1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,080 I love the community that sprouted up around me and the rest of the tech 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:11,040 YouTubers. It really does feel like we're one big family sometimes, doesn't 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:17,600 it? But like every family, there's at least one of us that's the weird uncle 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,160 with the crazy polit excuse me tech hot 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,920 takes. And if I had to pick one out, let's just say it's probably not Austin. 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,800 But if there's one thing I've learned reading an obsessive amount of YouTube 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:34,079 comments is that I'm not the only one with awful takes. I mean, look at this 8 00:00:31,119 --> 00:00:38,399 one. I mean, sure, forcing USBC on mobile phones forever isn't the best 9 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:44,079 idea, but come on. Apple's been using lightning, which is USB 2, for 10 years. 10 00:00:42,559 --> 00:00:47,360 Doesn't exactly feel like they're trying to innovate over there. So, that's 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:52,559 right, folks. Today I'm going to be reacting to some of the absolute worst 12 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:57,360 takes from you guys, courtesy of those of you who were primary sex 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,360 characteristicy enough to share them on Twitter. 14 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:14,320 Internally, we have a rule. Don't attack the audience no matter how wrong or how 15 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,640 stupid they are. But we're making an exception today because you guys 16 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:22,560 specifically put yourselves out there ready for my rebuttals. Let's kick 17 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:27,680 things off by elaborating on this a little bit. Yes, in the very very long 18 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:34,720 term, everyone being stuck with USB type-C could ultimately be a problem. 19 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:36,400 Except that in the phone space, ah man, 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:42,240 see, I'm going to get myself in trouble here. I don't see us needing more than 21 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:44,400 five or 10 gigabit per second 22 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,240 ever. By the time we do, it's likely that companies like Apple and their 23 00:01:46,479 --> 00:01:52,240 followalongs will have ditched cables altogether in favor of more wireless 24 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:59,439 charging and wireless data transfer standards. So, I see your point, but 25 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:01,920 also you're wrong. Max here. MacOSS is 26 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:08,000 just plain better for professionals. Professional what? Man, I see that 27 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:12,319 argument all the time. X is better for 28 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:14,720 pros. Y is only for Do you know how many 29 00:02:12,319 --> 00:02:19,920 different kinds of professionals there are? Some professionals never leave a 30 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:24,640 web browser, in which case Chromebooks are probably just plain better for them. 31 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:30,720 What about professional engineers? macOS is dog for that. Stuart says Samsung 32 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:34,000 SSDs should not be put on the pedestal they seem to stay on. Years ago, they 33 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:37,840 were the safe bet. They are not the only option anymore. I don't know if this 34 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,720 even qualifies as a hot take. The only reason Samsung has ended up on the 35 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:46,239 pedestal that they have is because they were consistently at or near the top of 36 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:51,920 the performance charts and perhaps more importantly consistently among the 37 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,160 lowest RMA rate drives as rated by Puget 38 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:58,720 Systems. As for whether that's changed, I'd have to check if Puget has released 39 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:03,599 their latest reliability report. Oh. Oh, update on Samsung SSD reliability from 40 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:07,200 last month. Blah blah blah. incredibly low failure 41 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:11,599 rate. Something changed in the last year. 980 Pro two terabyte. Wow, they've 42 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:15,840 switched over to Sabrin. I still remember like it was yesterday when 43 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:19,120 Sabrin came out of absolutely nowhere with these great products and they've 44 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:23,440 just continued to innovate from there. Good for them. But with that said, I 45 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:27,760 think this is a really valuable lesson here that no matter which brand it is, 46 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:32,720 you should never be loyal to the brand and always evaluate the product 47 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:37,200 individually. God, on the other hand, tech reviews are often wildly removed 48 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:40,400 from the intended user experience. What someone who switches phones several 49 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:44,560 times a year wants in