This post makes a lot of sense, and I find myself agreeing 100%
I wish we lived in a perfect world where sites like DF could be impartial, or not require corporate funding, but.. but thats impossible.
Dark1x I know you say it's entertainment you are making, but understand the perception of Digital Foundry is that it is serious tech website, I certainly dont visit and read it for the entertainment, but factual reporting. It shocks me that the guys who run it dont view it as such.
I guess I'm not understanding the problem here. DF are nerds. To them, this stuff, this education, this information, is fun and entertaining. They are not saying they are entertainers to give them leeway to be misleading. They take what they do very seriously, but it's also fun for them. They are not journalists in that they do not report on news or trends. Instead, they are interested in relaying accurate information about tech. Those have some overlap, but I feel like it's a clearly different pursuit.
I mean, linus tech tips goes HARD on Intel all the time, as many tech reviewers do, but Intel still sponsor some of his videos. These people are able to have a professional result from that, and they make sure to disclose sponsors because it's professional and good form (and also possibly a legal thing too).
Ultimately DF is a nerd entertainment channel. If you like gaming tech and performance analysis, you'll like what they do. They have a long track record of integrity, so I'm not sure why this concern is being brought up at all.
I feel like people complaining about this somehow think they are clever and I don't get it. Like, congrats? You noticed the Nvidia sponsorship that they purposely and verbally disclosed? Does that somehow invalidate what they are talking about? I don't actually think people are watching the video, because it is anything but a commercial for Nvidia. Yes it centers around something they are involved in, but it's very even handed. Again, this is something people everywhere do all the time.
Alright, so what is it that you miss? What do you want to see that is no longer done? Can you select some examples?
I can't believe how much this bothers me. It really shouldn't. Maybe I should try to analyze why that is. I genuinely feel sick to my stomach re-reading that post. I really need help in dealing with critique, I think. I'm not well suited to handle it.
This person is extremely ignorant, and you shouldn't listen to them, although I know that probably doesn't make you feel better.
They are ignoring years of credibility on your guys' part that you've established time and time again because they do not understand that professionalism exists. It is an extremely myopic view of how these deals work and I'm amazed more people aren't grilling them on that.
I feel like people are ignorantly jaded on the topic of capitalism and commercialism and so react by having these overly cynical and completely unfounded conclusions about how to read these situations. Like they cannot fathom that a company who was absolutely roasted by a reviewer would continue to do business with them, and think of like, conspiracies as to why that might happen. It comes from people who just have no experience in that space at all and cannot seem to fathom how it works and get all high and mighty.
The person you're responding to is probably a teenager anyway. And if they aren't...eeeeek.