How to Make a Twitter Competitor

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

0:00 Chapters

1:57 Intro

2:25 Topic #1 - Google accused for ripping off advertisers

4:34 Linus's & Luke's experience with creating ads

7:07 Hidden skip buttons, Googles' viability

10:22 GVS's CEOs' response, list of impacted brands

13:44 Topic #2 - EVGA's motherboard teams' resignation

14:08 EVGA's response, GN's review, shorter warranty

16:06 LTT's PSU video, EVGA's PSUs are out of stock

19:44 Topic #3 - Meta's Instagram Threads published

20:52 Linus doesn't understand IG, "this is genius"

23:10 Linus mentions Meta's mentality & Twitter

25:26 Luke on Threads, MrBeast, lack of account verification

28:07 Possible LTT account, Luke on "tweeting threads"

29:22 Luke explains Threads, Linus on the lack of websites for apps

33:50 Twitter threatens to sue, Meta's comeback

35:13 Linus on Elon firing people, Luke on Twitter's "revenue"

38:57 Content moderation, Linus wishes Threads good luck

42:30 Topic #4 - LinusTechTips's 24/7 LTT TV stream

45:49 LTT TV is participating in a Google trial

47:17 Discussing work on LTT TV, Dennis's sponsor spots

52:57 LTTStore stubby screwdriver notification

53:20 "Lime Day" three days sale from the 12th to 14th

55:57 Luke suggests Lime Day stream, discussing shipping costs

58:09 Merch Messages #1 ft. Blaming Dan

58:40 Would LMG get to where Apple is ft. "Owning" land, Luke the slave

1:02:57 Why do people prefer NVIDIA's DLSS over FSR? ft. "LMG"

1:06:56 Topic #5 - G0at sued by Terasynth's CEO

1:12:06 Topic #6 - Gfycat to shut down by 1st of September

1:16:28 Topic #7 - France's law allows spying people

1:18:57 A plausible security breach, recalling Amazon

1:20:03 Discussing surveillance with LMG & devices

1:22:22 Air gap network switch with a physical disconnect

1:25:23 Luke on backdoors, Linus on laws & normalizing devices

1:29:25 Linus's & Luke's phone pics & usages

1:33:09 Sponsors

1:35:13 Merch Messages #2

1:46:22 Luke's birds

1:47:07 Topic #8 - Jolly Roger's AI wastes salesperson' time

1:49:43 Topic #9 - Man sued over a thumbs-up emoji

2:07:36 Topic #10 - Nintendo's annual report, low CEO compensation

2:12:21 Topic #11 - TikTok now promotes books

2:14:19 Topic #12 - New 12VHPWR standard to support high wattage

2:15:12 Topic #13 - Fairphone is arriving to America

2:15:20 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark

2:17:22 Linus's house pool updates

2:22:41 Starting with badminton with zero friends?

2:25:38 Do you agree with Louis Rossmann's take?

2:28:47 Editors' creative influence & LMG's guidelines?

2:32:55 Ever been tempted to stray from LMG's pro-consumer concept?

2:36:34 Floatplane merch? LTTStore tech pants ETA?

2:40:45 Linus's issues with Z-Waves

2:41:21 Does Luke's love of birds extend to bird watching?

2:42:46 What changed with Linus's stance on PC retail after Labs?

2:45:53 What happened to the AMD GPU challenge?

2:48:38 How did Techlinked's video style come to be?

2:50:30 Advice for getting gig work despite NDA?

2:53:54 Linus's thoughts on switching to iOS?

2:54:18 TBD release date with the NAS product?

2:55:22 Learning to build an infrastructure with a budget?

2:57:26 ETA for the LTT stubby screwdriver?

2:57:57 Is this where you thought you'd be in your 30s?

3:00:56 Thoughts on ASUS's ROG Ally

3:02:21 Ever thought of sharing business tip advice?

3:04:40 Releasing plans for the LTT desk?

3:05:34 Tips with starting a company

3:06:24 A hot take on the printer industry?

3:06:55 Which Labs purchase excites you the most?

3:08:12 Possibility of merch messages getting transcripted?

3:08:48 Outro

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