[PragmaticPulp]

That's the 10% good info that I referred to.

If I drop into a random page of a random Ian Cutress article, there's a high probability it will be interesting and well thought-out content.

If I drop into a random LTT video and scroll to a random timestamp, it's most likely going to be some minimal content arbitrarily stretched past the 10 minute threshold for YouTube monetization. I can usually find the answer to the clickbait headline with enough seeking around, but many of his videos contain so little actual content that it could probably be summarized in a couple of Tweets. His specialty is expanding it into 10+ minutes of overly enthusiastic, slow-paced talking about it.

The information density is at polar opposites of the spectrum, and that's by design. YouTube favors quantity and clickbait, and it's no secret that Linus is playing that game as aggressively as he can.

[thot_experiment]

I mean very obviously you're comparing different media aimed at different audiences but even so you're wrong, there are plenty of LTT videos where they dive into their methodology and provide explanations that are fairly in depth. I think you should be blown away by the fact that LTT manages to retain it's broad audience going as deep as they do when it comes to stuff like testing thermals under various conditions. I came into LTT thinking it was clickbait trash but it's absolutely not, you have a long way to go before you get to the "polar opposite of the spectrum".

In any case people are suggesting Ian join LTT Labs, not LTT.

[newsclues]

Wow, entertaining content is orders of magnitude more popular and profitable than in depth analysis.

Doesn’t mean that entertainment doesn’t benefit from rigorous science and methodology.

[freemint]

Which LTT has been shown to be interested in producing, buying cable testing equipment, using high speed cameras for monitor analysis, ... and with LTT Labs those efforts will likely increase.

[sumedh]

> arbitrarily stretched past the 10 minute threshold for YouTube monetization.

So do you blame the creator or Google who makes these rules?