Do YouTubers actually use the things they promote?

[@Andy-fd5fg]

I don't care if you continue to use the products you show.... i do care that you give an honest and truthful opinion of what you talk about... and that is what you do. Keep up the good work.

[@ddiva1973]

Best comment!!!

[@Grandwigg]

Exactly! Someone who's giving overview multiple of products within a subject or space needs to use it long enough to understand to present. I don't understand the assumption that a video about a thing a proclamation or contract to continue using is beyond the content itself. The exceptions would be (for me at least) are in the case of statements like "this is what I always use and so should you!" Which I don't recall hearing here. Similar when there's a sponsorship. I understand that it's used to find the production. While there is(here, and should be elsewhere) a level of vetting, a sponsorship is declared as such, and is an explanation of features and quality of service(where applicable). I would suggest that the complaints are a sign of misunderstanding how video media works and perhaps also misunderstands how any sponsorship works. This is likely due to (what I've read about, but not seen personally) many cases I've read about occurring on places like Instagram and tiktok (and yt,as well, I guess) of cases where 'influencers' rave about products theu falsely claim to use for undisclosed sponsorships. Those are highly illegal, irresponsible, immoral and likely something else. Though it's impossible to know for sure, I have seen zero evidence of this on any of Jeff's content. So the accusations are groundless. As for the video titles, I personally prefer more literal subject matter description, but it's sadly proven that videos with logical descriptors generally fail on YT. The numbers send to say that the more. . . Outrageous titles and thumbnails are what the majority of users in the platform want (a scary thought).

[@dozerd42]

I think Jeff could even drive more content this way. If Jeff is no longer using something, and thought he would, or has been using something he promoted for a very long time, I think that could be grounds for a "let's revisit X video"

[@marcomoraschi3972]

U R right ... A channel named Nas compare ... build a NAS once a week ... does he have to use ALL of them? FOREVER?

[@mihaicoli]

❤

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

Question: Who are these "people" rage quitting Jeff's channel due to "click bait" - LOL, guys... he's got to be the nicest Tech person on KZbin and commits ($$ and code) to Open-Source projects.

[@JeffGeerling]

Well, it's in the single digit numbers per video (usually), but for some reason those comments stand out more than others (probably just negativity bias!).

[@penrar]

Best not to even engage or acknowledge. People gonna say what people gonna say.

[@scoutg001]

I know, who are these haters, Jeff is great, I had the opportunity to meet him at open sauce and he was great to talk to

[@hydroponicgard]

@@JeffGeerling Human's brain over-emphasises negativity over positivity, even if it's small, or single digit, it hurts more than positive things help. :P

[@GordonRunklePhoto]

Probably just garden-variety trolls, or even "spoiler" bots that just neg on channels.

[@Apfelloch]

Looks like an embargo was just lifted :D Four different channels uploaded a video about this speaker at the same time

[@JeffGeerling]

Haha, yep! I was actually editing this video up until like 30 minutes ago!

[@maxmustermann194]

​@@JeffGeerlingHA Dev stream was still going when those dropped :D

[@shadowbanned4606]

speaker or spyware?

[@lunlunnnnn]

@@shadowbanned4606 speaker. the hardware and firmware is open source, and all the processing can be done locally if you prefer

[@incredible_max]

​@@shadowbanned4606The whole Point of it is to not be spyware. Pretty sure its open source, so you can also make sure yourself and so not have to trust others

[@Zyphent]

Appreciate your view on things. A locally hosted voice assistant has been a wishlist item for me for a long time. I've seen it done, but this looks like a leap in maturity. The big use case for us is in the kitchen - hands free timers while chopping or cooking, or remembering to add something to the shopping list when I use up the last of it. Controlling lights and thermostats is more of a "nice to have".

[@JeffGeerling]

Their stream showed off both of those features in real time! For shopping list they hopefully will integrate with third party software easily, I haven't tested it

[@CristalianaIvor]

so I have homeassistant voice pipeline working here with the atom echo (tiny esp32 smart speaker) the speaker of this thing is terrible, but apart from that it works surprisingly well from time to time it's too frustrating to use, but honestly, I installed it as a joke and to play with and I actually use it every day. For now I mostly have it trigger an automation when I go to bed to turn off the motion sensor triggered lights in my room, but yeah. I'd say the only real downside is that there are not alot of open hardware smartspeakers out there. oh and I have alot of problems with noise (mostly voices) where it stops understanding you, but from what I remember there's another integration you can add to make that less of an issue. Sometimes I have to scream at it a little until it does what I want. but yeah. It's surprisingly useful!

