Why MKBHD's Audience Turned On Him

[@InternetAnarchist]

Thank you for 1,400,000 subscribers! ❤ The recent growth has been incredible, I am glad so many of you are finding my content for the first time and enjoying it enough to stick around for more. Edit: Really struggling to find the right title for this video. It's not a downfall video, but more of a retrospective on what happened and how he navigated the situation (and the example it sets for other creators when responding to criticism). Here's my ideas: 1. Why MKBHD's Audience Turned On Him 2. The Rise, Fall & Redemption of MKBHD 3. The Moment MKBHD's Audience Turned On Him 4. What Went Wrong for MKBHD I would appreciate any suggestions under 45 characters in the replies.

[@just_mdd4]

Shout-out to the notification squad! 🫡

[@glitchtech-f8b]

@@InternetAnarchist hi

[@ebertrc9053]

Well deserved man. Keep up the hard work and entertaining and informing millions!

[@porn72]

ok

[@DBANZZ_m]

Ur vids have been amazing. However, can u remove the moving pictures. It gets me freaked out

[@PRATERVXEX]

How stupid would a person truly have to be in order to blame a tech reviewer for pointing out a company launched a shitty product

[@Kepesk]

@@PRATERVXEX "but it's not ready yet!" Well, they're selling it, so...

[@mrman6971]

Ik that’s what I’m saying he’s just being honest

[@tonysparrow8602]

@@PRATERVXEX they just wanna feed us bad things in silence 🔕

[@Lemau]

"We're being put under so much pressure to put out a good product fast, so we're delivering a half-finished shit one NOW" - Checks out.

[@byjars3248]

@@Lemau that happens a lot tho sadly

[@texastank]

>critic gets criticized >critic criticizes himself >universe implodes

[@raizaintilian]

Lol, you are your own worst critic.

[@patricksarama4963]

🤯

[@veerbhalu3454]

Why's your text green?

[@alvintollah]

​@@veerbhalu3454 cause they're an android user.

[@TheBucknative]

​@@alvintollahim an android. I see no green.

[@CaseyHurlburt-y8u]

3:40. When did we as a society become so ok with incomplete products as long as they promise to finish them later?

[@tunksrex123_9]

@CaseyHurlburt-y8u That's what I don't get. For his integrity he cannot base his reviews on promises and as consumers we shouldn't either. If the product isn't finished, it shouldn't be released.

[@bigta1982]

Promises that probably won't come.

[@OldManAlex719]

The advent of online gaming in general. Remember when that one Tony Hawk game dropped and needed to be updated immediately after boot up?

[@nickd3157]

The gaming industry is something that is hit rather hard by these business models

[@theworldswickedestclown]

So by that logic everything that gets updates is an incomplete product such as cell phones, gaming consoles, computers, etc so when a car says they are going to do an update it's not an incomplete product

[@Betty_me]

So his audience did not turn against him. Your video titles are extremely clickworthy.

[@schmeeberson]

I agree I liked the vid but title was slightly misleading

[@AlandrisFerguson]

He couldn't even pronounce his name correctly.

[@Lunixed]

what was even the point of this video? use his brand awareness to get views? lmao

[@jayfielding1333]

Reeks of desperation for content

[@seductivepotato3789]

This makes me want to turn against him

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

So his audience didn't turn on him. Your video titles are clickbaity as hell.

[@jamesp1289]

Typical of a Trump hater

[@slacker2016]

@@jamesp1289 bro how tf did u get politics here

[@youreverydaymemer]

the title used to be "the rise and fall and rise again of so-and-so" or whatever

[@angelg69420]

@@jamesp1289 Americans never fail to turn anything into a politics debate, you guys are so funny 😂😂😂

[@johnylalrina1451]

You mean his videor?

[@Pexodus11]

People asking for car companies to put out incomplete cars is one of the craziest things I've ever heard. Just because a company tried real hard doesn't mean they get to succeed with mediocre products. Bad reviews don't kill companies, bad products do. So many people with no common sense

[@Blank._9568]

@@Pexodus11 preach

[@equilibrium8545]

Totally agree

[@jowl012]

yup

[@sw33tialucard]

Corporate apologism is crazy

[@racerex340]

Far too many people had to adopt that stance as a core facet of their entire personality while defending Tesla. I've known multiple Tesla stans who admitted that they blindly defended Tesla because they believed that Tesla was changing the world for the better, therefore vehemently defending public criticisms of Tesla, even valid criticisms, was justified because negative press put the entire movement at risk. We've since seen that rampant fanboyism spill over into the rest of the tech industry. Just take a moment to think about the many differences between crypto bros, Tesla/Elon bros and AI bros and then admit that they're all basically the same person.

