I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭

    • Phanatik
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      Not even that. It’s that his review isn’t an objective assessment of the product because he stands to financially benefit from Framework doing well. He’s worse than a hypocrite, he’s a shill.

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        he stands to financially benefit from Framework doing well.

        I don’t understand what one has to do with the other?

        One is a laptop, one is a phone, they don’t compete with each other.

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          21 year ago

          They both have the same goal of reperability and the same shortcoming (being way more pricy than competitors with the same performances). Buy one gets roasted and not the other.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 year ago

            One has to make significantly more compromises than the other due to the form factor. Again, these are not comparable devices.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          He reviewed the framework. He invests in it. That makes him bought and paid for. He doesn’t become a new person each time he reviews a product, his history exists regardless

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            That makes him bought and paid for.

            LOL no it doesn’t?

            He doesn’t become a new person each time he reviews a product, his history exists regardless

            You don’t have to “become a new person” to understand that this product does not compete with the one he invested in. If there was another laptop reviewed that was the same repairable/upgradeable ethos you might have a point.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              You don’t seem to understand the concept that if a source is biased, then they can be unreliable in areas outside of their known bias. It’s not hard though, really.

        • Phanatik
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          I’m talking less about the products and more about Linus’s reviewing practices. We saw this in the watercooler debacle. He half-asses reviews and blames the product when he’s the one messing up.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            If you want to say he is not always a good reviewer, that’s a fair position, but not what we’re discussing. We’re discussing an alleged conflict of interest.