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The only argument against MKBHD could be the YouTube title he chose. But if a "company" with many hundreds of people can't handle a title and goes under, it never deserved to exist.
> Hard to explain why, but with great reach comes great responsibility. Potentially killing someone else’s nascent project reeks of carelessness. > First, do no harm. Brownlee's not a doctor. …He's not Spiderman, either, for the record, or at least that we know of. And "Humane, Inc." isn't his patient, or even a person.
Journalists (and I'd argue that MKBHD falls under that even) definitely have responsibility in their reporting. Apart from the hypocratic oath, there are also the 4 pillars of journalism, one of which is "minimize harm". Bringing that one up feels like a recent trend whenever people see legitimate criticism that they can't really argue with, and it's an easy one to bring up as in every truthful reporting about people…
Just a few hours ago he came out with a video, "Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?" (Versus whether it's bad products.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA It's clearly addressing this controversy.
Marques Brownlee ended his monologue with this pithy remark:
“My reviews just accelerate whatever was already going on.” :D
I've watched his videos for many years. I can't imagine him doing a video like this for Pinephone, or another smaller company. But a company founded by 2 ex-Apple execs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, and the sort of marketing Humane have come out with... that's a fair target.
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>There are waaay shittier products he's reviewed. Genuine question: Are there?
anything old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5bdedDPPs
A product isn't bad just because it's old and has obsolete specs. That webcam review is 14 years old and has to be interpreted in the context from that time, just like the Humane Pin will inevitably be compared to current smartphones and obviously looks inferior in almost every way.
Vassallo fundamentally sees MKBHD as "punching down", whereas I think the general consensus, and why this is controversial at all, is that MKBHD was not "punching up". I've watched his videos for many years. I can't imagine him doing a video like this for Pinephone, or another smaller company. But a company founded by 2 ex-Apple execs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, and the sort of marketing Humane…
Especially because they set realistic expectations - last time I saw their Pinebook product page it basically said "if you expect no dead pixels and a perfectly smooth experience please don't order this". They make it clear what their target audience is and aren't even trying to do the shiny Apple-style marketing seen from Humane.
This AI pin's marketing set high expectations and the review should take that into account.
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He is the most prominent tech reviewer in the business today.
Not everyone is part of the same herd. The author could have done a good job at spending two words expanding this acronym and who's behind it. It is referred prominently in the title, and then assumes you know who Brownlee is, as he is mentioned with his last name. A person that never heard of him would not be able to equate MKBHD with the name Brownlee. Not everyone lives on social media like you or I.
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anything old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5bdedDPPs
> How many frames a second does this webcam do? What's the quality like? Shit. A product isn't bad just because it's old and has obsolete specs. That webcam review is 14 years old and has to be interpreted in the context from that time, just like the Humane Pin will inevitably be compared to current smartphones and obviously looks inferior in almost every way.