[@bigta1982]

A company going out of business because they put out a bad product is a great thing. A huge reviewer has the responsibility to twist that knife as deep as possible so customers don't get scammed.

[@nickwen2881]

The best ending is for companies to use that criticism as a checklist for what to improve on like how that one company fixed the vibration motor for their second phone

[@Jlonotfromtheblock]

The funny thing is that there were two companies that both released a similar product of a wearable A1 within weeks of each other that Marques tested both. Humane A1 and Rabbit R1 and he slammed them both. There’s no way that both company’s went out of business purely due to him and his bad review (although it can’t have helped). Not long after MKBHD posted his video about the Rabbit one, Coffeezilla did a couple of videos (on both of his channels) exposing the company for being total scam and doing all sorts of shit like stealing money etc. So yeah the company may have lasted slightly longer without Marques review, but not too much longer as someone would have spotted the issues with the company selling those ones anyway! The Humane product was simply ill conceived, was only half finished upon release and really had no use as it was trying to replace the smartphone but couldn’t do half the stuff you want a phone for eg use the calendar etc. It was just a bad idea and wasn’t going to sell much regardless of what was said about it, unless it was literally magic and made you a magician! The videoes coffee did got a decent amount of video views wise and yet Marques still got shit and didn’t really appear to get any apologies from his “fans” who said all sorts of shit to him in defence of these 😮awful companies selling either half completed products or products that don’t work from a company that’s fraudulent! (I see or hear about this/people mass retracting their comments made towards/sent to him about his review on the “worst product” video at minimum anyway but then I don’t really watch him and heard about this general shit from other places and the coffee videos…) It’s utter madness!

[@Anigaming-dz5gh]

Fisker was always something that stood out to me, their first car looked different but same too. Like an Aston but weirdly proportional, sure it was an EV but it seemed cool. It's a shame that they couldn't stand long enough to make cool looking cars, but i don't think they were going to do that anyway

[@twfmfm]

@@Anigaming-dz5gh Those Fisker cars look nothing like an Aston Martin that's like comparing Daniel Craig to Danny DeVito.

[@Anigaming-dz5gh]

@ no i was talking about their first car, the Karma i think it was called. It looked like an absurdly English Aston from the front and an odd amalgamation of a Mazda ND MX5 and a bit of German design if you squint hard enough, side profile is just weird but overall it looked quirky and i liked it.

[@Unknown-UpTown-Resident]

If a company puts out a bad product, and a HUGE platform gives it a bad review, it's 100% the company's fault for putting out a bad product.

[@pjbpiano]

@@Unknown-UpTown-Resident hard for people to figure it out.

[@oxaile4021]

Yup. "A small startup isn't getting sales because you gave it a bad review" As if all small startups were entitled to peoples money lmao. This is peak corporate shilling.

[@HOUSTONERS420]

im like 7 mins in and i'm shocked that "his fans are turning on him" because of a couple bad reviews? Is he not supposed to say anything if its a new company with a bad product? people are nuts lol

[@138Platinum]

Yep. I watched the Carwow review for the Fisker and even Mat Watson said there was a number of issues that make the car less appealing than its competition

[@Michael-f5e2x]

I agree with Marques, bad reviews don't kill companies, if a bad review "killed" your company you had problems before the review.

[@e-Deborah3]

I hope the hatred stops with this guy. Unlike 99% of KZbinrs, he accepts full responsibility for everything and openly discusses it, despite facing more serious accusations. And, as stated at the beginning of the video, he does not even delete the hate comments; instead, he acknowledges them! I see nothing wrong with this guy; all I see is the real one.

[@Khaleguy]

His interview with the Apple executive shows how softball he is and is willing to ignore Apples genuinely unethical business practices

[@Khaleguy]

Unless you’re okay with children mining cobalt for your iPhone. I use an iPhone as well but I don’t pretend Apple is this amazing company many of you tend to make it seem it is.

[@oxaile4021]

@@Khaleguy It's the same with every reviewer. Nobody is 100% objective, find out what companies a reviewer is biased towards and adjust what they're saying in your head accordingly.

[@KeemReviewz]

Bro he's not reviewing and Inspecting the factory processes, that's crazy to judge him on that! ​@@Khaleguy

[@HavaWM]

@@e-Deborah3 - agreed!

[@a.gravemistake3061]

Tech Bros are crazy. "Yeah the company gave me a car that isn't finished, but you're being mean and making their stock sad. They'll update and fix it!... eventually. They promised."