a phone is not representative of the user experience 50 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:48,480 most companies are targeting. This one I'm not sure I agree with. There are 51 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:52,879 things about the tech reviewer lifestyle that can give us blind spots. For 52 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,480 example, when I was reviewing a super low-end device, I would make it a habit 53 00:03:54,879 --> 00:04:00,239 to carry an iPhone or at least a high-end Android phone around in my back 54 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,439 pocket in case my kids or my pets do something adorable so they're not stuck 55 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:08,239 with a potato camera. That's not a luxury that someone buying that phone as 56 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:13,200 their only device would have. However, when you are fully switching between 57 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:18,000 devices one after the other, I feel it can actually give you a much keener eye 58 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:22,240 both for what is better about one and what's worse. And that's part of the 59 00:04:20,239 --> 00:04:27,280 reason that you guys watch us for that experience that we've built up using all 60 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:31,199 these different devices. Oh, Max is 61 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:33,120 back. Apple's 30% fee is fine and fair. 62 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:36,639 As an app developer, I'm not happy to have to pay it, but I'm not delusional 63 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:40,400 about why it's there. It's not an Apple tax. It's a platform fee, just like 64 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:45,600 Shopify, Amazon, whoever. See, that's the difference. You list a bunch of 65 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:47,040 things that are not monopolies. 66 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:51,520 Amazon, for all of their anti-competitive behavior, is not a 67 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:56,320 monopoly. You can go shop on walmart.com or Bestbby.com and you can decide to 68 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:04,160 shop somewhere where they have a lower markup. The point is not whether the 30% 69 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:09,600 is fine and fair. In fact, it's the same 30% that Valve takes on Steam. The point 70 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:16,000 is that Apple lacks competition and they unilaterally decide that 30% is fine and 71 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:18,080 fair. That's the problem. The fact that 72 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,360 you're even making this argument means that you fundamentally do not understand 73 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:28,240 what's going on here. Appleism monopoly isn't a valid argument 74 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:32,880 because a property developer has a monopoly on selling apartments in the 75 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:36,080 building they built. Except there's other buildings. 76 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:42,240 Is this guy serious? Yeah. Oh, Mathematica Ken. The cheapest cell 77 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:47,600 enabled iPad works better and has more features than the most expensive car 78 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:50,479 infotainment system, right? 79 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:55,680 That ain't even a hot take. That's the coldest take. It's ice cold. I am going 80 00:05:53,440 --> 00:06:00,880 to take so much crap for this video. I don't even thin and light laptop with 81 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:03,600 eGPU set up like a desktop is better 82 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:07,199 than a traditional tower PC. So, you have both the performance when you're 83 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:13,120 stationary and the ability to take it with you on the go. You're not wrong, 84 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:18,160 but you're out of touch. See, the issue is not that the convenience of a thin 85 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:24,000 and light with an eGPU isn't great. The issue is that it's so expensive. I mean, 86 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:29,120 even ignoring how costly GPUs have gotten, you're adding what now? another 87 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:33,280 $300, $400 for the enclosure that goes around it, plus whatever extra you end 88 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:39,280 up paying for a laptop that has a nice gaming capable CPU and a four-lane PCIe 89 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:45,039 Thunderbolt connector on it. It's a very costly option and it's loud. Shank Mods. 90 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:50,080 Well, this can't be that bad of a hot take. Pebble is the only smartwatch ever 91 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:53,600 made that doesn't suck. 100% agree with you. I've been trying to go back to it. 92 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:57,600 I've been trying to use that one you gave me, but I had trouble getting Rebel 93 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:01,599 to work in less than 3 minutes and then I put it down and kind of forgot about 94 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:07,360 it. I will deal with it. DVI is the best video connector. 