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This is generally the implication with reviewers. You better not be too honest or you're not getting any more review samples. Never trust reviewers. Not even the dude that's supposedly reputable. They all know the game. Use the review to see the hardware and the basic functionality. Ignore everything else.
3D printing is particular bad though. I've been perusing this hobby for the past few years without buying a printer. There's so much shit surrounding this particular topic. The communities are all militant about brands too.
No, that only applies to shitty reviewers.
You're only watching shitty reviewers.
If you want honest reviews, you need people like Gamers Nexus, Tyre Reviews, and Project Farm, to name a few.
Those are a fraction of a percent of reviewers. The issue predates YouTube. The days when it was only written articles was no different. They are at the mercy of not being shit listed by companies.
I know they are but my point is nobody should be watching those paid reviewers anyway
If people had a damn clue they could clearly tell a "review" is actually an ad.
That is if they can't pay for the products through the revenue of the review. Though ofc they still have to have ads or sponsors. Much more important is if they are financially stable and convicted enough not to sell out.
I trust Project Farm, and GamerNexus. That's about it
It's a minefield out there!!
I keep doing research into what to buy to get into the hobby, only to after a while give up because it's all fucked. 95% of reviewers seem fully in the pocket of the companies they are reviewing, it just looks like watching a advertisement.
Get a $250 printer and start using it. It may be all you'll ever need, but after a year or so it's likely you'll start seeing other printers with different functions that you think would be useful and will decide to upgrade. Hopefully you'll know what you want by then.
That's exactly what I'm going to do
I've come to the conclusion that it's a choice between what problems I want to deal with that are specific to the particular brand.
Some may or may not even be real issues I'll ever encounter. It's impossible to tell because nobody talks straight.
Go to forums. Look at university print farms.
It's true of anything reviewed on YouTube. Alex on Autos did a whole video mansplaining why he never mentions poor build quality and reliability of certain brands and basically gaslights his audience.
If he did, he would never get cars to review, so let's count cup holders.
You can always get a car to review from a dealership or borrow one. But it’s quite hard when you’re just starting out in the business.