dbrand x Casetify Lawsuit - WAN Show November 24, 2023

Nov 27, 2023

Topics discussed in the podcast include a lawsuit between dBrand, Jerry Rig Everything, and Casetify, Sony's patent on 'quicksaving' in games, Folding@Home's success, and Ubisoft embedding pop-up ads in old games. They also delve into controversies surrounding in-game advertisements, technical issues with merch messages, and the dilemma of promoting products. The hosts touch on movies, including their opinions on 'Hackers' and 'Mortal Kombat', and discuss cool case designs, canceled orders on eBay, and the appeal of tear downs.

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ANECDOTE

Casetify's Alleged Copying

dbrand and JerryRigEverything collaborated on teardown skins, creating artistic internal phone depictions.
Casetify allegedly copied these skins, using the same internal iPhone scan for all phone models.

INSIGHT

Easter Eggs and Quality

dbrand's teardown skins included in-jokes and Easter eggs, increasing their value beyond a simple sticker.
Casetify's copied skins were lower quality, more expensive, and omitted some Easter eggs, showing awareness of copying.

ANECDOTE

Blurrier and More Expensive

Casetify's copied skins were blurrier and of lower quality than dbrand's originals, yet more expensive.
Linus jokes about preferring blurrier images and adding Vaseline to his TV for "free anti-aliasing."

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

0:00 Chapters

1:23 Intro ft. Lots of merch messages due to Black Friday

2:15 Topic #1 - dBrand & JRE's Zack sue Casetify over skins

4:25 Casetify's similar series, internal scan shortcut, lower quality, LTT reference

12:33 dBrand cares about the tech space, legal action, x-ray case, iFixit's tweet

16:53 Casetify's HQ, funny FP comment on "identical," Linus on cost of x-ray

20:25 Casetify's collabs, Luke finds a duped image, Linus wanted to sit on this

23:02 Linus discusses Zack's video with Luke

26:34 LTTStore's Black Friday deals

31:30 LTT is now 15 years old! Sarah's hoodie & shirt design, callbacks

34:22 Tom Arnold remade the logo from NCIX era, other callbacks

37:05 Merch Messages #1

1:05:28 Topic #2 - Sony files a patent around "quicksaving"

1:12:36 Topic #3 - Folding@Home's great month

1:16:55 Topic #4 - Ubisoft implements pop-in ads in old games

1:20:56 Sponsors

1:26:44 Merch Messages #2

1:26:50 Should I not buy TVs during Black Friday?

1:29:03 Handling the soulless aspects pushing an add-on purchase ft. NCIX, Best Buy

1:40:59 Do you think season-based games will outperform traditional games?

1:51:03 Topic #5 - Sam Altman returns after 95% of OpenAI threaten the board to resign

1:55:10 Topic #6 - PLEX's Discover Together feature sends summaries of friend's activity

1:59:08 Luke looks at Plex's CEO LinkedIn, Linus's perfect world scenario

2:06:25 Luke mentions opt-in & Linus's deal, Linus on Luke's movies, Hackers, actors

2:25:22 Discussing The Cable Guy, The Boondock Saints, The Starship Troopers

2:27:26 Linus couldn't watch The Room, Disaster Artist was based on a true story

2:30:12 Linus hasn't watched many bad movies ft. Ghost Dan Cam

2:30:55 Dan mentions My Neighbor Totoro, compares to Spirited Away

2:36:26 Topic #7 - Google Chrome's Manifest V3

2:39:36 Topic #8 - Nothing reversed course and removed the Blue Bubble & Sunbird

2:40:42 Topic #9 - EU enforces rules for parts, repairs, removal of software blocks

2:43:12 Dan shows off funny case stickers, unable to respond to merch messages

2:46:52 Linus tells Luke about profits from Black Friday, more sales soon

2:50:05 Merch Messages #3

2:50:35 Has LTTStore tried to work with stocking Vessi?

2:51:16 Where do you draw the legal line on what topic to cover?

2:54:38 Which would Linus spend $2M on: Nevera, LTTStore B&M, OLED Ally or new merch ideas?

2:56:13 Would you get into non-tech experiences? Changes in LMG with new CEO? Old game quirks you miss?

2:57:34 When was the last time you broke something and thought you'd never recover?

3:00:26 Luke's trip to Japan ft. Pokemon, drifting, foods, merch messages

3:05:52 What scams you can catch but others fall for?

3:07:38 If Casetify sponsored you to wrap the Taycan, would you still stick to Warzone?

3:09:36 Hairbrain tech? ft. Editor's den, Linus's case idea, Luke's inverter

3:16:22 Best deal you've ever gotten? Film adaptation of FFVI?

3:24:48 Have you listened to the Black Mages yet? LTT x dBrand series collab?

3:26:55 If you direct Creator Warehouse's budget towards making one product, what would it be?

3:27:54 Scariest software vulnerability you had to deal with? ft. Musical LMG, Steam Deck

3:35:17 Has insider knowledge ever changed the way you use a service? ft. Note's Stylus

3:38:28 What LTTStore items were the catalyst that blew the store up?

3:39:30 A game you played with a big flaw that doesn't let you say it's perfect?

3:41:46 What music does Linus listen to, and did Beat Saber change his taste?

3:49:31 Outro ft. Outro fails trying to load 400 messages

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