95 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Okay. But DVIDL, okay, dual link DVI 96 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:14,479 slightly better. Smartphone hardware peaked at the Note 9. Okay. Are you just 97 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:16,000 Are you trolling me? Are you mocking me? 98 00:07:14,479 --> 00:07:21,280 Specifically as a gaming device, the Raspberry Pi is overrated. The number of 99 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:27,759 people that talk about like Raspberry Pi. Okay, if all you want to play is 100 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:30,400 like mameim stuff, sure. How many people 101 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:36,319 unironically sit and while away the afternoon playing mameim games? Natural 102 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:40,160 DL. The days of Skype were great, and I understand why Discord didn't overtake 103 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:44,160 Skype and popularity immediately. With that being said, Discord is on top more 104 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:47,840 out of necessity and ease of use rather than being a clear winner. I got to say, 105 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:54,080 trying to use Discord for the first time, it's kind of a crap interface. And 106 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:55,680 if Skype had been slightly less garbage, 107 00:07:54,080 --> 00:08:00,160 I think a lot of gaming communities would not have bothered to switch over. 108 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:05,039 Though, I'm going to counter with my own hot take. If Microsoft hadn't nerfed 109 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:08,479 then killed MSN Messenger, we wouldn't have needed either of them. The reason 110 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:13,440 we stopped using Skype though was nothing to do with the functionality of the software and everything to do with 111 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:18,240 some vulnerabilities and I think it was the protocol. Basically, there were 112 00:08:15,199 --> 00:08:19,759 these tools called IP resolvers that 113 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:24,000 assuming that you had someone's Skype username, you could use to get their IP. 114 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:30,080 So whether you were gaming with people you didn't know that well or say hosting 115 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,599 a live video podcast, if anyone figured 116 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:37,839 out what your user account was, they could resolve your IP and DOS you great. 117 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:41,760 Physical keyboards on phones from 10 years ago infinitely better than 118 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:46,480 touchscreen keyboards of today. That is Wow, is that ever wrong. As someone who 119 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:52,720 has gone back to a phone with a physical keyboard not that long ago, let me tell 120 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:58,800 you, it felt good back then, but it was crap. Special characters, forget about 121 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:03,880 it. Hot take. The removal of headphone 122 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,880 jacks is a positive step forward. 123 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:11,519 One, if Bluetooth headphones are owned by most people prior, then it's not 124 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:15,920 really an issue. But they weren't. Two, cables are annoying and get tangled. 125 00:09:13,279 --> 00:09:22,800 Wireless do not. Okay, but they get lost. Three, wireless price equals wired 126 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:24,480 price. The [ __ ] are you talking about? 127 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:30,640 Why would you say stuff that's just demonstrably false? Wireless price 128 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:33,040 equals what? No, it isn't. Terry says, 129 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:36,080 "Ray tracing is pointless. Doesn't add anything of value to gameplay, and most 130 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:39,600 of the time, you're moving too fast in game to actually appreciate the better 131 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:46,080 reflections. Use that extra horsepower for more frames. I have to stop you here 132 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:48,240 because in a utopia, right, where ray 133 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:52,959 tracing hardware is plentiful, basically everyone has it and game developers can 134 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:57,839 assume that if they build their game lighting engine with ray tracing in mind 135 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:02,800 that everyone will be able to run it. In theory, it actually dramatically 136 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:08,880 simplifies the process of lighting a game, which adds a layer of realism and 137 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:11,440 immersiveness that simply cannot be 138 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:16,160 replicated with our fakey light reflections that we've been doing for 139 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:18,640 the last 20, 30 years. The problem is 140 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:22,640 that we're in this in between stage right now where it does feel gimmicky 141 00:10:20,959 --> 00:10:27,200 and it does have a significant performance impact, but you can tell 142 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:31,200 that NVIDIA in particular is playing an extremely long game here. And I do think 143 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:34,880 ray tracing is here to stay and it could be a benefit in the long run. 144 00:10:32,959 --> 00:10:40,079 Smartphones for $300 are now sufficient for all tasks in terms of hardware. No 145 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:42,160 one should spend more money. Yeah. 146 00:10:40,079 --> 00:10:46,720 Yeah. I can't I can't even disagree with