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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

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[-] jagermo@feddit.org 262 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I said it in another post: if you see a bunch of influencers all suddenly peddling the same stuff, stay away. All of them can be bought.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 123 points 7 months ago

Or, just don't trust ads period

Do your own research

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 40 points 7 months ago

Okay, all of these customer reviews loved this product!

Weird how formulaic they sounded though.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Didn't say anything about site reviews either :p

But ya finding good sources can be hard

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 7 months ago

Do your own research is the famous last coherent phrase of the QAnon crowd. Idk what the answer is but that phrase will forever make me uneasy.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

How long are we going to let the far right keep stealing our words? It's a proud respectable cryptocurrency term.

[-] AlphaAutist@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Grifters all the way down then

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

It's also something leftists famously tell each other ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

Or just don't buy shit you don't need.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

(You don't buy Honey.)

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Technically you don't need housing or personal transportation so

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Even nomadic culture have housing they carry with them.

[-] NullDrive@lemmy.world 69 points 7 months ago

Especially anything from Linus, they’re a very scummy group.

[-] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

What annoys me the most is since his last drama, Linus HAS to be the face in every video now! Wtf it used to be a bunch of them took turns making videos, and it was fun seeing everyone work on different things. He has to be front and get all the attention, it just feels weird now.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

Side effect of him stepping away from the CEO role, I guess.

[-] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure it has nothing to do with him needing attention and everything to do with thumbnails of him getting more clicks. It’s the only thing the company cares about.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 7 months ago

But I really enjoy watching Techlinked :(

[-] lemmeout@lemm.ee 30 points 7 months ago

I have a built-in spidey sense that hates any product that gets peddled simultaneously by a bunch of YouTubers.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 points 7 months ago

See also: RayCons headphones, which appear to be unilaterally bullshit but were on absolutely every video for a couple of months, touted as being the very best.

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