Veritasium did a video about it, with data to back it up. They took old video and reposted them with and without clickbait titles and images. The difference of views is staggering. People just like it o suppose.

There's always option c, which is not pursuing a media empire... lots of small channels that are successful without the clickbait crap.

I'M SO ANGRY. I WAS BAMBOOZLED INTO WATCHING A VIDEO I ENJOYED.

They made it sound like all generic Android TV boxes were infected with malware, and also made it sound like it was nearly impossible to change firmware on them. Their "investigation" was as in-depth as, Corejava folder, malware, ALL ANDROID BOXES PROBABLY HAVE MALWARE, STAY AWAY!!!! Which is just a complete load of shit.

They could have done more research and listed models that did not contain malware, or list which boxes had alternative firmware to flash that make them better. Or that if you have one of these boxes that contains malware then there are ways to remove the malware from them. Because these generic Android boxes do have pretty decent value, and many can be flashed with decent firmware. But instead the message that they wanted to impress on their large audience was to avoid all these generic Android boxes regardless of any merit to their claims, oh, and buy a Google Chromecast! Yeah... great recommendation... don't buy these generic devices that spy on you, buy the one from the company that pays our bills!

You have to remember that most users are not technical at all and that’s where Linux falls down.

That's wrong. My 80+ year old grandma and my tech illiterate wife both use Linux, you do not need to be technical to use Linux. Linux is great for average users and Linux is great for advanced users. The problem is when Windows power users use Linux and realize that they are not computer experts, they are just Windows power users, and become salty about it. Then they say Linux is the problem when the problem is actually between the chair and keyboard, and when they continually try to do things the Windows way without understanding any reasoning behind their actions.

I haven't watched the video for a long time, but I remember thinking he's wrong or being dumb and completely unfair like every two minutes in it. So much so that I wanted to completely break that video down, but I just don't care any longer. I unsubscribed, LTT content just isn't good in my opinion. If people find it entertaining, great, but it's not for me. It's inaccurate, poorly researched fluff for the pcmasterrace types... WIndows users and gamers.

Cancel culture? Really? I suppose everything is woke to you too, huh? People that cry about cancel culture are people that don't want to take responsibility for their words and actions. In other words, douchebags. Guess what, there are consequences to the things you do and say! You don't just get to say and do whatever you want and then cry about cancel culture when people rightfully end up despising you. Your comment agedlikemilk, don't be such an insecure little bitch about it.

And many of the issues that I brought up for unsubscribing a month ago, like the conclusion jumping and poor research were the bulk of the GN video. He just saw the benchmark errors whereas I saw the Linux/Android/adblocking misinformation.

And you're right, it's only been a few days. But boy oh boy, has it gotten worse over the last little bit as more and more piles on with harassment investigations and learning about the awful rabid LTT fanbase that drove a young boy and his mother to suicide. I wonder what else we'll end up learning?

But go ahead, keep on simping for your boy Linus, and crying about cancel culture.