that. They're sufficient. However, there 147 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:50,399 are certainly features that are beneficial on smartphones that cost 148 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:57,200 more. For example, you cannot get a $300 149 00:10:53,200 --> 00:11:01,839 smartphone that does this. It simply 150 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:06,320 doesn't exist. Kizu, ultrawide is, and I 151 00:11:01,839 --> 00:11:09,040 quote, garbage. All right. I was big on 152 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:13,600 the ultra wide train for a long time. Then I came around to actually Wendell 153 00:11:11,519 --> 00:11:17,279 from Level One Texas's argument where he kind of goes, "Have you looked closely 154 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:22,720 at the pricing of these things? They basically cost the same as a 16x9 155 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:26,800 monitor that's the same width but also happens to be taller. So in terms of 156 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:29,760 pixels per dollar, it's much better. If you really want the ultra wide 157 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:33,680 experience, why don't you just put black bars at the top and bottom of your 158 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:37,920 screen?" And if you have an OLED, that's a pretty strong argument, especially if 159 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:42,560 you're sitting in the dark. But then I got my hands on Corsair's 43in curved 160 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:46,959 monitor and I was sitting just kind of using it as part of the review process 161 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:50,560 and I was like there's nothing quite like it, is there? Steam Deck is 162 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:55,279 destined to be discont I don't even need to keep reading this. That's a terrible 163 00:11:52,320 --> 00:12:00,880 take. Steam Deck is going to Steam Deck has already changed the gaming industry. 164 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:05,279 Valve is now officially a console manufacturer. They are planning for a 165 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:09,040 long life cycle for this thing. They are courting developers. They're doing all 166 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:15,440 the right things and they've got the revenues to support this product in the 167 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:18,560 long term through their yes 30% take on 168 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:25,120 Steam game sales. Steam Deck is here to 169 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:28,079 stay. Karen, I love motion blur. 170 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:33,040 What the especially at higher frame rates? Why 171 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:37,680 don't you put Vaseline on your screen? Honestly, if you like blur, I mean, why 172 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:44,000 do we even bother trying to build low persistence displays? Why don't you go 173 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:46,240 get like a Dell flat panel from 2005? 174 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:50,880 You'd love it. You get this nice little smeary trail behind every moving object 175 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:56,560 on the screen. It's great. The one justification for motion blur, okay, is 176 00:12:53,279 --> 00:13:00,320 games that run at 30fps and you need 177 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:02,240 some way to hide that awful jutdder as 178 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:07,120 you're panning the camera around. That's why it exists. It doesn't exist because 179 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:11,040 it looks good. Dex Fox, switching to an EV isn't as environmentally impactful as 180 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,480 one might think, especially when everyone's expected to buy the new shiny 181 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:20,320 thing. Expanding public transit, building walkable cities, and preventing 182 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:23,040 e-waste is far more impactful. No doubt. 183 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:26,720 The problem is, you know, I'm assuming this, but I have no way of verifying it. 184 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,800 No, you're from Salt Lake City. I would have assumed you're European cuz a big 185 00:13:28,959 --> 00:13:36,160 part of the problem is that in North America I don't see any path back to 186 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:40,079 walkable cities. There is literally nothing within walking distance of my 187 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:46,480 house. And the only way to fix that would be to bulldo entire neighborhoods 188 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:49,519 and build more like what like shopping 189 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:52,880 centers, restaurants, entertainment. 190 00:13:49,519 --> 00:13:55,120 It ain't happening. RCS Rex Linux will 191 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:58,959 never take off like people say it will. Linux has already taken off. Do I need 192 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:04,720 to remind you Steam Deck? A million units in sales. Do you think a million 193 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:07,920 Linux gaming computers ever in the 194 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:11,040 entire history of Linux existed before? 