WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.080 I love the community that sprouted up around me and the rest of the tech 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:11.040 YouTubers. It really does feel like we're one big family sometimes, doesn't 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 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:20.160 with the crazy polit excuse me tech hot 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. 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:28.800 But if there's one thing I've learned reading an obsessive amount of YouTube 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 00:00:31.119 --> 00:00:38.399 one. I mean, sure, forcing USBC on mobile phones forever isn't the best 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:44.079 idea, but come on. Apple's been using lightning, which is USB 2, for 10 years. 00:00:42.559 --> 00:00:47.360 Doesn't exactly feel like they're trying to innovate over there. So, that's 00:00:45.760 --> 00:00:52.559 right, folks. Today I'm going to be reacting to some of the absolute worst 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:57.360 takes from you guys, courtesy of those of you who were primary sex 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:00.360 characteristicy enough to share them on Twitter. 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:14.320 Internally, we have a rule. Don't attack the audience no matter how wrong or how 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.640 stupid they are. But we're making an exception today because you guys 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:22.560 specifically put yourselves out there ready for my rebuttals. Let's kick 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:27.680 things off by elaborating on this a little bit. Yes, in the very very long 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:34.720 term, everyone being stuck with USB type-C could ultimately be a problem. 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:36.400 Except that in the phone space, ah man, 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 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:44.400 five or 10 gigabit per second 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:48.240 ever. By the time we do, it's likely that companies like Apple and their 00:01:46.479 --> 00:01:52.240 followalongs will have ditched cables altogether in favor of more wireless 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:59.439 charging and wireless data transfer standards. So, I see your point, but 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:01.920 also you're wrong. Max here. MacOSS is 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:08.000 just plain better for professionals. Professional what? Man, I see that 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:12.319 argument all the time. X is better for 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:14.720 pros. Y is only for Do you know how many 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:19.920 different kinds of professionals there are? Some professionals never leave a 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:24.640 web browser, in which case Chromebooks are probably just plain better for them. 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:30.720 What about professional engineers? macOS is dog for that. Stuart says Samsung 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:34.000 SSDs should not be put on the pedestal they seem to stay on. Years ago, they 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 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.720 even qualifies as a hot take. The only reason Samsung has ended up on the 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:46.239 pedestal that they have is because they were consistently at or near the top of 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:51.920 the performance charts and perhaps more importantly consistently among the 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:54.160 lowest RMA rate drives as rated by Puget 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:58.720 Systems. As for whether that's changed, I'd have to check if Puget has released 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:03.599 their latest reliability report. Oh. Oh, update on Samsung SSD reliability from 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:07.200 last month. Blah blah blah. incredibly low failure 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:11.599 rate. Something changed in the last year. 980 Pro two terabyte. Wow, they've 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:15.840 switched over to Sabrin. I still remember like it was yesterday when 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:19.120 Sabrin came out of absolutely nowhere with these great products and they've 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:23.440 just continued to innovate from there. Good for them. But with that said, I 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:27.760 think this is a really valuable lesson here that no matter which brand it is, 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:32.720 you should never be loyal to the brand and always evaluate the product 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:37.200 individually. God, on the other hand, tech reviews are often wildly removed 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:40.400 from the intended user experience. What someone who switches phones several 00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:44.560 times a year wants in a phone is not representative of the user experience 00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:48.480 most companies are targeting. This one I'm not sure I agree with. There are 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:52.879 things about the tech reviewer lifestyle that can give us blind spots. For 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:56.480 example, when I was reviewing a super low-end device, I would make it a habit 00:03:54.879 --> 00:04:00.239 to carry an iPhone or at least a high-end Android phone around in my back 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.439 pocket in case my kids or my pets do something adorable so they're not stuck 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:08.239 with a potato camera. That's not a luxury that someone buying that phone as 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:13.200 their only device would have. However, when you are fully switching between 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:18.000 devices one after the other, I feel it can actually give you a much keener eye 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 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:27.280 reason that you guys watch us for that experience that we've built up using all 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:31.199 these different devices. Oh, Max is 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:33.120 back. Apple's 30% fee is fine and fair. 