• Sarcastik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I can’t stand this guy anymore. Anyone got a TLDR so I can skip giving him a view?

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      1 year ago

      AI summary cause I can’t be bothered either lmao

      The video reviews the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 folding phone. While initially skeptical that it was just a minor upgrade, the reviewer found that the Z Flip 5 has some notable improvements over the previous model, especially the new Snapdragon chip and a simplified hinge that folds completely flat. The biggest change, however, is the much larger external screen, which allows for more notification management and app usage without opening the phone. Though not perfect, the reviewer concludes that the Z Flip 5 is currently the best folding phone overall, praising its performance, design refinements, and reasonable price point for those interested in foldable devices.

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      I can’t stand him either anymore. The production quality is high but the content feels very low effort and subjective. I especially cannot stand the zoom in thing as if he’s saying something impactful or profound. What’s worse is many of the similar channels are adopting it.

      I guess that’s the life cycle of a YouTube channel: Quirky and interesting -> gain traction -> adapt content for wider audiences to maintain growth -> become bland and lose the thing that was interesting to begin with

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        When he started his channel, phones were out on a monthly basis with revolutionary tech each time.

        The smartphone tech has more or less reached a plateau. I think he’s trying to stay the same, but the products he reviews are less interesting

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          You’re right, there is just not that much to be said about the 15th iPhone release we have seen year after year. And he has been branching out with the car videos and checking out other tech every now and then.

          I wouldn’t even mind the different subject, as you said phones are just not as interesting as they used to be. But these videos are very surface level, basically just watch him read the product page for a cool expensive thing.

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            I’m not subscribed to anymore phone youtubers anymore for probably that reason. At the height of Android youtube I was subscribed to MKBHD when the tech was fresh exciting, and then subscribed to people doing custom roms or app recommendations.

            But, now days when it comes to tech youtubers I prefer ones that at least go through the motions of seeming like they are being objective like Gamers Nexus or Hardware Unboxed or Digital Foundry by putting on a show of testing different configurations and so on. Lot of other tech youtubers just feel more like adverts lot of times with how shallow the presentation is, so whether product is recommended or not feels more like the purpose is to just get the brand out to viewers.

            Which becomes really noticeable when they cover a product that you do actually use and watch their review on, and see how much stuff they glossed over with really the main highlight being nice cinematography. Videos aren’t even straight to the point and short either, which is really part of why I stopped watching lot of them. If they at least were more straightforward and brief 2-3 minute overviews it’d be fine, but now they all push 10 minutes and over so waste your time.

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        yeah, I’ve always found smaller youtubers doing better

        maybe its because smaller ones are more genuine as they are not doing this for money meanwhile largeer ones who have this as their defacto job always have the same narrative, I mean a mkbhd video, mrmobile video sound basically the same they don’t talk about long term use of a phone and always give impressions

        the only review they have made is mkbhd on why I don’t use pixel anymore and mrmobile on his z fold experience

        everything else is impressions with cool shots which gains views and gets them a preview unit from companies weeks before embargo

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          Random people holding a camera with one hand while awkwardly trying to record them going through their phone with the other hand has been more useful lot of times for answering questions I had.

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        No he’s fucking not. He’s always liked Apple, just didn’t really get into them until the 5S. Been watching him since 2014, and even then he still said recently on the waveform podcast he prefers Android.

        Plenty of things to critique Marques over. This ain’t one.

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          I never hear him criticising Apple and everytime a new iPhone comes out he’s gushing. Yet iPhone sucks next to Android. I’d take a budget Android over iPhone any day.

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            That’s your opinion.

            I don’t really give a damn about the Apple vs Android argument anymore. I was there when the first iPhone came out in 2007 and I’m over it. This flame war has gotten old. There’s pros and cons to each platform.

            That being said, he has critiqued Apple many times in the past for specific things. Even said the dynamic island felt gimmicky at times and wasn’t sure how well it would hold up. Also shat on the Touchbar for being useless.

            So he has critiqued Apple. But let’s be real, what the fuck are you seriously going to critique on a modern iPhone? The modern smartphone has evolved so much that what else is there to add beside new hardware and sometimes gimmicky technology? You’d be hard pressed to find a “bad” phone now. I don’t get excited for iPhones anymore. Not because they’re bad. And yes you can critique the small things. But at the end of the day, an iPhone…is an iPhone. It’s not amazing or revolutionary anymore. There’s nothing else to implement. These phones are what we dreamed of back in 2010. Just all fucking screen and nothing else. Basically, the iPhone just “is”. And oh hey, here’s a bigger battery this year. Cool.

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            You don’t hear him criticising them because he got shadowbanned for doing it once. There were a couple reviews where he mentioned having to buy the devices himself.

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              Got a source for this? Pretty avid MKBHD watcher and I’ve never heard of this happen to him.

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                As I said, there was a period when he kept saying. “I had to buy this myself” the source is his videos. Ask A.I. to squirrel them out.

                There was another guy that broke down the experience of falling out of favour with Apple and I can’t for the life of me find

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        This is literally like the meme I just posted where it basically said, you can appreciate something and not agree with it. You think Apple shill because he has to play by their rules, yet objectively speaking, he’s always saying things like “incremental update” and “they say blah, but I haven’t seen that yet”. When it comes to Apple, it’s very read between the lines.

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    The secondary cover screen is pretty cool, don’t get me wrong. And let’s be real, modern flip phones LOOK fucking cool. But…from a user perspective, is there anything a flip phone can do that your average phone CAN’T do? Besides flipping?

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      There’s no revolutionary advantages. They’re a bit easier to toss in your pocket and the outer screen’s limited functionality seems to be a good way to do things like check the time, check notifications, turn on/off smart devices, or switch songs without having to open the phone and potentially falling down an instagram/reddit/lemmy rabbit hole

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        I have a fold 4 which I love. Was thinking about switching to the flip so I went to check one out. All the reasons you listed where the things drawing me to it until I remembered I wear a smart watch and do all that already without taking my phone out. Then it became useless to me. The only benefit would be the small form factor when in my pocket but like I said, I have a fold, big phone in my pocket doesn’t really bother me. And the biggest thing in would miss is being able to set my phone down half folded and watch videos on the vertical half. A feature I didn’t think I would use but I do all the time.

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      I had a Z Flip for a while but replaced it as the cameras were a deal killer. For me personally I liked how small it was in my pocket. I know it’s a small thing but that was my favorite part. When I replaced it, I gave it to my mom, who actually wears it around her neck with a lanyard. Sure, you can do that with a normal phone if you’re feeling adventurous. The benefits are definitely niche though.

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      Not sure where I read it, but apparently they are mostly bought by women because the flip phones are more practical when you have tiny or nonexistent pockets and a small purse.

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        My wife can’t wait for these to become affordable (sub $500). She is still pissed off that mid-range small phones disappeared 3-4 years ago to be replaced by 6" phablets.

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          mid-range small phones disappeared 3-4 years ago to be replaced by 6" phablets.

          mjd-range small phones disappeared 3-4 years ago to be replaced by 6" phablets.

          FTFY