[@kairabyrd2790]

@@a.gravemistake3061 *cough cough* cybertruck

[@Krilium]

Tesla moment

[@Wolfrich666]

pretty much for all tech companies now a days, being cars, appliances, software, everyone is delivering unfinished garbage due to keep making the stock number go up, wall street and venture capital is a mistake.

[@jenejene9473]

@@Wolfrich666 Even games! Oh my Lord. Why are companies like this. And there are people who are willing to buy incomplete products too. Like, why?

[@AliHassan-gu7op]

Idk enough about thr situation but if they were open about this to consumers and they made an informed choice to buy the product I see no issues

[@Weinerufdsuuhids]

How the hell do people get mad over a CRITIC saying a bad product is bad? Thats their whole point!

[@ixaixa35]

@@Weinerufdsuuhids everyone wants reviewers to turn into IGN People dont want actual reviews

[@tasnimshahid8571]

twitter (x) stance are like this. it's like scammers threatening others not to expose them and raging a big paragraph on why you shouldn't expose a scammer because they have feelings or they are doing this for "making their ends meet" .... LAUGHABLE...

[@Jbig1430]

In this world people hate you for being truthful. Especially when your black and tell the truth you are hated even more. This world is so full of lies and false promises people are in most cases sheep being hearded by wolves.

[@etl-mlp]

It's easy. Either they own it, invested into it, or supplying something into this product. If you are neither of it and get mad about review of an objectively bad product, you are an idiot and should remove yourself from social media.

[@mboretzki]

That's the world we live in these days. People complain about everything. Literally EVERYTHING.

[@paragonca9736]

Pretty much the most gracious acceptance of criticism I've ever seen from an online personality

[@InternetAnarchist]

He set a great example for other creators who receive valid criticism.

[@ThatYoutubeBro]

Bro, that’s just a script that he puts out on the Internet just picture what he’s actually saying he’s a clown

[@art1_san]

@@ThatKZbinBro let him live lil bro at least he apologized probably the best way he couldve

[@adtymryd6295]

Oh come on! Even MKBHD gets dragged into the internet drama??

[@2Gud2Btru.]

@@ThatKZbinBro do you even met him? No right? Just like you never met your parents you orphan.

[@nafi.j]

Save your reputation and fix your video's title.

[@iaPial]

agreed

[@thereo420]

Has the title always been rise fall and redemption?

[@upisandhu]

@@thereo420haha nope. Changed 3 times in past two days

[@thereo420]

@@upisandhu oh damn you are right. Now he was bullied??

[@TreacherousFennec]

It is a stupid mentality to care for the "feelings" of a faceless corporation with the sole drive of money-making. Make a decent product, get decent reviews, there is no room for blaming tech reviewers because they show that you made a bad product. This is ridicilous.

[@JobeStroud]

The Fisker thing. I agree with him. He reviewed what he got. Same with that pin thing.

[@realgod1002]

Yeah like... either he tells the truth about them and it can potentially harm them... or he lies about it and people go at his throat for lying to them... This guy can seriously never win

[@StaticImage]

Yeah, he isn't obligated to say nice things about products that are legitimately awful

[@vjollila96]

sry but pin was/is a trash product

[@anothermancalleddave]

exactly, one was incomplete and the other was just outclassed by tech that already existed. if the company lost due to that honest review then release a completed product or one that doesn't already exist in everyone's pocket.

[@bassyey]

Yeah. I agree with him on those two points. And that AI device. Those are complete trash.

[@crowdedcrouton]

A car that is incomplete and being sold is concerning

[@dawnrowlands2408]

@@crowdedcrouton That's my thought. Especially with it being a software problem and that car is totally reliant on said software. It could be catastrophic.

[@haruhwa]

huge safety issue!! and then the car owners come out and say "its ok youre burning the company" he isnt the only person who gave a bad review but he is the only person to get a flack for it...

[@Coman486]

After this video, I got a feeling that IA thinks it's okay, and shame on people who say otherwise.

[@mexicanbro365]

clicked on this video when i saw MKBHD faster than him speeding

[@danielkelly884]

This sentence gives me a headache

[@leasmith412]

The cringe of writing a joke that was in the first 5 seconds of the video itself.

[@jerzbabe]

@@danielkelly884I thought I was the only one. I guess 11 people understand better than we do

[@Wildcatthe9965]

Boi what the hell boi 😕

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

The edgy kids need to stay in school.

[@matthewhanf3033]

Bad criticism doesn't ruin a product, badly REACTING to the criticism does. Having not known who MKBHD was prior to this video, I applaud his taking responsibility.

