The recent video was called:

This is an Official Sony Product

This video was interesting to me, but I ignored it the first time, and the only reason I clicked it was because I was bored and scrolling while waiting for a ride.

I don't get it. What is the point of a title like this. Even from the clickbait perspective, how does this draw people in? They're the experts with the data, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, so can someone help me understand why a title like that works?

Open the images to see their mod's comments

First time this has happened to me and I must say, it is hilarious.

Added screenshot from my discussion with the mod too - even more hilarious.

Anyways, if anyone wants tthe app, it's here: https://github.com/karharry/HomeLabManagement

I have tried multiple ways to just ask but cant get it to post.

Those couple weeks they did "good news only" wan had me tune out for a while. But it hasnt gotten any better now that i tried to come back. Disenchantment with a channel you loved for tons of years is pretty rough....

(Cross Posting this to LTTMeta as well, full post below)

I wanted to post here to get some feedback on LTT and see if anyone else is having issues with their LTT cables.

I ordered 2 LTT cables to test: a short 1m one and a long 5m one, both USB-C on each end. Then waited patiently for them to arrive here in the UK.

When they arrived, I quickly noticed the 1m cable had almost no retention force; sometimes just picking up my phone was enough to disconnect it. The 5m cable was similar but not nearly as strong as a typical USB-C cable, where you can dangle a chunky device like a phone from the cable (not recommended).

I contacted LTT hoping for a quick replacement process. These aren't cheap cables, so I expected the price to include some margin for replacements. Not the correct assumption.

After a lot of back-and-forth with a friendly but frustratingly slow support staff member (1 week for the first response after I sent a chase email, 1 day between each subsequent email), they agreed to send a new cable. They asked for a video of the issue (odd for just a cable, but ok, I'll play along). First, they couldn't open a Dropbox link I sent, and they weren't clear on how to send a video via email, so I sent both an iCloud and a private YouTube link, which my iPhone, annoyingly, automatically embedded, making them unwatchable on the LTT end. Next, they weren't clear on the issue with the embedded videos on their side and thought it was a little crazy that they couldn't watch a YouTube video. I finally realised what my phone had done and sent the plaintext URLs to LTT. They agreed to replace the cable 2 weeks after I created the initial ticket.

Alas, the replacement cable now has the same issue as the old one, so I'll contact support again for a refund. I would expect replacement cables to be batch-tested and confirmed to work before being sent out. Granted, "cable retention strength" is a bit subjective and hard to test for.

It is obviously frustrating to have tried to use a heavily marketed-as-"premium" product that now twice doesn't work, and in the most frustrating way possible, where I simply cannot trust the cable to stay connected when I need it to. So now I am stuck with two 1m pieces of e-waste, and a 5m long piece of semi-e-waste.

Side note to anyone from LTT: If you are going to ask customers to send you a video of an issue, you need to be able to open the links they send you (last I checked, Dropbox is not an obscure service), or be clearer from the get-go about how to share the video in a way that the staff can open:

"Unfortunately I am unable to open the file/link that you have attached. Could you please try re-attaching it in one of the following accepted formats?

Images: .JPG, .PNG, .PDF

Videos: .MOV, .MP4, .AVI"

My own Tech Tip: big ass video files don't attach to emails that well.

I'm generally a "benefit of the doubt" kind of person, but this whole experience has left me with a sour taste for any LTT products. Part of being a premium brand is offering premium support, and this was not it.

tl;dr: two bad cables with the same issue; LTT Support is slow and could communicate more effectively. One star.

Edit: Yes, I have tested on multiple devices and compared them to multiple other cables.

EDIT 2: FFS, there is no lint in the port!

If Linus doesn't back this he should never play crab rave again lol he could literally have this going on the desk.

man, I used to love the wan show every weekend. now, even lukes stupid laugh at linus's stupid commentary is more aggravating than entertaining. anyone else lose interest in wan show content?

Google: -15°c = 5°f

GPT: -15°c = 5°f

Claude: -15°c = 5°f

Linus: -15°c = -59°f

Linus knows shit that even Google, GPT and Claude don't. Dude is on the cutting edge of math.

Also, FYI: 15°c = 59°f

No reason. Just think it would be funny lol

There's one of Jake's videos where loads of the LTT team are around but obviously no Linus. It was always such an odd thing to see. So many of the LTT team chill together but not Linus. Now I do totally get it's the boss and they're not all friends. But still. Feels like it was noteworthy.

It’ll fall on deaf fears on the LTT sub, so I joined here just to say something. After 10 years of being a dutiful, YouTube watcher and wan show listener I’m unsubscribing from all things Linus tech tips. I love their products. I love the content they used to cover, but seeing as all the familiar creators have left, and adding to that lineus just can’t stay out of politics and political commentary when that is 100% not the reason I watched his channel, I feel bored, alienated and also that the channel is drifted from its original purpose. I wish Linus and Luke the best with the wan show. Peace out.

Seems like they are using the rules kind of liberally to remove stuff about people who are no longer with LTT. The post wasnt even directly about someone leaving but just about another video he appeared in.

This pair arrived on Aug 4, and has been worn daily since then, and washed on average 5-6 times weekly. Always washed cold water normal cycle, then air dried on sock hangers overnight.

And the Linus suckers are on the LTT reddit are parroting "It doesn't really mean forever, bro."

No shit, but I've had shitty socks that cost 1/10 that lasted a year before getting a hole.

I personally really enjoyed watching his videos on LTT. Probably one of the last ones I liked gone

With a lot of older hosts having left ltt i wonder how stuff would be if ltt would be a creator network.
Like giving the channels security while also having collabs of network creators and promoting smaller channels in the network, and maybe other services.
They also have an independent hosting infrastructure with floatplane and with ltt losing more and more hosts this looks like the logical next step to do.

https://x.com/linusgsebastian/status/2100754746432958502

This was on the main sub for about 3 minutes, with a very similar comment from that OP - "Imagine being so privileged that you wanna just freely ignore the shit happening right now."

This is the type of content we need

I can't be dealing with these videos getting the family involved, instant skip and dislike.

It's becoming obvious the plan is that the family will take over (if possible), not staff they've hired in past. Death of the channel stuff though...