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 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 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:45.600 Shopify, Amazon, whoever. See, that's the difference. You list a bunch of 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:47.040 things that are not monopolies. 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:51.520 Amazon, for all of their anti-competitive behavior, is not a 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:56.320 monopoly. You can go shop on walmart.com or Bestbby.com and you can decide to 00:04:54.240 --> 00:05:04.160 shop somewhere where they have a lower markup. The point is not whether the 30% 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 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:16.000 is that Apple lacks competition and they unilaterally decide that 30% is fine and 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:18.080 fair. That's the problem. The fact that 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:23.360 you're even making this argument means that you fundamentally do not understand 00:05:20.880 --> 00:05:28.240 what's going on here. Appleism monopoly isn't a valid argument 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:32.880 because a property developer has a monopoly on selling apartments in the 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:36.080 building they built. Except there's other buildings. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:42.240 Is this guy serious? Yeah. Oh, Mathematica Ken. The cheapest cell 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:47.600 enabled iPad works better and has more features than the most expensive car 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:50.479 infotainment system, right? 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 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 00:05:57.840 --> 00:06:03.600 eGPU set up like a desktop is better 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:07.199 than a traditional tower PC. So, you have both the performance when you're 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:13.120 stationary and the ability to take it with you on the go. You're not wrong, 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 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, 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:29.120 even ignoring how costly GPUs have gotten, you're adding what now? another 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:33.280 $300, $400 for the enclosure that goes around it, plus whatever extra you end 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 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:45.039 Thunderbolt connector on it. It's a very costly option and it's loud. Shank Mods. 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 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. 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 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 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:07.360 it. I will deal with it. DVI is the best video connector. 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:09.520 Okay. But DVIDL, okay, dual link DVI 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:14.479 slightly better. Smartphone hardware peaked at the Note 9. Okay. Are you just 00:07:11.280 --> 00:07:16.000 Are you trolling me? Are you mocking me? 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:21.280 Specifically as a gaming device, the Raspberry Pi is overrated. The number of 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:27.759 people that talk about like Raspberry Pi. Okay, if all you want to play is 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:30.400 like mameim stuff, sure. How many people 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:36.319 unironically sit and while away the afternoon playing mameim games? Natural 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:40.160 DL. The days of Skype were great, and I understand why Discord didn't overtake 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:44.160 Skype and popularity immediately. With that being said, Discord is on top more 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, 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:54.080 trying to use Discord for the first time, it's kind of a crap interface. And 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:55.680 if Skype had been slightly less garbage, 00:07:54.080 --> 00:08:00.160 I think a lot of gaming communities would not have bothered to switch over. 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:05.039 Though, I'm going to counter with my own hot take. If Microsoft hadn't nerfed 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:08.479 then killed MSN Messenger, we wouldn't have needed either of them. The reason 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 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:18.240 some vulnerabilities and I think it was the protocol. Basically, there were 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:19.759 these tools called IP resolvers that 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:24.000 assuming that you had someone's Skype username, you could use to get their IP. 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:30.080 So whether you were gaming with people you didn't know that well or say hosting 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.599 a live video podcast, if anyone figured 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:37.839 out what your user account was, they could resolve your IP and DOS you great. 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:41.760 Physical keyboards on phones from 10 years ago infinitely better than 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:46.480 touchscreen keyboards of today. That is Wow, is that ever wrong. As someone who 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 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:58.800 you, it felt good back then, but it was crap. Special characters, forget about 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:03.880 it. Hot take. The removal of headphone 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:03.880 jacks is a positive step forward. 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:11.519 One, if Bluetooth headphones are owned by most people prior, then it's not 00:09:08.560 --> 00:09:15.920 really an issue. But they weren't. Two, cables are annoying and get tangled. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:22.800 Wireless do not. Okay, but they get lost. Three, wireless price equals wired 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:24.480 price. The [ __ ] are you talking about? 