[@hunterkiller1440]

Coming up next, negative reviews kill bad movies.😅

[@patatessalatas3968]

its crazy that people comment on a video that released 2 minutes ago like they watched the whole thing.

[@TurtleTodd]

ngl true

[@ixeroi]

@TurtleTodd im so glad you're not going to lie about agreeing to a random comment.... but I really don't think anyone was worried about that

[@williamrobinson4886]

Simple, if they wait until they actually watch it they lose the exposure ‘advantage’ of finding it right after it came out

[@HaadiJamali-h5r]

reliability of comments is low , people just want attention, reason of most comment is not to tell opinion is to tell something that will get like attention or will be used in a video as a opinion

[@Aanthanur]

many people seem to think reading a title of a video or a headline in a newspaper is the same as watching / reading the whole thing. :)

[@spookyengie735]

After watching the entire video, it nice to see you made it clear that he understand his mistake and the impact he have on the wider review space and tech in general. As well as he is apologetic about all the mistake he committed. That said, i understand the title of this video is meant to attach viewer and generate click, it can be abit misleading about the original intention of the video. Anyhow, great video as always!

[@InternetAnarchist]

Great points, wasn't really sure how to approach the packaging for this video as it is definitely more of a retrospective of what happened and how he handled it. Thanks for the comment!

[@osabeaa]

@@InternetAnarchist what editing software do you use?

[@Imold498]

​@@InternetAnarchistI'm finding your explanation disingenuous. You have done enough expose videos about KZbinrs and videos to know how to get someone to click. You didn't need to name this way.

[@itskyle5766]

@@Imold498yeah he doesn’t need to name it this. When I read the title I thought he meant mkbhd fell off

[@asdfgh9985]

This wasn't one mistake. He was found to be recklessly speeding in multiple places like in Ireland too. He's a criminal who deserves jail. He could have murdered a kid. A mistake is me going 10 over the speed limit. We all do it, but it's not that dangerous. He went 60 over in an area that doesn't expect that kind of speeds. Thats not a mistake. That's a willful crime.

[@IZ4DAYZ_]

I really dont mind him, hes an honest tech reviewer who can take criticism

[@beatsNduels]

@IZ4DAYZ_ right I still watch him

[@smokejc]

he's great tbh

[@AndreYoutube111]

I agree and watch him. Appreciate the presentation he does.

[@schmidtytime]

As he tried to sell you wallpapers lmfao

[@Just_Kys]

Okay but the driving is really stupid and dangerous tho

[@KaineAlpha]

Real reason: MKBHD has been unproblematic for years and people needed a reason to attack him

[@MrPatrickmartin1985]

This video just shows how credible and trustworthy MKBHD is. Lifetime supporter now.

[@blip8918]

Mkbhd’s core audience did not turn on him lol, trolls just targeted him.

[@TheReelGill]

It really does seem unfair. He has been known, and even praised for being a genuine and very respectful KZbinr. Many people (including myself) grew up watching his videos.. He does one thing - (not to say what he did was insignificant, irrelevant, or not serious,) and people flood his comments with his actions. We for real disregarding his entire impact on KZbin? He helped pioneere an entire KZbin genre. Hell, an entire INTERNET genre. Tech reviews is HIS bread and butter. 😕

[@johnmatrix-qf4jd]

Wrong a lot of us went off him. He’s a scum bag.

[@NelsonStJames]

When you reach a certain level of success a target automatically appears on your back. Some people are going to instantly take a dislike to you simply because other people do like you. This is just what the internet age has wrought; however I don't think we as a society realized just how jealous a large number of us actually were of success until the internet came along

[@Hypnotica420x]

Nice copium there kid

[@Mephiston]

Tesla fanboys getting in early before he got a hold of a cybertruck, lol. I remember when top gear tested the tesla roadster and called it out for being unreliable and have a shitty battery and tesla tried to sue clarkson for it.

[@DaijDjan]

How dare he call out incomplete and bad products for being incomplete and bad!!!1!!1!!

[@peristicas3119]

because they are other people products, not his. with his products he doesn't care, just looking to capitalize all the boys eating jerk to him.

[@el_hypa]

@@DaijDjan bro people are irreplaceable 🙄.. That is a car

[@DaijDjan]

@ You DO realize my comment was clearly only aimed at the first part of the video, right? It has nothing to do with his reckless driving - which he absolutely deserves all the critism for (and more).

[@DanielJacobs-rz1zl]

​@@DaijDjanEven then he's made a mistake and regrets it, he didn't harm anything.

