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The issue with the water block is massive to me. Testing a prototype product on a GPU that it wasn't made for, giving it a negative review, doubling down on that negative review when called out, promising to return the prototype to Billet Labs, then SELLING the prototype to the public at their LTX expo. As Steve points out, if a competitor gets their hands on that prototype, it could put Billet Labs out of business. This is wild, and LMG should absolutely be called out like this.
There should be actual, legitimate, law enforcement involvement.. Cause its literally theft at best, corporate espionage at worst.
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Until I saw that I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Even knowingly fudging numbers, while bad, is a temptation it’s easy to see someone trying to keep up with the content rat race falling into.
The corporate espionage on the other hand is fucking gross. Unless Billet Labs provides a statement that fully absolves LTT of any wrongdoing and states they OK’d the auction, I’m prepared to not engage with LMG at all anymore. Which sucks because I kinda like their water bottle.
I know we’ve only heard one side of the story so far, so I’ll reserve judgement. If it turns out as bad as it sounds though, they can get Anker’d
It should be sued the hell out of it for that.
Given the level of damage done Yeah, Billet Labs should be suing LMG could end up tanking their company
I don't know if Billet has the appetite to sue. It seems like Billet and LMG came to an agreement
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You're right. There was a follow up video from GN with Billet's response. LMG did indeed send them an email to reimburse the cost of the lost prototype, but they haven't replied. It's not as settled as I thought.
They got insanely lucky…
They should seriously get legal repercussions for this particular fuckup
Not too mention totally ignoring the instructions billet labs provided
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Thanks.
They didn't sell it, the auctioned it 🤡