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:30.640 Why would you say stuff that's just demonstrably false? Wireless price 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:33.040 equals what? No, it isn't. Terry says, 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:36.080 "Ray tracing is pointless. Doesn't add anything of value to gameplay, and most 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:39.600 of the time, you're moving too fast in game to actually appreciate the better 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:46.080 reflections. Use that extra horsepower for more frames. I have to stop you here 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:48.240 because in a utopia, right, where ray 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:52.959 tracing hardware is plentiful, basically everyone has it and game developers can 00:09:50.640 --> 00:09:57.839 assume that if they build their game lighting engine with ray tracing in mind 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:02.800 that everyone will be able to run it. In theory, it actually dramatically 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:08.880 simplifies the process of lighting a game, which adds a layer of realism and 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:11.440 immersiveness that simply cannot be 00:10:08.880 --> 00:10:16.160 replicated with our fakey light reflections that we've been doing for 00:10:12.880 --> 00:10:18.640 the last 20, 30 years. The problem is 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:22.640 that we're in this in between stage right now where it does feel gimmicky 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:27.200 and it does have a significant performance impact, but you can tell 00:10:25.040 --> 00:10:31.200 that NVIDIA in particular is playing an extremely long game here. And I do think 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:34.880 ray tracing is here to stay and it could be a benefit in the long run. 00:10:32.959 --> 00:10:40.079 Smartphones for $300 are now sufficient for all tasks in terms of hardware. No 00:10:36.640 --> 00:10:42.160 one should spend more money. Yeah. 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:46.720 Yeah. I can't I can't even disagree with that. They're sufficient. However, there 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:50.399 are certainly features that are beneficial on smartphones that cost 00:10:48.640 --> 00:10:57.200 more. For example, you cannot get a $300 00:10:53.200 --> 00:11:01.839 smartphone that does this. It simply 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:06.320 doesn't exist. Kizu, ultrawide is, and I 00:11:01.839 --> 00:11:09.040 quote, garbage. All right. I was big on 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:13.600 the ultra wide train for a long time. Then I came around to actually Wendell 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:17.279 from Level One Texas's argument where he kind of goes, "Have you looked closely 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:22.720 at the pricing of these things? They basically cost the same as a 16x9 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:26.800 monitor that's the same width but also happens to be taller. So in terms of 00:11:24.640 --> 00:11:29.760 pixels per dollar, it's much better. If you really want the ultra wide 00:11:27.920 --> 00:11:33.680 experience, why don't you just put black bars at the top and bottom of your 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:37.920 screen?" And if you have an OLED, that's a pretty strong argument, especially if 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 00:11:40.640 --> 00:11:46.959 monitor and I was sitting just kind of using it as part of the review process 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:50.560 and I was like there's nothing quite like it, is there? Steam Deck is 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 00:11:52.320 --> 00:12:00.880 take. Steam Deck is going to Steam Deck has already changed the gaming industry. 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:05.279 Valve is now officially a console manufacturer. They are planning for a 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:09.040 long life cycle for this thing. They are courting developers. They're doing all 00:12:07.040 --> 00:12:15.440 the right things and they've got the revenues to support this product in the 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:18.560 long term through their yes 30% take on 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:25.120 Steam game sales. Steam Deck is here to 00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:28.079 stay. Karen, I love motion blur. 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:33.040 What the especially at higher frame rates? Why 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:37.680 don't you put Vaseline on your screen? Honestly, if you like blur, I mean, why 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:44.000 do we even bother trying to build low persistence displays? Why don't you go 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:46.240 get like a Dell flat panel from 2005? 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:50.880 You'd love it. You get this nice little smeary trail behind every moving object 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:56.560 on the screen. It's great. The one justification for motion blur, okay, is 00:12:53.279 --> 00:13:00.320 games that run at 30fps and you need 00:12:56.560 --> 00:13:02.240 some way to hide that awful jutdder as 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:07.120 you're panning the camera around. That's why it exists. It doesn't exist because 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:11.040 it looks good. Dex Fox, switching to an EV isn't as environmentally impactful as 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:14.480 one might think, especially when everyone's expected to buy the new shiny 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:20.320 thing. Expanding public transit, building walkable cities, and preventing 00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:23.040 e-waste is far more impactful. No doubt. 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. 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 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 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:40.079 walkable cities. There is literally nothing within walking distance of my 00:13:37.920 --> 00:13:46.480 house. And the only way to fix that would be to bulldo entire neighborhoods 00:13:42.880 --> 00:13:49.519 and build more like what like shopping 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:52.880 centers, restaurants, entertainment. 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:55.120 It ain't happening. RCS Rex Linux will 00:13:52.880 --> 00:13:58.959 never take off like people say it will. Linux has already taken off. Do I need 00:13:57.040 --> 00:14:04.720 to remind you Steam Deck? A million units in sales. Do you think a million 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:07.920 Linux gaming computers ever in the 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:11.040 entire history of Linux existed before? 