[@curist8411]

Why tolerate a bad or incomplete product? He was just reviewing honestly. He may be a pos human being but still he was right.

[@M1LKBO1-]

Why is he a pos? I don’t know the lore lol

[@Noooby45]

@@curist8411 i’m curious too

[@Kevin-ml2rj]

@@M1LKBO1- he isn’t a pos. He just doesn’t like mkbhd probably just for speeding.

[@almcdonald8676]

I don’t think he is a pos. As far as I know he made a bad judgment hawking his own wallpaper designs or something and recently has been done for speeding. And he’s maintained honesty in reviews. There’s way too many thin skinned narcissistic drama farmers on KZbin

[@curist8411]

@ Theres multiple videos of him speeding going twice the limit and doing it around where children may or may not be present, he is a pos and if you think thats ok then ig you are too lol. I know people who lost their kid because some a-hole decided he's better than everyone else

[@spaceo8568]

Wow this was so boring. That kid has the charisma of a dial tone.

[@Tuan6969]

1: make shitty product 2: got called out 3: blame everything but the shitty product - modern society

[@mr.miscellaneous9144]

I'd love to see more of these videos, ones where a creator or influencer had the potential to fall out of good faith, but recognized their mistakes and fixed them. Should be it's own series

[@InternetAnarchist]

I'd love to make a series on it, or at least find a title structure that separates them from the downfall videos. I think this MKBHD set a great example of how to respond and bounce back from valid criticism.

[@mr.miscellaneous9144]

@InternetAnarchist I wish more people responded to critism like this... all too often, even as your videos point out, they take the attack path... fight their audience over something a genuine apology would likely fix... it's sad how much ego people have these days

[@nickwen2881]

@@mr.miscellaneous9144 Well as we’ve seen plenty of times, people are more likely to double down rather than gracefully take an L. Thats definitely something I’ve learned to do for many years.

[@justarandomgamer6309]

@@nickwen2881 yeah same tbh and gotta work on it, but I'm generally curious why humans do this psychologically.

[@flynndean]

Did a shot every time I heard "Marquis" said incorrectly - I'm now dead.

[@Okurka.]

You're as dead as those kids in the school zone he flew through.

[@sporemaster97]

@Okurka. Took you a whole month to think of that?

[@Okurka.]

@ 96 minutes.

[@MideeeTwee]

Mark keys

[@mabybee]

Right, it’s like he has an accent or something.

[@HelloYersoGae]

Tech reviewers generally don't have a DieHard base, most people are just looking for reviews on the specific items that are going to buy or own and then they click away.

[@StaticImage]

Why'd you spell "die hard" like it's the battery brand?

[@dishuuu112]

@@StaticImage lmao 😂

[@Sailor-Khione]

So far, All I'm hearing is that this guy is super honest no matter what. Edit: wait 50 dollars for a wallpaper app? Edit 2: and speeding.. ok, yeah. Yeah i know why people are upset.

[@WilliamWebbOfficial]

The fact he doesn't have 5 points off his license and a big ass fine is astonishing

[@retr0robbin]

I think the speeding scandal could have been avoided if MKBHD simply rented a track for the review. He’s clearly got the money so renting a test track to speed on feels like it should have been a no brainer

[@SimplyPops]

0:24 Mama I made it lol

[@ajaybhandari1718]

@@SimplyPops 🙈

[@nicob6802]

Up to u bruh!

[@treeesus5267]

bet she's thrilled

[@xkryde]

Yo! It's you!

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

I see you!

[@bxnr_]

One thing I noticed is the only people that argued against marques (before him doing a stupid and speeding ofc) are people who only cared about the stock price of the companies plummeting and not the fact the product is shit.

[@jmal]

These are types of people companies shouldn't be listening to. Imagine giving a bad product a pass just so stock prices won't be negatively affected. Customer-centric thinking right there. /s

[@Mephiston]

@@jmal Jeremy Clarkson regularly got blacklisted from car companies because of him doing thorough reviews on top gear for cars of he wasnt a fanboy , and he just made fun of them for it.

