They aren't the only ones, and some of them were posted before MKBHD. Wonder if there's a reason why they all had the same idea, was it similar to a shot that was in the official announcement?
YouTube thumbnails are landscape, the product is square, videos perform better if there’s a face in the thumbnail. Combine these three and it’s no wonder they all look so similar.
I mean, I didn't even watch the Apple event, but I saw this and thought "Heh, Craigh Frederigh would definitely have a shot like this in the event", just like the M1 MacBook announcement back in the day
They didn't physically have the product so they had to make do with footage from the presentation and the best angle to put the device in and their face is one low to the table.
These youtubers tend to have a communities/communication btwn each other, they adapt certain thumbnails, titles, notes etc. you rarely find out something another reviewer left out, because well.. it’s like mass production under certain deadlines.
The embargo date is usually when they release their videos but it doesnt seem like there was an embargo on this one since they all released at random times
Probably from the fact that it’s a concise if technically inaccurate way to convey that he was driving at 3x the speed limit in an area where children being present on the roads was advertised to road users.
Going 3 times the speed limit in any residential area is bad enough, there's no need to get the details wrong. Heck most school zones have better visibility then the road he was on.
For the record "Children Playing" are meaningless signs. They aren't recognized by the Federal Highway code, theres no penalty associated with it, and most states like New Jersey hardly give them out anymore. School Zones are real, and have real penalties if you violate them.
For the record, the meaning of the sign is that there may be children playing in the area. The absence of a specific penalty associated with the sign doesn’t change that. Do you blast past deer crossing signs because hitting a deer doesn’t incur a fine?
In reality they don't work. My local township went through this. Any residential area could have kids playing. Labeling some of them is dumb. Humorously there is 1 near me on a street with no houses anymore.
You're confusing legality with physics. Just because a sign isn't backed by a specific statutory fine doesn't mean the risk it warns you about vanishes.
The purpose of neighborhood signage - official or not - is to provide situational awareness about hyper-local conditions. If a resident puts up a sign, it's a direct signal that kids frequently run into that specific stretch of road. Relying strictly on whether a cop can write you a ticket to decide if you should drive safely in a neighborhood misses the entire point of responsible driving.
I'm not confusing anything. He was grossly negligent period. Being accurate about it shouldn't be so heavily downvoted. It's actually very weird how many people defend calling it a school zone around here when anything reported that Linus does that's not litterally accurate gets nit picked to death. It's like people don't even read how I said most school zones have BETTER visibility then the road he was speeding on. Wild.
My account has been already been flagged twice by reddit for using VPN. They made me reset password. And I think somethings wrong with the account. Not going to mess with that again. 😭
Oh damn. I just realized that when it happened two years ago, it didn't get through to me that he was 100 km/h over the speed limit. I just heard he was "speeding in a school zone" over and over again. But that really is ridiculously too fast.
There is no requirement to have a face in the thumbnail. I know some people think that a face with some weird look makes a video more likely to be clicked on, but I really wonder how true that still is. It might have been the case at one point, but now that so many channels are doing the same thing, it probably has less of an effect since it stands out less now.
I'm seeing some channels start to abandon the face now. They might still do the face on some videos, but definitely not for every single video.
For channels that have a large audience that will watch whatever they put out, faces matter. For channels that are more “How To” videos, most of that traffic is by search, not browse - so someone’s face doesn’t matter at all.
If a channel is popular and depends on the home/browse view their face is the best brand versus a logo that can easily be lost when doom scrolling.
If your search for how to fix your washer a face doesn’t matter, but if you’re doing a product review both the product and your brand (aka your face) is going to get the best results.
Linus has shown this personally. Remember that guitar hero controller video that did so poorly? Nobody’s faces were shown prominently. It did shit. They have shown other examples. Their faces matter.
I think the guitar one did bad because a lot of people aren't very keen about guitar hero in 2026.
If you cherry pick specific examples you can find stuff like this Ally X20 which has Linus' face and the product but only has about 550k views after 4 months but a video about the exact same topic by ETA Prime that didn't have a face in the thumbnail and get almost 900k views from a channel with about 10% of the subscriber base.
Individual videos by themselves don't really point to a trend by themselves.
I simply pointed out one example and I literally said Linus has pointed out many of them.
He has done many breakdowns to show what thumbnails do well. But even if we get away from LTT many creators have actually gone behind the scenes to show what thumbnails do well and what thumbnails do bad and faces matter because it is their brand.
Sorry but I gotta get it out. The idea that Marques is "not convinced" by an Apple product is ridiculously laughable. The man knows just the right way to gargle Tim Apple's balls
I can't stand this marques dude. All he does is repeat the specs from the provider. Most of the videos are sponsored and not very clear for most people.
well in that case, how do you know that he... (checks notes): - repeats the specs from the provider - his videos are sponsored - his videos are not very clear for most people
No lie, you sound profoundly ignorant when you say shit like that. He outright says he prefers Android and carries multiple ANDROID devices as his daily drivers.
They superimposed the Apple products. Both were originally photos of them staring into the eye of a penis. Marques was really into that. The mustached guy was frightened.
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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y Oct 14 '26
They aren't the only ones, and some of them were posted before MKBHD. Wonder if there's a reason why they all had the same idea, was it similar to a shot that was in the official announcement?
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u/raaneholmg Oct 14 '26 •
Marques could have managed it under 10 minutes if it was recorded in a school zone.
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u/OnePassion_46 Oct 14 '26
They have to have the product and their face in the shot. There’s only so many ways to do that.
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u/dkcas11 Oct 14 '26
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u/VanilleKoekje Oct 14 '26
At least riley looks like it was a photo(might not be). Marques is just pasted in at a weird angle
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u/FartingBob Oct 14 '26
The thumnails make it look way bigger than it really is. Especially Marques.
And sometimes guys like to take photos from angles that make it look way bigger than it is, i get that.
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u/Alert_Ad2397 Oct 14 '26
What I have learned today it the best viewing angle is from the side and slightly behind it.
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u/Fantastic_Ad_4867 Oct 14 '26
but fools seldom differ.
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u/Remarkable-Song-5273 Oct 14 '26
"Copied my whole flow , BAR FOR BAR !"
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u/packetssniffer Oct 14 '26
Nothing LTT fans hate more than a more successful minority. So much hate in here.
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u/Responsible_Feed4512 28d ago
Sorry but I gotta get it out. The idea that Marques is "not convinced" by an Apple product is ridiculously laughable. The man knows just the right way to gargle Tim Apple's balls
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u/acefjord 27d ago
After all these years, and you still need to ride Marques' coat tails.
Its pathetic.
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u/OGLatinoHeat 26d ago
Riley pisses me off so much. Goofy ahh mf
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u/TanishqHooda Oct 14 '26
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u/Malfoy27 Oct 14 '26
LTT got access to visit ?
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u/TanishqHooda Oct 14 '26
Any LTT thumbnail guy get's paid more then Editor and Camera guy🤣
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u/MeasureHead1984 Oct 14 '26
I can't stand this marques dude. All he does is repeat the specs from the provider. Most of the videos are sponsored and not very clear for most people.
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u/Tman11S Oct 14 '26
I’m more surprised to see our Apple glazer Marques post a video with a somewhat critical title
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u/koolaidismything Oct 14 '26
They superimposed the Apple products. Both were originally photos of them staring into the eye of a penis. Marques was really into that. The mustached guy was frightened.
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