195 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:15,600 Well, there are a million now, right now 196 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:19,040 in people's hands. Miss Micro USB. Micro 197 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,760 USB along with micro HDMI is one of the 198 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:26,160 worst connectors ever made. I don't believe I actually do not believe. I 199 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:32,079 think they are lying about the advertised durability of micro USB. That 200 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,839 thing is a piece of garbage. USBC is not 201 00:14:32,079 --> 00:14:37,920 a good standard. There are too many inconsistencies in implementation and 202 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:41,760 Apple was right to resist it for iPhones until their hand was forced. Don't take 203 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:46,320 my word for it. Apple thinks you're wrong. Look at the way they equip their 204 00:14:43,839 --> 00:14:51,839 higher tier, more functional, more premium products with USBC, like the 205 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:56,560 iPad. With PC makers like Lenovo selling laptops with Fedora and successes by HP, 206 00:14:54,880 --> 00:15:00,880 we'll see many more desktops and laptops with Linux. 207 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:06,480 2025 is the year of the Linux desktop. 2025, man, you're giving yourself over 2 208 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:11,440 years for this to come true. That's enough time for Windows 12 to come out 209 00:15:08,399 --> 00:15:14,160 and be like two sucks in a row. And if 210 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:19,120 that happens, you might be right. Jeff says SSD was the only technological 211 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:25,040 revolution in the computer world for the last two decades. 212 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:28,399 Two decades. Good gravy. Going all the 213 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:30,880 way back to 2003. No. Multicore. 214 00:15:28,399 --> 00:15:35,120 Multicore was huge. Do you not remember? If we didn't get multi-core processors, 215 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:39,440 that SSD would be bottlenecked by your stupid single core processor. NVIDIA 216 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:44,000 didn't kill SLI based on greed. NVIDIA killed SLI because high resolution 217 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:48,079 gaming and the faster GPUs they kept building necessitated such a fast 218 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:53,199 interconnect between the GPUs that it just got so cost ineffective for the 219 00:15:50,959 --> 00:15:56,800 limited number of users and game developers that were being served by SLI 220 00:15:55,519 --> 00:16:01,920 technology. It just stopped making sense. I get it. I don't have to like 221 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:03,839 it, but I get it. Okay, Narwhal. In 222 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:07,759 terms of features, AMD's drivers on Windows are so much better than 223 00:16:05,759 --> 00:16:11,440 NVIDIA's. I love that I can see performance 224 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:15,120 metrics, overclock, and undervolt my GPU. 225 00:16:13,519 --> 00:16:20,800 Um, wow. Spoken like someone who has not 226 00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:25,680 used an NVIDIA card in a very long time. GeForce Experience is not the driver. 227 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,880 That's a separate utility. You don't even have to install it. Like, yeah, 228 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,880 sure, it's just another game launcher or whatever, but it also has performance 229 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:37,440 metrics. It doesn't allow you to overclock an undervolt, but I mean, I 230 00:16:35,839 --> 00:16:40,639 would make the argument that it's fine to have a third party utility for that, 231 00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:46,320 especially given how much more functional they are anyway, even 232 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:49,519 compared to AMD's built-in tools. And 233 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:51,519 features, NVIDIA has way more features. 234 00:16:49,519 --> 00:16:56,560 I mean, look at the last week alone. They just announced VSSR, their video 235 00:16:54,160 --> 00:17:01,440 upscaling feature that uses your GPU to smooth and sharpen web video. It's 236 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:06,959 really cool. and AMD has absolutely nothing to respond to it. 99% of 237 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:11,760 techtubers love to talk about how great AMD is and how everyone should buy it, 238 00:17:09,039 --> 00:17:15,520 but the end of the day, name a techtuber that uses AMD as a daily driver outside 239 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:20,640 of a challenge. I've been daily driving an AMD CPU for 240 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:25,520 three and a half years. Yeah, ever since I upgraded to Threadripper. 241 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:29,200 What's up? PCs are at the verge of being obsolete for gamers. 242 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:34,799 Looking at the performance, affordability, and range of games on 243 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:37,840 current consoles, this is just cyclical. 