[@bxnr_]

@@Mephiston Jeremy Clarkson is literally the goat

[@JomasterTheSecond]

"Fortnite... and Mark Ass Brown Lee." ~William Smith

[@Falloutx360a]

It’s funny that some people on twitter started calling him a brand killer when he was always criticized as the guy who is too nice/surface level with his reviews

[@elixer88]

Reviewers should ALWAYS be honest about what they are reviewing, and him doing so is what made him so well trusted. Bad products kill companies, not bad reviews. People hating him for "making the stock prices go down" are likely either shills or people who invested FAR too much of their own capital into the product, not realizing that investing in startups like that IS a big gamble, and to never gamble more than you can afford to lose. As for the speeding thing... Yeah, he f'ed up. He also appears to have learned from it, and most importantly isn't denying it; while some could see him removing it from the video as "hiding" it, the segment was effectively B-roll video and didn't need to be there, so removing it was the right play. Nothing is forgotten on the internet either way. Though that was still somewhat recent, we'll have to see how he behaves going forward. On the other hand, if that video also got him into deep legal trouble, it's a great example of FAFO and I would have no sympathies for him on it.

[@mosando]

Can you really say that he learned from it, seeing how he had been pulled over for speeding many time before as it has been shown on other videos from police body cams ? What he maybe "learned" was not to film while driving, but most likely he is still speeding on a constant basis

[@elixer88]

@mosando That's fair, especially if he is testing exotic vehicles. Has he been caught speeding on bodycam since this incident? Mayhaps he isn't speeding in school zones anymore, at least.

[@iProduceVibes]

3:55 How are they going to be mad at bro for doing an honest review? Lmao. Regardless of it being positive or negative, people watch reviews for honesty & transparency. If the company is mad, then work on making a better product.

[@whoizthedrizzle]

Why internet anarchists audience turned on him

[@retrodull8796]

I mean it’s understandable all the criticism that he got. He definitely did some bad mistakes but tbh they are not as bad as the things other influencers have done. In the end I condone his actions but he has responded in a mature a correct manner imo. I don’t think Marques deserves to be cancelled or anything like that. The internet world is pretty harsh sometimes with creators. Again he definitely fucked it up in some cases but in my eyes his reputation is still high

[@Jibily1]

It's not hard to find out the proper way to pronounce the guy's name. Mar-kezz. Not Mar-keese.

[@nikmariealex]

Word he even included a clip of Marques saying his own name 😅

[@VTWam]

I don't think he does any research on how to say their names tbh

[@EggMcFluffin]

Companies need to stop releasing unfinished products. This practice is already rampant in the gaming industry but releasing a CAR, something that people use on a daily basis and carries reasonable risk of danger if the car doesn’t operate as it should, Fisker is honestly lucky they didn’t get hit with a lawsuit. You can’t just promise and update and expect everything to be cool.

[@sylendyt]

You forgot to mention how MKBG gargled Apple's balls in some videos, especially the one where he visited their factory. MKBHD is far from the bad guy, but for a long time he was hailed as one of the very very few honest tech reviewers, now to a not-so-dishonest tech reviewer. The damage to his image has already been done and his reputation is already mudded, but truth be told he did take accountability and is willing to change, which is way more important than just acting like an honest person. I do appreciate he's evolving.

[@cheapixx]

You ran out of ideas so you do clickbaits now? Wow.

[@MrBlack54430]

Tech reviewer gains respect and a large following for honestly reviewing tech, once the following becomes too large same tech reviewer gets criticised for honestly reviewing tech.

[@King_JappyJoe]

Tbh I blame the people who asked him where he got his wallpapers from 😂😂

[@MrRobot_242]

@@King_JappyJoe 😂😂

[@Heysiwickii]

He has all boring ass wallpapers that you'd see in an office somewhere. No personality.

[@Jah_tunes]

I guess Elon Musk made his cars self drivable to avoid silly mistakes like MKBHD did. But that was very reckless of him driving a car at 75 MPH at 35 MPH zone.

[@sijilo]

well if you search more , the self driving has killed more peoples

[@lekiq80]

9:58 if carwow says its bad its bad

[@AmericanChoirboy]

"Do bad reviews kill companies?" or is it the populace that doesn't think for themselves? If I want to buy something, i read as many reviews as possible and then get ready to return it if i dont like it. I dont see one bad word on it and decide not to get it.

[@Kati_P]

If you're going to put out your product before it's finished, don't be surprised when consumers are dissatisfied. If you don't want honest feedback on the product you have out, then you have a problem handling criticism. If you have trouble handling criticism then you shouldn't be a professional businessman. I'm looking at you, Elon.

[@myp0h]

this goes to everyone creating a product or a service.

[@ThattFunnyKid]

People are trippen if they are tearing down his honest reviews about everyday products, do you want honest reviews or do you want someone to BS you just to sell you a terrible product that you’ll be unhappy with? People can’t be this dense!