[@morgansm395]

I'm *seriously* excited for this. I'm disabled and smart home and voice control have been transformative for me. Sometimes it's doing things automatically - having my flat put itself 'to bed' whenever I turn my CPAP on to go to sleep, auto-managing my flat's lights if I'm not home. And sometimes it's voice control - timers, shopping lists while I'm checking the kitchen, turning individual lights on and off hands-free. As an example, I can't just turn a light switch on as I move past it without stopping - because I need to remove my hand from my chair controls to do it! Whereas with voice control I *can* do that. I've had mutliple ideas - things like pre-bed checklists of meds and tasks - that also need a voice control I have full access to. I have Alexa devices at present and they integrate clunkily with my automations and I hate the privacy implications.

[@CristalianaIvor]

@@morgansm395 I have not played with it too much yet, but basically with the homeassistant thing you can just put the voice output into the automation itself. you could make an automation that reads your medication list, or join it with your bedtime routine :) I am glad I am not too reliant on it, but I plan on integrating my life more with it, especially around calendars, so my adhd brain keeps ontop of my appointments

[@MNick0001]

I rarely comment and very doubtful you’ll read this. Jeff while I don’t watch all of your videos your knowledge and dedication including your blog posts have helped me significantly solve issues which I have struggled for many hours. Haters will be haters and there will always be trolls. Appeasing the masses while hopeful can never be a reality. Thank you for what you do and from seeing your name and knowledge base/videos show up in other KZbinrs channels siting you I know many people value you and what you do. Merry Christmas and congratulations on the new baby!

[@DigitalPawWorkshop]

If the click bait is on topic of the video and just sparks curiosity, then it is not a bad thing. But if it is just to get people to click on the video and has nothing to do with it, than it is bad.

[@theodorekorehonen]

Like for example if you make a video about the question "do youtubers actually use the stuff they promote" and then ramble on for ages about stuff that is, at best, tangentially related. Usually I expect the title to tell me what the main theme of the video will be or what the question it will be answering - not a lot of grumbling about mean KZbin comments

[@BaileyMagikz]

basically what community guidelines says aslong as its in the video and not misleading the user to think something will happen that didn't then its not clickbait (what jeff does is more word play then clickbaiting, he twists the titles but its still in the name / spirit of the topic following TOS)

[@mahirooyama9424]

Google released a new blog post saying they will take down egregious clickbait videos, if they actually follow through with that is another story.

[@kaitoharrison872]

Just some aditional point to add. Some people would rather title to be descriptive to what the video actually contain. Anything else is a clickbait and potentail tiem waster. I am using de-arrow and it replace the video title with "Testing Home Assistant voice, past project reflection". Not a clickbait title but very descriptive of the video.

[@darrenyorston]

Exactly. For me click bait is either a title, thumbnail or both which isn't in the video proper.

[@AkshatBisht]

As a computer systems researcher working in a university, your videos are very informative and great for me to stay on top of the latest in the SBC world. Thanks for doing the great stuff. Happy holidays.

[@joshtabor3288]

Technically true - the best kind of true

[@JeffGeerling]

Heh.

[@CedroCron]

I commented before I saw the end of the video... Congratulations on the new member of your family. That's amazing! Merry Christmas / All the best for 2025!

[@plica06]

I think he's naming the kid: XKCD 1205.

[@brettwoodruff4288]

Jeff, I work professionally as a Systems/Cloud Engineer and I will tell you that you do an amazing job explaining usecases for these devices, and inspire other to try new things. I love the fact that you don't use click-baity tactics to get views. Hell, I even own a hard copy of your book. Keep doing good things!

[@mikenorfleet2235]

Stay positive man you do great things. I always look forward to seeing your tech projects. Have a very Merry Christmas.

[@RyanMercer]

I probably use 3/4 of the stuff I've shown in my videos and the other 1/4 I've given to friends or family.