244 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:39,760 It's It always happens. The first year 245 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:44,160 or two after a new generation of consoles launches, they are untouchable 246 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:49,840 in terms of price toerformance ratio, and then Sony and Microsoft just sit 247 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:54,799 there and let the hardware stagnate and become obsolete. PCs catch up, and then 248 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:58,880 a new generation of consoles comes out. It leaprogs and so on and so forth. This 249 00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:03,840 is what happens when you ignore all the historical context and focus only on the 250 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:08,480 moment at hand. There is no point unlocking your frame rate. Your PC will 251 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:11,280 render frames that can't be displayed past the refresh rate, creating 252 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:16,799 unnecessary strain on your hardware and costing more electricity, which is a waste of money and worse for the 253 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:21,120 environment. Unfortunately, you are wrong. When you render at a higher frame 254 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:25,440 rate, even higher than your display can support, what you're doing is you are 255 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:31,039 reducing the latency and therefore the perceived performance of the game, even 256 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:35,440 if you don't see more than one of those frames for every refresh rate of your 257 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:39,440 display. We made a whole video about it featuring Shroud. It's got like over 10 258 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:44,160 million views. Maybe that view count should be 10 million and one after you 259 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:48,320 watch it and get yourself educated. Pure future proofing is possible. For 260 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:52,640 example, by getting a powerful CPU now would allow you to upgrade your GPU 261 00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:57,679 later when games become more demand. You drank the Kool-Aid Pier. If you get 262 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:02,799 the mid-range CPU today and buy the mid-range CPU 3 years down the road when 263 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:06,880 it's time to upgrade your GPU, that would be a better experience overall 264 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:12,799 than spending twice as much on your CPU today. It's just math. Polaris. Apple is 265 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:16,000 not overpriced, especially when you consider how long their products last 266 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:21,360 and that they make all their own hardware, too. No, they don't. Uh, I 267 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,320 don't mind paying the Apple tax to get a MacBook that will last many years over a 268 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:31,520 PC that I will upgrade in future. Okay. The fact that you choose to upgrade your PC is a completely irrelevant point to 269 00:19:28,799 --> 00:19:36,160 how long that PC will last. And this is something I've seen so many times. I'm 270 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:42,000 reminded of the time that my uncle's business partner showed me his amazing 271 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,280 MacBook Air. He goes, "Look how fast this thing boots. It's outstanding. You 272 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:50,400 know how they did it? Solid state drive?" I go, "Yeah, I know, Phil. I've 273 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:56,400 got an SSD in my computer at home. Apple didn't invent them. It's just the fact 274 00:19:52,799 --> 00:19:59,919 that Apple users tend to compare against 275 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,360 PCs that are not as well equipped as the 276 00:19:59,919 --> 00:20:06,799 Apple computers that they're comparing against. So, while you're kind of right 277 00:20:03,679 --> 00:20:09,360 in that there is no Apple tax, by being 278 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:13,520 right about that, you are wrong about how long that device will last you. 279 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:17,600 Because if you buy a high quality PC device that's at the same price and 280 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:22,080 similarly equipped, it can last you a very long time. At this point, Noctua 281 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:25,280 just can't release any product that they're becoming irrelevant. Like, are 282 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:30,720 you buying an HD15 at this point considering other options? Yes, man. 283 00:20:28,159 --> 00:20:34,320 Noctua has so many benefits beyond just the performance. The fact that you can 284 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:38,400 get new mounting hardware for new sockets as they come out. Nothing would 285 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:44,559 prevent you from using a Noctua cooler from like 12, 13 years ago. Emailing 286 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:49,360 them being like, "Hey, I need mounting hardware for socket AM5 and you're ready 287 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:54,159 to go." Gavin says mega transfers per second is the right performance metric 288 00:20:50,799 --> 00:20:55,600 for DRAM and not mehz. I don't know. We 289 00:20:54,159 --> 00:21:02,240 switched over to mega transfers per second mostly just to bother Ian. Dr. 290 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:04,400 Cutrris, oh my god, Max is back. Lack of 291 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:07,760 side loadings on iOS is a good thing and it should remain a closed system. People 292 00:21:06,159 --> 00:21:12,559 only want it because it makes piracy easier without having to figure out jailbreak and apps sync. Yeah, it would 293 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:16,080 have nothing to do with just common sense things that Apple doesn't build 294 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:20,159 into their operating system like, oh, I don't know, T9 dialing or whatever else. 295 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,840 Alternate app stores are a huge security risk because you can't know if the 296 00:21:21,919 --> 00:21:29,200 official Instagram