The GamersNexus arc is such a YouTube success story: from a dude uploading videos, to superbly rigorous methodology in top tier hardware reviews, to occasional news summaries, to journalistic longforms, to straight up advocacy, and somehow back to a humble written tech site.
It’s like a tech Benjamin Button story. Thanks, Steve!
...oh heck, I can't handle it anymore, take my money already.
I understand their points. But to me they do too much rage baits these days that I can't bring myself to watch their stuff. Why would I let my self get angry lol.
Yeah, I agree but given the state of YouTube and the fact GN has an actual office, lab and employees, I also understand why they have no choice but to the play the game at least a bit. YouTube has repeatedly cut the rev rates to the point that even fairly large channels are still under pressure if they have meaningful recurring expenses.
Basically, I just skip the rage bait and watch the good stuff. I also love that GN still publishes print articles, which has essentially zero upside for them.
Reality has both negatives and positives. Gamers Nexus clearly lie on the other side of the spectrum where they overwhelmingly choose the negative stuffs, hence rage baits.
I cannot name any positives from the past twelve months in the field of PC hardware, that Gamers Nexus operates in and around with their work. Perhaps I’ve overlooked something?
Yes; while that doesn’t have bearing on business or technical matters of the PC hardware market, it’s certainly positive-feelgood content that the comment I originally replied to might appreciate as good TV!
GN aren't the rage baiters. It's the companies that are handing this content to them on a silver platter that are. Steve and team have done excellent work over the years. Have things turned more directed at the enshittification? Of course, that's what they're reporting on. He's been iced out of pre-reviews for ending up on these corporate naughty lists plenty of times. But Steve is at least saying it out loud and as it is. Just look at the DRAM cartel v2 and AMD going against their own corporate & political donations policies. Sorry, but Steve isn't the rage baiter in this story.
> From everything we’ve seen, Pawel’s code is a legal third-party tool that is covered under open source software licensing, and in no way has he “impersonated” Bambu Labs or presented as them at any point.
The name of the software literally has "BambuLabs" in it. Not picking sides, but that's pretty dumb.
Also cease and desist are "easy" to handle, just host your code on a European git hoster or host your own gitlab/codeberg. That USA law doesn't affect EU platforms.
I hate when companies start issuing legal threats against OSS software; was planning on buying a 3D printer for my kids. I don't know what brand I'll buy yet, but I now know which brand I will _not_ buy.
Prusa has been the stalwart of a manufacturer in the 3DP space that are not sell outs. That being said I think an interesting alternative to Bambu is Snapmaker. Happen to have picked up a U1 [0] and so far it's been very positive. I have had issues with their packaging of Linux installer for the Orca-based slicer, but nothing I couldn't work around.
It's really hard to recommend Prusa for the average person when non-enclosed printers go for 1k usd and multifilament is >2k, while creality and bambu go for 700 for multifilament, and much cheaper for single filament.
I'm not saying is the wrong thing, but it's the same reason casual users look at framework and balk at prices.
Totally agree, but at the same rate I would tell people: you get what you pay for. It's the same as paying for search or any free vs paid for product. The "others" are great and have been pushing the bounds of price / performance barrier that only machines coming out of China could actually do. I still think there's a rationale for owning Prusa machines (and I still do). Especially for new entrants, 100% agree, it is a hard sell for them given the competition.
Not having an automatic material system a la Bambu is what really puts me off. After having that system with Bambu it's really hard to settle for less.
The GamersNexus arc is such a YouTube success story: from a dude uploading videos, to superbly rigorous methodology in top tier hardware reviews, to occasional news summaries, to journalistic longforms, to straight up advocacy, and somehow back to a humble written tech site.
It’s like a tech Benjamin Button story. Thanks, Steve!
...oh heck, I can't handle it anymore, take my money already.
I understand their points. But to me they do too much rage baits these days that I can't bring myself to watch their stuff. Why would I let my self get angry lol.
> they do too much rage baits these days
Yeah, I agree but given the state of YouTube and the fact GN has an actual office, lab and employees, I also understand why they have no choice but to the play the game at least a bit. YouTube has repeatedly cut the rev rates to the point that even fairly large channels are still under pressure if they have meaningful recurring expenses.
Basically, I just skip the rage bait and watch the good stuff. I also love that GN still publishes print articles, which has essentially zero upside for them.
Better to report on reality than to report positively. TV isn’t always about entertainment, after all!
Reality has both negatives and positives. Gamers Nexus clearly lie on the other side of the spectrum where they overwhelmingly choose the negative stuffs, hence rage baits.
I cannot name any positives from the past twelve months in the field of PC hardware, that Gamers Nexus operates in and around with their work. Perhaps I’ve overlooked something?
Yes you overlooked a lot. For example two weeks ago they made a feel good video about building PCs for two people who lost everything in a house fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kboQ0quk1uM
Yes; while that doesn’t have bearing on business or technical matters of the PC hardware market, it’s certainly positive-feelgood content that the comment I originally replied to might appreciate as good TV!
GN aren't the rage baiters. It's the companies that are handing this content to them on a silver platter that are. Steve and team have done excellent work over the years. Have things turned more directed at the enshittification? Of course, that's what they're reporting on. He's been iced out of pre-reviews for ending up on these corporate naughty lists plenty of times. But Steve is at least saying it out loud and as it is. Just look at the DRAM cartel v2 and AMD going against their own corporate & political donations policies. Sorry, but Steve isn't the rage baiter in this story.
Looks like Bambu wants to speedrun to being the (modern) HP of 3D printing.
Ironically, HP Multijet Fusion 3D printers are pretty awesome
The first iteration of their stuff often is.
> From everything we’ve seen, Pawel’s code is a legal third-party tool that is covered under open source software licensing, and in no way has he “impersonated” Bambu Labs or presented as them at any point.
The name of the software literally has "BambuLabs" in it. Not picking sides, but that's pretty dumb.
Also cease and desist are "easy" to handle, just host your code on a European git hoster or host your own gitlab/codeberg. That USA law doesn't affect EU platforms.
Okay, but that’s an easily resolvable trademark issue. That’s not what they are challenging.
I hate when companies start issuing legal threats against OSS software; was planning on buying a 3D printer for my kids. I don't know what brand I'll buy yet, but I now know which brand I will _not_ buy.
Prusa has been the stalwart of a manufacturer in the 3DP space that are not sell outs. That being said I think an interesting alternative to Bambu is Snapmaker. Happen to have picked up a U1 [0] and so far it's been very positive. I have had issues with their packaging of Linux installer for the Orca-based slicer, but nothing I couldn't work around.
[0] https://www.snapmaker.com/en-US/snapmaker-u1
It's really hard to recommend Prusa for the average person when non-enclosed printers go for 1k usd and multifilament is >2k, while creality and bambu go for 700 for multifilament, and much cheaper for single filament.
I'm not saying is the wrong thing, but it's the same reason casual users look at framework and balk at prices.
Totally agree, but at the same rate I would tell people: you get what you pay for. It's the same as paying for search or any free vs paid for product. The "others" are great and have been pushing the bounds of price / performance barrier that only machines coming out of China could actually do. I still think there's a rationale for owning Prusa machines (and I still do). Especially for new entrants, 100% agree, it is a hard sell for them given the competition.
Not having an automatic material system a la Bambu is what really puts me off. After having that system with Bambu it's really hard to settle for less.