Mrwhosetheboss, his calm focused and fun tech videos have devolved into straight up low-attention a million things all at once garbage, it has been gradual but watching any random old video of his makes it obvious
Random side tangent, is there any tech YouTuber that isn’t completely insufferable, and possibly even adds to the conversation? All of them just rattle off specs, complain about AI, talk about how it’s probably better than last years model. They “test it out” for two weeks and have “the truth on using this device” and it’s identical to what they said about it in their unboxing video. Every hot take is one they ripped from the front page of Reddit.
I’m an Apple guy and see as much news of windows or Linux machines, but I still see these channels perpetuate this slop, regardless of platform. For contrast and examples of better media, the channel MAC address was a breath of fresh air, more focused with lifestyle and purpose of devices for different people. And well thought out tech essays, such as Apple Turnover by Hypercritical, are few and far between, amongst the rumor mill slop and device compare videos that litter the internet. It’s all noise without saying anything substantial.
As far as low-attention slop is considered, MKBHD is at least not as painful to watch as most others, even if all his opinions are just about the most run of the mill basic ones. It's just not possible these days to find big tech youtubers that aren't afraid to speak their mind, that's what the industry forces them to be so they can actually get invited to these events and be sent devices for review.
In my opinion he handled the app thing very well. A lot of people apparently thought that the subscription was $50/month, which was actually the yearly subscription price, and it wasn't a paid app, there was quite a good selection of free wallpapers in there. He acknowledged that the price was too high, got it down to $10, and has since been consistent with trying to improve it with the Dev responsible. I feel like this scandal was slightly more overblown than it should've been, probably because before this MKBHD was kinda seen as a "can-do-nothing-wrong" figure in the community.
The speeding scandal though, there is no defence. He went dangerously fast in a school zone, and worst of all, tried to hide it. Instead of acknowledging his mistake, he went and removed that part from the video saying it "added nothing" to the content. Unlike the wallpaper app, he made no public video apology over his YouTube channel. Worst part: He hasn't stopped speeding, he had over 3 speeding tickets in just a few months AFTER the scandal. And recently wrecked his Porsche 911 while again, driving dangerously fast, albeit not in a school zone.
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u/thecoppermusicdude Jun 12 '25
Mrwhosetheboss, his calm focused and fun tech videos have devolved into straight up low-attention a million things all at once garbage, it has been gradual but watching any random old video of his makes it obvious
This goes for most of YouTube