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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. ๐Ÿคญ

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

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