app downloaded from not CCP app store has been what? Well, 297 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:35,919 then you would just download from the official app store. This is the thing that Apple users who argue about this 298 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:41,919 seem to not really understand. The existence of alternate app stores does 299 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:48,400 not in fact mean that you would not be able to use the official one. 300 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:51,840 Neural canvas AI art is the modern-day renaissance that is yet again giving 301 00:21:49,919 --> 00:21:55,360 everyday people the ability to creatively express themselves. The only 302 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,880 people complaining are the ones who see their art as nothing but a cash cow and 303 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:04,720 not showing up their passion and creativity. Okay. Wanting to be fairly 304 00:22:02,159 --> 00:22:09,120 compensated for your work does not mean that you see art as a cash cow rather 305 00:22:07,919 --> 00:22:15,200 than a showing of your passion and creativity. It means that you expect the 306 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:20,720 value of what you've created to turn into some kind of value back to you if 307 00:22:17,919 --> 00:22:25,440 it's creating value for someone else. Um, this is a pretty bad take. Using 308 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,799 gyro aim on a controller with aim assistant acceleration turned off is 309 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:32,080 better than a m better than a mouse and keyboard, though. Better than a 310 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:37,039 controller. Yeah, but you probably just aren't very good with a mouse and keyboard. Headphones are the worst. They 311 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:41,919 heat up your ears and destroy your hearing. Speakers for the win. They only 312 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:45,320 destroy they only destroy your hearing if you turn them up too loud just like 313 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:51,360 speakers. That's clean. 314 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:57,280 That's And they they heat up your ears. I mean, I guess Ryzen CPUs are touted to 315 00:22:55,679 --> 00:23:02,559 be the best value processors on the market. Okay. A we talked about brand 316 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:07,280 loyalty and just painting with broad brushes. Not necessarily. But let's 317 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:12,240 continue. While that's true on benchmarks and in-game performance, they 318 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:16,000 tend to be less userfriendly because of all the frequent bugs and glitches the 319 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:23,039 plat What are you even talking about? Are you talking about first gen Ryzen 320 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:27,440 Ryzen 1000? You are so out of date here, 321 00:23:23,039 --> 00:23:29,440 Retro Breezy. What is Mac even good for? 322 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:32,960 All I see is that Mac and iPhones are products for rich people to only buy 323 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:38,799 them for the excuse that they have money. Anything Mac can. So, Windows and 324 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:45,520 Linux can do better. Um, no. There are exclusive softwares 325 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:50,080 that you can only get on Mac. I mean, we did a whole video on reasons that macOS 326 00:23:47,919 --> 00:23:54,960 is just plain better. If you use Final Cut, man, you are going to want Mac. In 327 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:59,039 fact, even running Premiere, we find that it is more stable on macOS than it 328 00:23:57,039 --> 00:24:02,400 is on Windows. Another thing Mac's really good for is continuity. Okay? 329 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:07,520 being able to take what you're doing between devices. There's just no analog 330 00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:11,360 like it on the PC side of things. I've really tried, but have never been able 331 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:14,960 to understand the appeal of gaming while on the go. Just not the same as a 332 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:19,279 monitor with a proper mouse and keyboard. All I have to say is I guess 333 00:24:17,279 --> 00:24:22,559 you've never really commuted on transit. Cuz when I was taking the Sky Train back 334 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:28,640 in the day, having a Nintendo that I could just have in my pocket or in my backpack, absolute gamecher to take away 335 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:32,880 the boredom. Dark mode may be better for your eyes, but in terms of legibility, 336 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:38,000 light mode greater than dark mode. I'm a light mode boy, not going to lie. 337 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:41,760 There's a couple of sites that I go dark mode on, like our forum, for example. I 338 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:45,679 I tend to use dark mode, but in general, eyebrows in light mode. Edge greater 339 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:50,880 than Chrome. I mean, I'm not going to argue that Chrome isn't kind of a piece of crap these days, but I just can't get 340 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:55,440 used to the Edge interface. Car shouldn't have an infotainment system. 