00:14:07.920 --> 00:14:15.600 Well, there are a million now, right now 00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:19.040 in people's hands. Miss Micro USB. Micro 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:21.760 USB along with micro HDMI is one of the 00:14:19.040 --> 00:14:26.160 worst connectors ever made. I don't believe I actually do not believe. I 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:32.079 think they are lying about the advertised durability of micro USB. That 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:33.839 thing is a piece of garbage. USBC is not 00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:37.920 a good standard. There are too many inconsistencies in implementation and 00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:41.760 Apple was right to resist it for iPhones until their hand was forced. Don't take 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:46.320 my word for it. Apple thinks you're wrong. Look at the way they equip their 00:14:43.839 --> 00:14:51.839 higher tier, more functional, more premium products with USBC, like the 00:14:48.880 --> 00:14:56.560 iPad. With PC makers like Lenovo selling laptops with Fedora and successes by HP, 00:14:54.880 --> 00:15:00.880 we'll see many more desktops and laptops with Linux. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:06.480 2025 is the year of the Linux desktop. 2025, man, you're giving yourself over 2 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:11.440 years for this to come true. That's enough time for Windows 12 to come out 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:14.160 and be like two sucks in a row. And if 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:19.120 that happens, you might be right. Jeff says SSD was the only technological 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:25.040 revolution in the computer world for the last two decades. 00:15:21.760 --> 00:15:28.399 Two decades. Good gravy. Going all the 00:15:25.040 --> 00:15:30.880 way back to 2003. No. Multicore. 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:35.120 Multicore was huge. Do you not remember? If we didn't get multi-core processors, 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:39.440 that SSD would be bottlenecked by your stupid single core processor. NVIDIA 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:44.000 didn't kill SLI based on greed. NVIDIA killed SLI because high resolution 00:15:41.920 --> 00:15:48.079 gaming and the faster GPUs they kept building necessitated such a fast 00:15:45.760 --> 00:15:53.199 interconnect between the GPUs that it just got so cost ineffective for the 00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:56.800 limited number of users and game developers that were being served by SLI 00:15:55.519 --> 00:16:01.920 technology. It just stopped making sense. I get it. I don't have to like 00:15:58.880 --> 00:16:03.839 it, but I get it. Okay, Narwhal. In 00:16:01.920 --> 00:16:07.759 terms of features, AMD's drivers on Windows are so much better than 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:11.440 NVIDIA's. I love that I can see performance 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:15.120 metrics, overclock, and undervolt my GPU. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:20.800 Um, wow. Spoken like someone who has not 00:16:17.839 --> 00:16:25.680 used an NVIDIA card in a very long time. GeForce Experience is not the driver. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.880 That's a separate utility. You don't even have to install it. Like, yeah, 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:32.880 sure, it's just another game launcher or whatever, but it also has performance 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:37.440 metrics. It doesn't allow you to overclock an undervolt, but I mean, I 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:40.639 would make the argument that it's fine to have a third party utility for that, 00:16:39.199 --> 00:16:46.320 especially given how much more functional they are anyway, even 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:49.519 compared to AMD's built-in tools. And 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:51.519 features, NVIDIA has way more features. 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:56.560 I mean, look at the last week alone. They just announced VSSR, their video 00:16:54.160 --> 00:17:01.440 upscaling feature that uses your GPU to smooth and sharpen web video. It's 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:06.959 really cool. and AMD has absolutely nothing to respond to it. 99% of 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:11.760 techtubers love to talk about how great AMD is and how everyone should buy it, 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 00:17:13.520 --> 00:17:20.640 of a challenge. I've been daily driving an AMD CPU for 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:25.520 three and a half years. Yeah, ever since I upgraded to Threadripper. 00:17:23.280 --> 00:17:29.200 What's up? PCs are at the verge of being obsolete for gamers. 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:34.799 Looking at the performance, affordability, and range of games on 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:37.840 current consoles, this is just cyclical. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:39.760 It's It always happens. The first year 00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:44.160 or two after a new generation of consoles launches, they are untouchable 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:49.840 in terms of price toerformance ratio, and then Sony and Microsoft just sit 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:54.799 there and let the hardware stagnate and become obsolete. PCs catch up, and then 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:58.880 a new generation of consoles comes out. It leaprogs and so on and so forth. This 00:17:57.120 --> 00:18:03.840 is what happens when you ignore all the historical context and focus only on the 00:18:01.520 --> 00:18:08.480 moment at hand. There is no point unlocking your frame rate. Your PC will 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:11.280 render frames that can't be displayed past the refresh rate, creating 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 00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:21.120 environment. Unfortunately, you are wrong. When you render at a higher frame 00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:25.440 rate, even higher than your display can support, what you're doing is you are 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:31.039 reducing the latency and therefore the perceived performance of the game, even 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 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:39.440 display. We made a whole video about it featuring Shroud. It's got like over 10 00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:44.160 million views. Maybe that view count should be 10 million and one after you 00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:48.320 watch it and get yourself educated. Pure future proofing is possible. For 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:52.640 example, by getting a powerful CPU now would allow you to upgrade your GPU 00:18:49.679 --> 00:18:57.679 later when games become more demand. You drank the Kool-Aid Pier. If you get 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 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:06.880 it's time to upgrade your GPU, that would be a better experience overall 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:12.799 than spending