Louis Rossman discuses many design flaws made by Apple over the years throughout their entire catalog.

This video also came out a few days after I praise the Macbook Pro series for being higher quality then their competition as well. 😂 🫣

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    5 months ago

    I just take Marques for what he is - normie entertainment tech channel.

    All marketing hype associated with Apple is always to be taken with a grain, nay, a shovel of salt.

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    5 months ago

    I lost count of how many specific part numbers of defective Apple products he rattled off with the same design flaw, but that was a stunning display. Just exposed that they know these things are problems and just don’t care, because people will keep buying their products.

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      5 months ago

      Reminds me of Pokemon. I skipped out on Scarlet and Violet (9th gen) because I knew it was going to carry the issues 8th gen had. Both generations still sold extremely well. 9th gen didn’t review as well 8th gen but the reviews were still carried by nostalgia and not critical enough.

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    5 months ago

    I lost interest in that guy on the left the minute he reviewed one of the iPhone’s for the first time, and gave the feature-poor handset this insanely positive review.

    He’s a shill. He does great videos, but he’s a shill.

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      5 months ago

      He does great videos

      Mbkhd’s studio, talking/narrating skills, editing skills, and skills in explaining tech in simple terms are extremely high quality. He just needs to be more honest about famous companies.

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    5 months ago

    Quite a shame that the vast majority of people this video is targeted at will just not care. Especially in the US, or the UAE, if your Apple device breaks, you just get another Apple device, because it’s a status symbol.

    On the topic of Marques though - I haven’t watched any of his stuff in quite a while, after I’ve had an eye-opened moment from his content. He would scald and roast companies that make mistakes, and make bad choices, but when Apple, or lets say Tesla, make the same mistake, he lets them off the hook. That’s not unbiased journalism at all.

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    5 months ago

    lmao and here I keep hearing about how MKBHD is SOOOOOO unbiased and has a following because he doesn’t give easy reviews

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    5 months ago

    I like this guy. I don’t watch him often, but even 5 minutes in I’m enjoying his thoroughness. We need this in the era of misinformation we’re in today.

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      5 months ago

      He is every harsh on manufacturers and OEMs when they do bad things. He gave up on being nice and I fully understand why. We need more regulations in the tech industry, especially around warranty claims.

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        5 months ago

        fuck that, you’re missing the forest for the trees - we need RIGHT TO REPAIR LEGISLATION.

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    5 months ago

    I had called out the bullshit about devices being less durable if you make them more repairable on MKBHDs video, but of course it got lost in the comments. Apple just refuses to make the compromises that would allow for durable and repairable devices. Not to mention that a repair being difficult shouldn’t be used for justification for blocking repair or making it impossible/not worth it to get parts.