you want to interpret that as It's bad that you can, but you're going pretty far legally. I can't put up any kind of barrier to unionization here, so I would never do it, but if I had to, yeah, I'd feel like we suck, we have a good shot of one, and Only Andy Screen Bar is the best lamp in the world. Oh my God, Andy, you're not going to win this with me pointing a light at your screen.

It is literally the opposite. No, I will listen to nothing. It won't shine on your screen. Tell your union representative and me. II'll sit down with them about it. Someone puts the screen bar online. The difference between 1080P and 1440p is very different than going from 144 Hz to 240 100. Yes, you are right. Eric says I prefer my 1989 Model M to any modern gaming keyboard I use. It is for playing all the time yes, it is a good keyboard. Personally I wouldn't use it to play. It has a fairly long path to play, but the difference is quite small.

Five inches, 16 x 9, is the perfect size for a smartphone. I disagree. I really like it. The taller screens we have today made a big difference for me, as someone who reads a lot and scrolls less. It's definitely better. Most modern mechanical keyboards are an ergonomic nightmare. People use thick wrist rests with them because keyboards are too heavy. So are you saying that you think Apple's approach is better? If you like it, I have a mouse to sell you with the charging port conveniently located on the bottom and I have this message from our sponsor xsplit, whether you are a streamer. creator or you're always on video calls to work because your smile lights up the entire boardroom xsplit is for you from high-quality video to popular platforms like YouTube and Twitch, you can customize your stream with different fonts, beautiful effects and nifty transitions and vcam allows users to remove, replace or blur their webcam background during a video call, live stream or recording, create a more professional looking video without distractions. experience without the need for a physical green screen take your video streaming to the next level and check out xsplit today at the link below use code Linus for a very nice 69 off your first purchase or subscription if you enjoyed this video, maybe they will.

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