[@gromph4]

I'll be honest, I've lost patience with clickbate titles of videos. I'm more inclined to click 'not interested' on a video from a channel that I'm tangentially interested in, if they have a video that pollutes my feed more than once with a title like "You've been lied to about ___" or "The secret best thing about ___".

[@_vicary]

Imagine resisting euphemism, and it comes another one, and another one.

[@paulluce2557]

Or 'Stop buying this' or 'Stop doing this' or any variation on the above.. Irony is one of my favourite channels does this... Its a car channel and the creator is a mechanic of 50 + years experience and is well respected (it would appear so it annoys me when his channel heads up a video like this..

[@mfaine]

Me too. I admit I often rage quit the KZbin app out of frustration that none of the videos have anything to do with their titles. It's deceitful.

[@TulgaD5]

10:00 I'm 100 % on "blame the game, not the player"

[@krikkenstein]

Nice update 😊 What I enjoy most is seeing you enjoy yourself! I really found it fun to see videos that didn’t necessarily interest me but I got to learn new stuff by just trusting you! So please continue doing that!

[@FrancoGrimoldi]

Great video, Jeff! One comment regarding Derek and click-baiting: he's been doing pretty bad click-baiting lately. It happened quite a few times so far and it drew me away from his channel: I clicked expecting something, and I didn't get it. Fortunately, it doesn't always happen but it's been a coin-flip lately. It's not the case with you, even while doing your own baiting, you always deliver and clicking on your content always gets me quality material, meeting if not exceeding the set expectations. Keep it going, we love your channel and we love you 🙏

[@JeffGeerling]

Yeah; his video on clickbait is great. Some of his videos they turn the clickbait dial a little too extreme, and it's hard to even tell what you're getting into.

[@pwkelly]

Another great video. Thanks Jeff! As to some of your comments on future videos: 1. SDR -- Oh YES PLEASE. I too have been doing ADSB on an SDRPlay RSP1A and am looking for other fun things to do, both as pure listening AND in the Ham space. 2. How to videos -- Also YES PLEASE -- it's how I found your channel all those years ago and I really like them. Thanks for the great work on the other channels too--I'm subscribed to them all. Good luck and Happy Holidays.

[@JoshDangerFabean]

A good voice control is a game changer for my family, not so much for me. Without voice control I get "can you open the blinds for me", anyone can go and click the button to raise or lower them, or open home assistant to, but they think it's easier to ask me to do it. With voice controls they can just tell the robot to do it.

[@morosis82]

This is my take also, not everything is better with voice but there are lots of voice commands that I can do while my hands are full or covered in stuff or I'm busy doing something else or whatever.

[@johnhricko8212]

Jeff, I love your brain. I love your sense of sharing. I've learned SO MUCH tuning in! Learning takes time, and following you is a great gift! - if not to the parents, at _least_ the grandkids! mary chursmus!

[@_Turbocat777]

I have been impressed with your efforts and have been loving all your vids and everything you've been doing, I can't say that after some of your recent health scares that I wasn't worried that you might be pushing yourself a bit too hard but as long as you are doing well health wise and everything is all good.

[@brianlinuxing7444]

Super-duper Jeff, really enjoyed it, great content, you were candid and open about the issues, fine by me, Didn't know about Level 2 Jeff, will check out that soon, thank you for such an entertaining approach to tech and good luck with the new baby!

[@youruniquehandle2]

For the technically true but clickbaity titles, I think you do a pretty good job but I personally think Veritasium is one of the worst offenders of clickbaity titles and "I'm correct on a technicality but being controversial drives engagement" videos. I remember Derek made some claims about electricity and the speed of light that are ok-ish in a philosophical reference frame but every physicist and EE I work with disagreed vehemently. He had several back and forth arguments with other youtubers and it just felt like the annoying kid in class who says you only have four fingers because the thumb isn't a finger. That drives me away from a channel. Saying the cm5 changes everything (because it is a vast improvement over the cm4) is fine.

[@JeffGeerling]

I think there's definitely a line to walk there, and I've seen many channels go too far over it... A channel like Veritasium still puts out interesting content that sparks my curiosity, but there are some videos where I go into it feeling a bit deceived. So I definitely understand the complaints, even applied to my own thumbnail/title combos. The key is I try to not deceive, and keep the clickbait dialed to a level I don't feel cringey about.