twice as much on your CPU today. It's just math. Polaris. Apple is 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:16.000 not overpriced, especially when you consider how long their products last 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:21.360 and that they make all their own hardware, too. No, they don't. Uh, I 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 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 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 00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:42.000 reminded of the time that my uncle's business partner showed me his amazing 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:45.280 MacBook Air. He goes, "Look how fast this thing boots. It's outstanding. You 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:50.400 know how they did it? Solid state drive?" I go, "Yeah, I know, Phil. I've 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 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:59.919 that Apple users tend to compare against 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:01.360 PCs that are not as well equipped as the 00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:06.799 Apple computers that they're comparing against. So, while you're kind of right 00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:09.360 in that there is no Apple tax, by being 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:13.520 right about that, you are wrong about how long that device will last you. 00:20:11.280 --> 00:20:17.600 Because if you buy a high quality PC device that's at the same price and 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:22.080 similarly equipped, it can last you a very long time. At this point, Noctua 00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:25.280 just can't release any product that they're becoming irrelevant. Like, are 00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:30.720 you buying an HD15 at this point considering other options? Yes, man. 00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:34.320 Noctua has so many benefits beyond just the performance. The fact that you can 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:38.400 get new mounting hardware for new sockets as they come out. Nothing would 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:44.559 prevent you from using a Noctua cooler from like 12, 13 years ago. Emailing 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:49.360 them being like, "Hey, I need mounting hardware for socket AM5 and you're ready 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:54.159 to go." Gavin says mega transfers per second is the right performance metric 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:55.600 for DRAM and not mehz. I don't know. We 00:20:54.159 --> 00:21:02.240 switched over to mega transfers per second mostly just to bother Ian. Dr. 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:04.400 Cutrris, oh my god, Max is back. Lack of 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:07.760 side loadings on iOS is a good thing and it should remain a closed system. People 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 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:16.080 have nothing to do with just common sense things that Apple doesn't build 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:20.159 into their operating system like, oh, I don't know, T9 dialing or whatever else. 00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:23.840 Alternate app stores are a huge security risk because you can't know if the 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:29.200 official Instagram app downloaded from not CCP app store has been what? Well, 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 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:41.919 seem to not really understand. The existence of alternate app stores does 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:48.400 not in fact mean that you would not be able to use the official one. 00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:51.840 Neural canvas AI art is the modern-day renaissance that is yet again giving 00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:55.360 everyday people the ability to creatively express themselves. The only 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:58.880 people complaining are the ones who see their art as nothing but a cash cow and 00:21:57.600 --> 00:22:04.720 not showing up their passion and creativity. Okay. Wanting to be fairly 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:09.120 compensated for your work does not mean that you see art as a cash cow rather 00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:15.200 than a showing of your passion and creativity. It means that you expect the 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 00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:25.440 it's creating value for someone else. Um, this is a pretty bad take. Using 00:22:23.760 --> 00:22:28.799 gyro aim on a controller with aim assistant acceleration turned off is 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:32.080 better than a m better than a mouse and keyboard, though. Better than a 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 00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:41.919 heat up your ears and destroy your hearing. Speakers for the win. They only 00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:45.320 destroy they only destroy your hearing if you turn them up too loud just like 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:51.360 speakers. That's clean. 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 00:22:55.679 --> 00:23:02.559 be the best value processors on the market. Okay. A we talked about brand 00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:07.280 loyalty and just painting with broad brushes. Not necessarily. But let's 00:23:05.280 --> 00:23:12.240 continue. While that's true on benchmarks and in-game performance, they 00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:16.000 tend to be less userfriendly because of all the frequent bugs and glitches the 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:23.039 plat What are you even talking about? Are you talking about first gen Ryzen 00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:27.440 Ryzen 1000? You are so out of date here, 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:29.440 Retro Breezy. What is Mac even good for? 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:32.960 All I see is that Mac and iPhones are products for rich people to only buy 00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:38.799 them for the excuse that they have money. Anything Mac can. So, Windows and 00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:45.520 Linux can do better. Um, no. There are exclusive softwares 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 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 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:59.039 fact, even running Premiere, we find that it is more stable on macOS than it 00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:02.400 is on Windows. Another thing Mac's really good for is continuity. Okay? 