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Jesus fuck Linus. Half the reason you are popular is because people trust your statements; and you are just flushing that away.
Its also not entirely clear but: it sounds like Billet even sent a GPU along with it? Since the emails make it sound like there actually was a single box with a GPU and a block that LMG... separated so they could use the block on the wrong GPU?
Billet has confirmed that they sent a 3090Ti that LMG has been sitting on for 9 weeks now without using or returning.
How is it even possible to use the wrong GPU when the correct one is in the same box. That makes it seem malicious rather than foolish.
I generally am a strong proponent of Hanlon's Razor but... yeah
Way I see it, there are two real reasons this would happen
I might be spreading misinformation but I've seen it mentioned by multiple sources so I'll take a lesson from LTT, Linus invests in a company that makes gpu waterblocks.
Do you have a source? The only notable investment of his I’m aware of is framework.
Maybe the reason that it turned up again recently was because they saw everything catch fire, panicked, and put it back?
Either that, or LMG's logistics just put it in a general GPU pile without putting it with the cooler, so when they couldn't find it with the cooler, it was assumed lost.
They would have never done this to a larger manufacturer, but since the prototype was a passion project by two tech enthusiasts they simply did not care at all. It's frankly disgusting.
You shouldn't trust an influencer, even someone that doesn't outright scam you, they make the videos that make them the most money.
+1, I never understand how influencer is a thing. They are basically getting paid by selling you stuff, its a conflict of interest.
What's the conflict? They have to make you believe they care about you, they don't actually have any built in interest in your well being
Some have a strong sense of ethics, but those ethics are the only thing from them being a complete shill