[@pavsofficial4284]

I disagree with the author about MKBHD. There was no downfall, He went fast on a school zone where he endangered the lives of kids for a YT video 😅. It's as simple as that. He was irresponsible and dumb. I've been a fan of him 6 years now, so yea. About Fisker and the Pin, he was honest and right about those.

[@liberty0758]

A rumour suggests he tried to pull some racial card on the cops when got caught speeding. If true, it just shows how much internet fame got to his head.

[@bigglypuff0420]

​@liberty0758 No, he didn't... Rumors bringing in race are race baiting...

[@pjbpiano]

​@@liberty0758 he has been internet famous for how long now? Smh.

[@TheHankScorpio]

@@liberty0758 I heard a rumor he didn't

[@DarknessViper99]

He always gave me weird vibes ever since the “Reflecting on the Color of My Skin” video, like okay?????

[@pathutchison7688]

This guy is in a GREAT position to buy or short tech stocks before his reviews drop.

[@monyzmkwchannel5631]

Aside from the speeding all the hate he got was completely unfair. For so long companies have tricked us consumers with sponsored reviews and " bride" ppl to talk positive about their products to sell us crap. And when a content creator finally decided to be against it and the company had to face consequences of the quality of their products they started crying. We need more ppl like mkbhd (that know how to respect speed limits) to protect us consumers from these companies

[@Reggy2000]

16:36 Yes, because the internet is full of perfect people. How many of his critics can be in the same room as a Lamborghini let alone drive one!!!

[@BodieB]

97 in a 35 is beyond reckless. In those types of zones you expect a lot of pedestrians and little time to react. Not sure you'd feel this way if he ran over a loved one of yours. Btw at that speed it's a death sentence. Even if he slowed to 60 when he saw the person.

[@Reggy2000]

@ you're not sure because I'm not talking about what HE did, I'm talking about THEIR reactions!!!

[@Spectre4598]

The title for this video is incredibly misleading. "How Internet Anarchist manipulates his audience" should be your next video

[@vito7383]

so many of his videos have been clickbaity lately , where the title is more of a hope and dream than actual facts

[@jeysjeysbb]

The thumbnail has been changed 3 times. Bait harder.

[@Basschannel1]

That speed in a school zone is a felony.

[@tobysummers2679]

@@Basschannel1 I think that point has already been made 😂

[@An0therEthan-]

Bad reviews don’t kill companies, bad products/services do

[@06blackmetal]

Absolutely no one was upset over his car review

[@RuinedCorolla]

He is reviewing the tech. That's his job. If it kills the company, then it was a bad product. Simple

[@sussy2556]

ion care what anyone says mkbhd is goated he is one of the most upfront and honest tech youtuber on the platform

[@AKM_effects]

I need an Internet anarchist x sunnyv2 crossover

[@chumble00]

wait that would be fire (start a chain)

[@royroos8036]

meeeh, I can't stand the cadence and the way SunnyV2 talks... "And now its OVAAAAAAAH"... Annoying as fuck

[@bluefames8578]

@@chumble00 no.

[@arteckjay6537]

​@@chumble00 no.

[@chumble00]

@@bluefames8578 yes.

[@_Super_Hans_]

So ridiculous he was criticised for giving honest reviews. So what if it causes the company to fail, at the end of the day, the alternative is him lying in his review, in which case it's not a review.

[@honkingmemecat1925]

I dunno. I kind agree with a ton of the anarchists videos but, this one. I dunno, mkbhd rarely gets hated on. This one may deem to be another rare case of overhated.

[@Lighthammer18]

He doesn't get nearly enough hate tbh

[@SergioMolan]

He's become too arrogant. It just got to his head

[@CertifiedYapper-x8f]

Imagine having a KZbin channel that preys on people's hiccups so you can make content because, algorithms. To a point when you start reaching, making up angles. I see you brother. I respect the hustle but I you. We see everything.

[@brodyjames4126]

He still gets multimillion views. Not to defend him but he’s still has his audience. Those that like to watch him and those that hate watch him. They still show up

[@MrBertstare]

@@brodyjames4126 I like his car reviews, I think they are on a different channel though? I’m never showed his tech reviews

[@TheBigChungus]

I understand the speeding controversy, but all of the others talked about here seem kind of like "padding"? Idk like i feel like everyone here on YT agrees that MKBHD didn't do anything wrong calling out the AI pin or the shitty car

[@XBluDiamondX]

I think Internet Anarchist doesn't truly have enough content to make videos on a weekly basis. He rehashes a lot of recent drama content and brings nothing new to the table.

