Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

Re:Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier by fartcannon on Monday June 20, 2022 @08:50PM (#31818352)

Thanks, I have and that is where my original position comes from. Got some good alternative perspectives today though. Interesting to hear the same thing as evidence of either position.

My fav part of the channel is the rest of the team. One thing you can't fault Linus for is his ability to hire entertaining characters and promote a fun environment. That is a great skill. There's at least 5 other people there who could be YouTube empires all on their own.

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Re:Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier by kadoban on Monday June 20, 2022 @08:56PM (#31818395)

> One thing you can't fault Linus for is his ability to hire entertaining characters and promote a fun environment. That is a great skill. There's at least 5 other people there who could be YouTube empires all on their own.

Yeah, agreed, it's a bit absurd to me how they've managed to collect so many actually talented, entertaining people.

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Re:Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier by freemint on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @09:35AM (#31823754)

By offering them a a better deal then starting from nothing as a YouTuber and then "hooking" them with things such as writing staff, filming locations, good equipment, good people behind the camera, credit for their work and editing staff as well as access to hardware they would not get otherwise. They surely spend mid 6 digits on their workshop for example. Mostly to make CNC machines create custom heat spreaders.

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