My Reaction Channel Is Getting Called Out - WAN Show January 27, 2023
The WAN Show
Introduction
The WAN Show is back with a new segment called Original Sauce. We're also going to be talking about perfectly good two-year-old MacBooks. Linus talks about washing his butt. And what else do we have today? You know, stuff.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:
0:00 Chapters
1:30 Intro
1:55 Topic #1 - DarkViperAU on reaction channels
2:06 Linus confesses he only read the video's comments
3:08 Summarizing last WAN & Linus's impactful size
8:43 Linus on community backlash & perception
10:45 Collabs, pressuring, zoned ads & fair play
13:26 Matthew's points, Luke on "react" content
15:58 LTT's GPU tier list video, low-effort content
19:38 Discussing & defining reactions on YouTube
23:07 Matthew on transformative content
24:49 James's small creators showcase idea
25:42 Linus on LTT's reacts, Luke on reacting to mineral PCs
28:12 Is there value in providing good reacts content?
30:04 Ethical reactions, LTT's GTX Titan "benchmark"
33:03 LTT's unpaid intern's "C-clamps"
36:14 Original Sauce - CaseLabs returns from the dead
43:11 Would LMG consider making their own cases?
44:38 Linus apologizes for reading off the script in Arc video
46:52 Luke notices Linus reading on the video and laughs
48:24 Reason behind scripting the video
50:43 Discussing new AMD & Radeon challenge
50:48 Bricked BIOS, summarizing the challenge & adding Jake
52:32 Luke's GPU not fitting, forced into watercooling
55:10 Merch Messages #1 ft. Dan's Noctua hoodie
1:16:20 Topic #2 - Activation lock scraps MacBooks
1:16:56 Explaining encryption feature
1:17:54 Proposed solution
1:20:28 M2 MacBook Pro SSD slower than M1 models
1:24:29 MacBooks lock, Jonathan's reaction to Apple
1:27:46 Sponsor
1:31:52 Topic #3 - Microsoft's Power-Savings option triggers outrage
1:32:53 A terrible take & an adult man's tweet
1:33:49 FOX's "Woke brigade is after video games"
1:35:20 FOX's boomer guide on XBOX, Microsoft on savings
1:41:02 Confusion behind Microsoft's wording
1:44:42 Funny comment on fighting savings, why do people care?
1:45:48 Topic #4 - Linus's experience with Ludwig's bidet
1:47:16 Linus's bidet experience & "the upper hand"
1:49:52 Linus on fancy toilet & pricey stores
1:52:28 Luke thought of getting a bidet
1:54:46 Luke is alone, Merch Message #2
1:58:29 Topic #5 - CNET used AI tools for finance articles, corrects again
1:59:02 "Thoroughly edited," corrects half of it
2:00:44 Medium bans unclear AI-authored work, theft problem
2:03:17 Anti-AI idea for plagiarized scholar articles
2:05:15 Linus mentions "TikTok's enshittification" article
2:08:56 Pros & Cons on competing with BuzzFeed using AI?
2:11:39 Topic #6 - Cryptominers AMD GPUs cracks
2:11:56 Topic #7 - Samsung's 990 Pro SSDs failing
2:12:53 Topic #8 - Google drops support for OnHub
2:16:04 Recalling Google Clips camera
2:15:04 Can we trust Google products? Luke on "smart" bird feeders
2:18:54 Cole-Bar responded, Luke on Linus's face & updating passwords
2:22:28 Topic #9 - AMD "calls out" older AMD GPUs
2:24:28 Topic #10 - LTX 2023 update
2:24:42 Tickets to go live this Monday
2:27:35 Merch Messages #3
2:36:20 How many hours a week do Linus & Luke work? ft. history with Yvonne
2:50:39 LTT to react to The Verge's build video?
3:01:50 The next Nintendo console to be similar to Switch, or a fixed station?
3:11:28 Outro
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