Where Will This End? - WAN Show November 25, 2022
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Subscriptions, Not Acceleration?
Mercedes will now be locking increased acceleration under a $1,200 yearly subscription. "Even though Alex is so angry about this, he's... You can almost tell that subliminally he has kind of accepted the premise of a subscription," says CNN Tech editor-in-chief Jarrett Bellini.
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Timestamps: (Courtesy of NoKi1119 NOTE: Timestamps may be off due to sponsor change)
0:00 Chapters
1:13 Intro - Dark Mode
1:42 Topic #1 - Mercedes's EV acceleration subscription
1:50 Linus on Alex's stance
3:20 Everything is included, so why lock features?
5:33 Shareholders & revenue, discussing automobile companies
8:14 Trickle-down economics, Linus's perspective on taxes
14:26 New Jersey banned similar vehicle subscriptions
16:16 Homelessness, Elon Musk on $6B "solving world hunger"
18:42 Devil's advocate on Mercedes charge & warranty costs
20:30 Subscription offers up to 24% more horsepower
22:18 Topic #2 - Intel's On-Demand Sapphire Rapids CPUs
25:08 Discussing Ai 1 airbag vest's subscription pricing
27:16 Topic #3 - eufy uploads pictures without user consent
28:31 Facial recognition, snapshot of feed
29:09 eufy replies: "this is for notifications," disproved instantly
30:10 Remotely start a stream of unencrypted feeds via VLC
31:47 Recapping the controversy, LTT is done with Anker
33:51 Does the Smart Scale send "pictures" to the Chinese government?
36:13 Luke's girlfriend's interactable robot vacuum
37:05 LTTStore Black Friday deal
37:44 Sponsors
45:25 Floatplane roast on Luke not buying anything
46:54 Topic #4 - The last seven days in Twitter #2
47:05 Elon on "Freedom of speech is NOT freedom of reach" policy
49:20 Elon's poll on reinstating suspended accounts, delaying Blue Verified
51:29 Elon's poll on offering "amnesty" to the banned, Blue to launch on December 2nd
53:07 Luke's hot takes on Twitter & news on social media
56:34 Balenciaga's controversial children campaign
1:02:10 LTTStore wallet & tie ideas
1:04:13 LTTstore tie design, FP poll: do you wear ties?
1:06:38 LTTStore wallet & passport case design
1:09:26 Merch Messages #1
1:09:54 What is on Linus's & Luke's Christmas lists?
1:15:57 Would have Luke hired Linus for LukeTechTips?
1:17:12 Topic #5 - Meta focuses on AI
1:17:41 Linus on machine learning versus AI
1:19:43 Cicero AI, performs greatly in the game Diplomacy
1:22:18 Linus discusses Google Assistant's voice recognition
1:22:57 Galactica AI, generates scientific "answers"
1:26:22 Linus explains his stance on machine learning
1:27:20 Topic #6 - Marvel "used to be good"
1:30:58 SOLIDWORKS to sponsor an LTT video
1:33:32 Merch Messages #2
1:36:00 LTT content are mostly "top-end" complaint
1:39:18 LTT's audio production video explained
1:39:57 Why are companies becoming more abrasive to our wallets?
1:40:43 Thanksgiving holiday traditions
1:42:28 Thoughts on an alternative to car subscriptions
1:43:20 What does Linus wish to accomplish in 10-20 years?
1:45:01 Labs to host a trustworthy UserBenchMark competitor?
1:45:45 Luke stops Linus from showcasing beta Labs site
1:48:46 Creating an environment where people can freely criticize?
1:56:40 GoXLR mixer, Luke's experience
1:57:48 Why Linus hasn't done mystery science theater, thoughts on Disney & Star Wars
2:01:52 Update on the Floatplane as a service idea
2:03:05 Twitch losing streaming credits
2:04:21 Delaying content with other creators if one does not receive a sample?
2:05:24 LTTStore Backpack bundle in the future
2:06:10 Outro
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