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Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by dumbo-octopus »

nolongerthere wrote: post #173
dumbo-octopus wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally have never once seen evidence that he "prefers" Android in any capacity. He has voiced opinions on things Android does well, and he has done the same for iOS. Anyone who thinks he has a personal preference one way or the other is very likely projecting.

At one point he tried making an iPhone his main phone and gave up after 2 weeks because he couldn’t figure out how to use shortcuts. He made a whole video about it.

I hate iOS shortcuts as well, I think they're one of the worst designed features on the phone and they have put some idiot PM's definition of "safety" as a direct obstacle to every user experience with them imaginable. I could see how if my job required them I might use android. But I don't think we could take that data point and extrapolate out that I "prefer" android.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by commakozzi »

cmelbye wrote: post #57
paxys wrote: post #49

This entire controversy is so stupidly overblown. MKBHD posts a fair and thorough review of a shitty product, which is exactly in line with what every other reviewer has said about it as well. One guy tweets about how he wasn't fair, and how he has a responsibility to not write bad things about companies because of the size of his viewer base (wut??) Now the entire internet feels the need to come defend MKBHD, thus a…

The guy was specifically talking about the video's headline, which was written to be clickbait like everything else on YouTube because that's how MKBHD pays his bills.

"Clickbait" implies deception. The title was not deceptive.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by commakozzi »

n42 wrote: post #80
paxys wrote: post #62

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The video title is "the worst product I've ever reviewed" and the thumbnail is the product with its $700 price tag. What exactly is the "clickbait" here?

regardless of your original point, which I happen to agree with, that title is as clickbait as it gets. it is a title designed to make you click to find out what product he's talking about. pretending it's not clickbait is disingenuous. I don't even care that it is clickbait. that's the game every YouTuber is playing. but, it is unashamed, by the book, clickbait.

You are really reaching. I wasn't expecting a MKBHD review of the Humane Pin just yet, but it showed up in my feed. I saw the title, and I knew exactly what he was reviewing without watching it (I watched anyway and found the content to be in line with the title 100%). On a side note: I knew these things (Humane Pin, Rabbit R1, etc.) were going to be borderline useless, but definitely redundant as mobile phones will very soon make them obsolete.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by ProfessorLayton »

nolongerthere wrote: post #173
dumbo-octopus wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally have never once seen evidence that he "prefers" Android in any capacity. He has voiced opinions on things Android does well, and he has done the same for iOS. Anyone who thinks he has a personal preference one way or the other is very likely projecting.

At one point he tried making an iPhone his main phone and gave up after 2 weeks because he couldn’t figure out how to use shortcuts. He made a whole video about it.

To be fair, the Shortcuts app is a hot mess. Not only is the UX trash, it can't to basic things like trigger Siri.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by zipping1549 »

janalsncm wrote: post #150

I look at the company Humane which has raised $230 million and I think, maybe some of the people who say we’re in a bubble have a point. I have a ChatGPT pro subscription, I do machine learning professionally, and I am pretty bullish on the long term benefits of automating a lot of things we waste our time on now. But that is a lot of money for a company which doesn’t seem to deserve it. VCs should be putting money i…

It's just a very new market we're all figuring out and more than ever it is hard to understand what lies ahead. I think we barely know what we have for right now. It's understandable this sort of obviously stupid products getting money, just like how a lot of world changing inventions seemed utterly nonsensical at the time of its first development.

This thing is obviously not that though. but that's just my two cents.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by hbn »

praisewhitey wrote: post #81
daft_pink wrote: post #29

Just want to point out that I saw the headlines from the Verve bashing the Humane AI pin as universally terrible before I saw MKBHD’s video. He’s far from the only person with a giant megaphone bashing this device. Dave2d has even suggested he thinks these devices are a scam before they even came out as they essentially avoided reviewers and didn’t allow anyone to purchase the devices.

worth noting the controversy at The Verge is the opposite with people saying a 4/10 rating is far too generous

It was really just their number score which doesn't seem to be in-line with what the article/video said, which was probably even more damning than Marques' video.

If "I can’t think of anyone to whom I’d recommend spending the $699 for the device and the $24 monthly subscription" is a 4/10, I would hate to see the chaos that a Verge 1/10 would wreak across society.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by dinvlad »

tailspin2019 wrote: post #146
paxys wrote: post #55

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Defend him from what exactly? There was literally no controversy until people started defending him from the controversy. The only person who won here is Daniel Vassallo, whose low effort post went viral because people kept sharing it to show how stupid it was, thus drawing more eyeballs to his $400 "I will teach you how to be a successful entrepreneur" course on X (because of course he has one).

> thus drawing more eyeballs to his $400 "I will teach you how to be a successful entrepreneur" course on X (because of course he has one). Just a voice in support of Daniel here as this is a bit of a mischaracterisation. He’s a really nice, gentle guy, who runs a small online community called Small Bets which I would characterise as the opposite of a “I will teach you to be rich” course. (I’m a satisfied paid member…

Likewise, here. He's one of the most genuine and authentic folks out there, and the community is simply awesome.

It's not a "get rich quick" scheme by any stretch of imagination, because they teach how to grow your wealth slowly over time, in opposition to those who prefer to invest in uncertain stocks or go to a VC-backed startup.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by dinvlad »

ffsm8 wrote: post #164
tailspin2019 wrote: post #146

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> thus drawing more eyeballs to his $400 "I will teach you how to be a successful entrepreneur" course on X (because of course he has one). Just a voice in support of Daniel here as this is a bit of a mischaracterisation. He’s a really nice, gentle guy, who runs a small online community called Small Bets which I would characterise as the opposite of a “I will teach you to be rich” course. (I’m a satisfied paid member…

Yeah, that really puts him in a much better light. Totally . For real . Btw, kinda on-topic: did you notice this discussion yesterday? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051597

Nothing to do with this, quite the opposite.

Re: MKBHDs for Everything

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Post by dinvlad »

atonse wrote: post #121
paxys wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Defend him from what exactly? There was literally no controversy until people started defending him from the controversy. The only person who won here is Daniel Vassallo, whose low effort post went viral because people kept sharing it to show how stupid it was, thus drawing more eyeballs to his $400 "I will teach you how to be a successful entrepreneur" course on X (because of course he has one).

Really? He has a course like that? Sounds like Vassallo is selling way more Snake oil than he claims ill intentions with MKBHD.

He doesn't sell snake oil at all, what he teaches works, is down to earth and pragmatic. He also has amazing guest lectures from folks highly regarded in the community.
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