He’s not an organic tech reviewer. All of his devices are sponsored. He exists in a completely different world than the vast majority of his audience. Money is not an object for him and he promotes always having day 1 tech.

That’s true to some extent, I guess.

I’ve always thought his approach has remained broadly consistent to his roots (I’ve been subbed to him since he was much, much smaller) but yes, the products he reviews now are almost always provided to him rather than being bought by him personally. This becomes true of any channel of his size, but I’ve not seen his opinion change as a result.

He addresses the topic about bias in this short , but we can look to his phone of the year awards to assess his biases objectively. For every year since the awards began in 2014, an Android device has always won Phone of the Year. An iPhone has never won an award for Best design, Best Value or Best Big Phone since records began either.

iPhones have won best camera system since 2018, but he maintains that this is due to the superior video capabilities of iPhones, but still prefers the ‘look’ of a Pixel photo, or the hardware of a Samsung (20x zoom etc). Androids dominate every single category simply because there are so many companies developing and competing against each other to make better and better Android devices.

Marques is personally almost always rocking a Pixel or Samsung Galaxy device as his main daily driver (because he loves the customisation and the freedom that android devices give him), and has an iPhone in his other pocket for apple things. He calls out bad Android and Apple devices in equal measure, and he actively advised against buying a newer Mac because the M2 and M3 products just don’t give you enough of an upgrade over M1 to make it worthwhile.

I watch every single video he puts out and just don’t see the Apple shill thing. He has always come across as an Android fan to me, but I hear the Apple shill thing all the time.

He’s really not.

Haha I was like “that Dave2D? Something’s definitely not adding up!”

What’s Prime hack?

I bought Nova Launcher Pro and used to happily donate to them because there really was nothing else that could compare.

It sucks that Branch bought them, and why I stick with the Stock Google launcher now.

Does the Prime hack give you Nova Launcher again without anything going back to Branch?

All the activity in every zone I visit really does just feel so great. There’s no better sign a game is alive and healthy. It was totally that which hooked me.

So true! It’s a game that really respects your time and there are always people around to help you if you get stuck.

Welcome to GW2, I genuinely hope you continue to enjoy your time here!

Guild Wars 2 is great!

I’m biased because I’ve been playing it since launch, but I’ve also dabbled in the others and simply couldn’t justify a sub fee when

a) there are so many other games I’d like to play simultaneously and not feel guilty doing so b) there’s no gear treadmill! It really sucks in games like WoW where I want to check out the older content to get up to speed and just the zones were dead. Conversely, I’m doing map completion with my wife in GW2 and even the core maps had a bunch of people running around doing dynamic events and world bosses. The game feels so much more alive!

This! I had to search for Vaatividya in order to find this comment.

His prepare to cry series as well as all of his lore videos could keep me going for ages!

I’m afraid you are deluded if you think all your data is safe with Google.

Ads make money, because the valuable data can be sold.

Google collects data about you and by doing so, is able to target you with products that are suitable to you.

Other companies will pay top dollar for that kind of data. From Google trends, to purchasing habits, sentiments around world events, elections, sports events and betting…

It’s all useful to other companies, not Google. Google just wants to collect it all and create a product out of you that can be marketed to people who want to sell you stuff.

Best computer gadget ever.

I want to push it from the top.

You know what? I think I’ll do exactly that this weekend! In a dark room with the cold and cranked up, it’s an absolute banger

There are too many to choose!

And the award goes to:

Lord of the Rings. If I can only choose one, then Return of the King.

Honourable mentions:

Avengers Endgame (watched it at a midnight screening at a Infinity-War/Endgame double bill and it was one of the best experiences ever)

Tron legacy: unlike many movies, it completely drew me into its world, with the visuals and music.

Nolan batman films: probably Dark Knight

How can you be banned here? You have two Cows!