341 00:24:53,440 --> 00:25:04,000 The screen in the dash is all that's needed. C Ferrari 296 GTB. No. Yeah. I 342 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,360 No. No. No. 100% I would rather have a 343 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,559 touchcreen that I can interact with. Like I want to type in a destination or 344 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:13,679 something like that. What am I going to do? Use that ridiculous stupid Audi 345 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,640 little like touch trackpad and draw letters on it like a child and 346 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:22,240 fingerpainting or something? No. No. No. No. No. No. Honorito apparently got a 347 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:24,720 reply from one of our staffers on this. 348 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:28,960 Okay. As someone who loves tech gaming, etc. I wish games were shorter. Games 349 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:32,159 have trended towards padding their hours with grindheavy content to justify their 350 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:37,279 cost. Yeah, it's not even trended towards that has literally always been a 351 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:40,080 problem, right? Arcade games were unnecessarily difficult so that you 352 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:44,400 would have to keep feeding the machine with quarters and then during the rental 353 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:48,159 era, you know, your SNES, PlayStation games were unnecessarily padded so that 354 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:53,039 you couldn't complete them during the rental period and you'd have to buy them. Then as we moved into the 355 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:57,039 subscription model era, games were padded so that you would pay for the 356 00:25:54,720 --> 00:26:01,200 subscription for longer. Looking at you, World of Warcraft. And as you move into 357 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:06,480 the mobile era, games are padded so that you have to keep grinding or better yet 358 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:10,240 buying endgame armor, weapons, and items and perks and all of that so that you 359 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:14,159 can compete. I mean, it's literally always been a problem for one reason or 360 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:19,279 another. You're totally right. Regarding Lionus' stance on unionizing, at a 361 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:22,880 certain headcount, there is just a need for some representation of employees. 362 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:26,320 This should not be about failing as a boss, but having a structure where every 363 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:32,080 employee has the ability to get his voice heard. Well, it's not 100. I can 364 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:36,159 tell you that much. Honestly, my stance on this isn't going to change. If people 365 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:41,120 felt like we weren't taking care of them, yeah, I would feel like we failed. 366 00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:45,679 If you want to interpret that as a bad thing, you can. But you're reaching 367 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:50,799 pretty hard. Legally, I cannot put up any kind of barriers to unionization 368 00:26:47,679 --> 00:26:53,039 here. So, I never would. But if it was 369 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:57,760 necessary, yeah, I'd feel like we suck. We have a hot take from the one and only 370 00:26:55,279 --> 00:27:01,840 Andy. Screen bar is the best lamp in the world. Good god, Andy. You're not going 371 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:06,400 to win this with me. Pointing a light at your screen is literally the opposite. 372 00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:12,640 Hear me out. No, I will hear nothing. 373 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:15,440 The light beam will not shine on your screen. 374 00:27:13,039 --> 00:27:19,039 Tell your union representative and I'll sit down with them about it. 375 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:22,320 Someone put a screen bar online. No. 376 00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:27,520 Union. The difference between 1080p and 1440p 377 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:33,520 is way different than going from 144 hertz to 240%. Yep, you're right. Eric 378 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:38,000 says, "I prefer my 1989 ModelM over any modern gaming keyboard. I use it for 379 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:40,799 gaming all the time." Yes, it's a good keyboard. 380 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:44,960 I wouldn't personally use it for gaming. It has kind of a long travel for gaming, 381 00:27:43,279 --> 00:27:50,480 but the difference is pretty small. 5 in 382 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:53,600 16x9 is the perfect smartphone size. 383 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:55,520 Strong disagree. I actually really like 384 00:27:53,600 --> 00:28:00,159 the taller screens that we have today. That was a huge difference maker for me 385 00:27:57,279 --> 00:28:05,200 as someone who reads a lot and means less scrolling. It's definitely better. 386 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:08,720 Most modern mechanical keyboards are an ergonomic nightmare. People use thick 387 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:14,480 wrist rests with them because the keyboards are too darn thick weight. So, 388 00:28:12,799 --> 00:28:18,880 are you saying that you think Apple's approach is better? Well, if you like 389 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:22,080 that, I got a mouse to sell you with the charging port conveniently located on 390 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:25,760 the bottom. If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe you'll enjoy the one where 391 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:28,720 you guys take shots at me and Linus reads mean comments.