There's a good video he's featured in discussing this issue

https://youtu.be/9V0lXIK9DZQ

Funny to see him in that video, with him getting begged by his viewers to cover the CSAM scanning controversy on every video for weeks - but he ignored it. Wonder why.

I don't think there's anything nefarious going on. MKBHD is a "cool tech bro", and he knows that, and that is what he excels in. He isn't particularly great at talking about more niche, meta topics, until they hit the mainstream. His recent Right to Repair video shows this, and it took him YEARS to make that video - but it's also one of the best.

FWIW, he does talk about CSAM and is definitely aware of its pitfalls on his podcast, so it's not like he's blindly banging the drums.

In which episode(s) did he talk about it? I checked 2 or 3 episodes around that time and it did not come up. We are talking about the Waveform podcast, right?

Besides that, I'm sure his reach on Social Media & Youtube is quite a bit larger than on his podcast. And I guess, the reason he had those comments under his videos was, because those people don't listen to his podcast either.

I did notice that - even though I'm using a pixel 3a now I'm waiting for full reviews and some understanding of why they embargoed the phone reviews before deciding to buy.

Same here. Still rocking my Pixel 3 even though the USB C port is hosed and I can only wirelessly charge. :/

This might be a long shot, but I once thought my USB-C port was broken but it turned out that all that happened was that fluff and dust/dirt was lodged inside and the cable no longer went in all the way.

The fix was to slowly scrape all the fluff out with a needle (I am sure there are better ways).

This is of course assuming your issue isn't anything electronic.

don't use metal to do that! use compressed air

I've done it carefully a few times using the sim card slot tool that comes with the phone. When it gets crusted in there not sure compressed air will do it.

Just use a toothpick

even paperclips are way too large for usb-c slots; toothpicks are even bigger than that, even if you consider their conical shaped tips, so there's absolutely no chance a toothpick will work. The only thing that worked for me was a bent staple.

i have a pixel 3 and exact same thing happened to me. a bent staple worked perfectly for me in scraping out the dust. paperclips are way too large.

Thank you! I had been using a paperclip, but I guess it was too large. Staple worked a treat. I may never buy a new phone again! :D