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:07.520 being able to take what you're doing between devices. There's just no analog 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 00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:14.960 to understand the appeal of gaming while on the go. Just not the same as a 00:24:13.760 --> 00:24:19.279 monitor with a proper mouse and keyboard. All I have to say is I guess 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:22.559 you've never really commuted on transit. Cuz when I was taking the Sky Train back 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 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:32.880 the boredom. Dark mode may be better for your eyes, but in terms of legibility, 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:38.000 light mode greater than dark mode. I'm a light mode boy, not going to lie. 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 00:24:39.760 --> 00:24:45.679 I tend to use dark mode, but in general, eyebrows in light mode. Edge greater 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 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:55.440 used to the Edge interface. Car shouldn't have an infotainment system. 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 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:05.360 No. No. No. 100% I would rather have a 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:08.559 touchcreen that I can interact with. Like I want to type in a destination or 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:13.679 something like that. What am I going to do? Use that ridiculous stupid Audi 00:25:11.760 --> 00:25:16.640 little like touch trackpad and draw letters on it like a child and 00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:22.240 fingerpainting or something? No. No. No. No. No. No. Honorito apparently got a 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:24.720 reply from one of our staffers on this. 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:28.960 Okay. As someone who loves tech gaming, etc. I wish games were shorter. Games 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:32.159 have trended towards padding their hours with grindheavy content to justify their 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:37.279 cost. Yeah, it's not even trended towards that has literally always been a 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:40.080 problem, right? Arcade games were unnecessarily difficult so that you 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:44.400 would have to keep feeding the machine with quarters and then during the rental 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:48.159 era, you know, your SNES, PlayStation games were unnecessarily padded so that 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 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:57.039 subscription model era, games were padded so that you would pay for the 00:25:54.720 --> 00:26:01.200 subscription for longer. Looking at you, World of Warcraft. And as you move into 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:06.480 the mobile era, games are padded so that you have to keep grinding or better yet 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:10.240 buying endgame armor, weapons, and items and perks and all of that so that you 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:14.159 can compete. I mean, it's literally always been a problem for one reason or 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:19.279 another. You're totally right. Regarding Lionus' stance on unionizing, at a 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:22.880 certain headcount, there is just a need for some representation of employees. 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:26.320 This should not be about failing as a boss, but having a structure where every 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:32.080 employee has the ability to get his voice heard. Well, it's not 100. I can 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:36.159 tell you that much. Honestly, my stance on this isn't going to change. If people 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:41.120 felt like we weren't taking care of them, yeah, I would feel like we failed. 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:45.679 If you want to interpret that as a bad thing, you can. But you're reaching 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:50.799 pretty hard. Legally, I cannot put up any kind of barriers to unionization 00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:53.039 here. So, I never would. But if it was 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 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 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:06.400 to win this with me. Pointing a light at your screen is literally the opposite. 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:12.640 Hear me out. No, I will hear nothing. 00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:15.440 The light beam will not shine on your screen. 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:19.039 Tell your union representative and I'll sit down with them about it. 00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:22.320 Someone put a screen bar online. No. 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:27.520 Union. The difference between 1080p and 1440p 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:33.520 is way different than going from 144 hertz to 240%. Yep, you're right. Eric 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:38.000 says, "I prefer my 1989 ModelM over any modern gaming keyboard. I use it for 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:40.799 gaming all the time." Yes, it's a good keyboard. 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, 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:50.480 but the difference is pretty small. 5 in 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:53.600 16x9 is the perfect smartphone size. 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:55.520 Strong disagree. I actually really like 00:27:53.600 --> 00:28:00.159 the taller screens that we have today. That was a huge difference maker for me 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:05.200 as someone who reads a lot and means less scrolling. It's definitely better. 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:08.720 Most modern mechanical keyboards are an ergonomic nightmare. People use thick 00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:14.480 wrist rests with them because the keyboards are too darn thick weight. So, 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:18.880 are you saying that you think Apple's approach is better? Well, if you like 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:22.080 that, I got a mouse to sell you with the charging port conveniently located on 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:25.760 the bottom. If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe you'll enjoy the one where 00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:28.720 you guys take shots at me and Linus reads mean comments.