[@Chris-lk9ug]

16:46 JVL a whole 🤡

[@FormedMarker69]

@@Chris-lk9ug JVL thinks life is all sunshine and rainbows😭

[@Risin_Tide]

You missed the mark with this one. The title doesn't accurately reflect the video's content. The drama arises from a product reviewer who upset viewers by being straightforward about the product's flaws. I'm not sure where his mistake lies, especially since his videos remain as popular as ever. It seems like this might be a bit of a stretch.

[@BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee]

Zero days since mentioning Charlie/peguinz0

[@Reflecter16]

Quite sure his comments and community are fairly normal after those situations. Just internet dwellers being internet dwellers now.

[@MobikSaysStuff]

Lmao same, These "controversies" are just in these Dweller's minds. They said the same about Linus, that he's over, and look at him, doing like 3 collabs a week, appeared on Jimmy Fallon etc. These are just Drama farmers who can't stand on their own.

[@BritishBloke246]

@@MobikSaysStuffonly valid one is speeding you hit someone at 90 instead of 30 and they are wedged between your fender and grill, child or adult

[@theWASDguy]

Rest in peace bro went from the most respected youtuber ever to the subject of an internet anarchist video 😭😭😭

[@InternetAnarchist]

I'd say Marques' story is actually a positive one in the end. He sets a great example for how to respond to valid criticism.

[@MagitekBahamuto]

You wanted a review, he's providing the review. What's the problem here?

[@CarlizWang]

Bad reviews don't kill companies, bad products do. I don't usually watch MKBHD but have seen the AI-pin video, can't see or hear anything wrong with what he did.

[@JustACar00001]

1:02 I think you got a notification bud

[@Shadic1125]

Nice

[@TheEuroboss]

It's funnier how it happened after mentioning quality 😂

[@MrHarris414]

It’s funny cause it made me check my phone. I thought I got a message.

[@thunderkiss]

So what, you can't make negative comments on something if you have too much followers?

[@Alsee1]

Does that mean he’s bad?

[@boostedflame999]

For me the “Panels” app was pretty much nothing. My opinion was “WHY WAS BRO GOING SO FAST?” He was recklessly driving and recorded it.

[@MustachioFurioso9134]

And body can footage shows him doing this multiple times, he's been pulled over for excessive speed many times around NJ

[@mtdomma]

@@boostedflame999 calm down it’s not that deep

[@boostedflame999]

@@mtdomma yeah it’s not serious, but it could have been. I get speeding 5, hell even 10 but 96 in a 35 is crazy work.

[@Nellie-g3r]

Great video as always

[@craigjoe8691]

Sell-outs gonna sell-out.

[@Muyinza]

“His once loyal fan base” lmao, rock with your channel but you missed the mark with this one in the long run

[@Shadowstar1311]

“What happens when the critics are being criticized?” That’s inevitable. It’s been happening since critics were first a thing.

[@myp0h]

:) true

[@ticcingqueer6140]

The main thing I just really can't forgive is driving above the speed limit. Especially that much faster. He decided to take the risk of not only killing himself but also murdering other people, and all that for video. The cherry on top is that it's a school zone. He knew what he did.

[@Senweeee]

Honestly i think people are overdoing it with the hate tbh

[@TheArizus]

Mar-keys. Mar-KEYS?!?!?!?!

[@D4RKV3NOM]

"markees" xD... *MARKEZ* = Marques

[@Dude-etiquette]

I do believe that MKBHD is one of the most genuine and good guys on the internet. His videos are unbiased and gives good analysis of new tech. He does seemed liked he learned from the criticism and responded appropriately.

[@ToadyEN]

Bad products kill companies, not bad reviews.

[@BulkersRuleZ]

I checked his stats and I don't see any "turning on him", he didn't lose any subs. He still is averaging milion vies a day and makes 130k a month just from views. Just because some twitter mad "always outraged" psychos are mad that he called shit product shit doesn't mean people turned on him.

[@SimilakChild]

Not defending dude but he does car reviews, He tests every aspect of the vehicle, top speed, etc. and gives you a non-bias review of it.

[@vict632]

I honestly came out of all this controversy stuff still liking and trusting his content. Yeah, he messed up and yeah, I'm not interested in a $50 per year app for wallpapers. That was a bit out of touch. But the dude took responsibility, apologized and learned from his mistakes. Also, the reviews are fine imo. Maybe he needs to be more mindful before labeling a product "the worst" but the criticisms were all deserved. The pins weren't very useful at all and the car shouldn't have launched like that. We as customers are tired of half-baked products in general tbh.

[@salemunderfire]

"youtube legend" deadass the first i've ever heard of this dude

[@drip2007]

Congrats you've heard of him now ❤