[@youruniquehandle2]

@@JeffGeerling Yes, Veritasium has interesting subjects and I definitely learn from them but I'm at the point in my life that I don't suffer clickbait or deceptive content. So if a channel burns me a couple of times, I'm out. There's more content out there than I can consume in my lifetime so why waste it on channels that need to trick people into watching? Your channel has had consistently solid content for years, your site and github pages are always full of useful info, and your videos have been extremely helpful for a lot of my own projects. So as long as you don't sell your soul chasing the algorithm you're A-OK in my book.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Let's not forget Derek has a PhD. As James Randi taught us, once the ritual is complete, two statements disappear from the mind of a PhD: "I don't know" and "I am wrong."

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😦

[@plica06]

I love the Veritasium channel but a lot of what he says goes over my head so I don't notice if the thumbnail and title were misleading!

[@HowdyFolksGaming]

For those like myself who were utterly confused by the clickbait discussions in the comments, go to 6:30. Clickbait is not inherently bad. If a title and/or thumbnail of a video entices me to watch it, and the video delivers, it is a win-win. But the clickbait-and-switch is the real issue - and I have never gotten that from you, Jeff 👍🏻

[@beejay7665]

Thanks for doing what you do, Jeff, and congratulations on your newest addition to your family. I found your channel when I started studying my CompTIA certs last summer, and wanted to get more hands-on. Your Pi NAS was my first homelab project (and still running), followed by a pi-hole, and this month, after watching/reading your cluster/drupal content, I successfully built a four pi4 cluster. You paved the way, not just with your technical expertise, but with your common-sense approach that gave me the confidence to approach these projects. Please keep producing your content; you have a loyal and engaged following. And to you and yours (and all who comment on your channel), happy holidays and merry Christmas

[@JeffGeerling]

Merry Christmas to you too, and congrats! (I assume you got the cert?)

[@beejay7665]

@@JeffGeerling Done with A+, pausing Net+ for the holidays. More importantly, enjoying the journey. Best wishes to you and family for the holidays and the coming year

[@JeffGeerling]

@@beejay7665 Awesome! I'm actually slowly working my way through the Network+ book, might try for that cert sometime. It's nice to brush up on areas (like addressing, IPv6, etc.) where I'm lacking in experience!

[@prateeksaraswat1]

I’ve enjoyed so many of your videos. And I love the titles and thumbnails

[@uSlackr]

Merry Christmas, Jeff. Great to see your family grow and your health (apparently) stable. Thanks for the great content! Best of everything in the new year

[@ignaciotomasi]

i'm not sure when i started watching your content, but i know why and it's because it scratches my itch for raspberry pi and computing in general, great content without bs and excessive editing. keep making the amazing content and cheers!

[@roblatour3511]

The bigger question, is do you ever earn back in time the time you spend in setting up and maintaining a time saving automation?

[@JeffGeerling]

XKCD 1205!

[@roblatour3511]

@@JeffGeerling lol - so never then :-)

[@impy1980]

I have an automation that charges a tablet that sits on my desk as my home assistant dashboard, some of it home related, some of it work related, it charges to 80% and turns off, at 20% battery, it turns on, took me like 5 mins to set up, in the few months I've not had to think about it once. I could leave it plugged in, but didn't wanna do that, bad for the battery, and uses constant power. I think it really depends on the automation, how complex it is, and what you wanna do with it.

[@bentubeblu]

@@roblatour3511I’ve been using home assistant for about 9 years, about 6 of those as my main system. With any technology, it evolves and needs adapting to new environments. That said, a lot of my automations that have been priceless are those for monitoring and alerting via a central interface. That is where HASS has been the largest and most impactful self hosted service I’ve ever used.

[@LarryKapp1]

@@impy1980 I just got going on Home Assistant and look forward to the 5 minute projects ! I think I am now over the hump of many hours spent figuring out how it works and how to get going with it. Should be fun and helpful.

[@Matthew19.26]

Just subbed to your other 2 channels, never knew they existed. I love following the channel because it introduces me to new projects I didn’t even think were a thing, so definitely will enjoy going down the rabbit hole for your other channels

[@kushy_TV]

geff jeerling

[@nrdesign1991]

geoff

[@Brahvim]

_Do not the GIF._

[@ChristopherJennings0]

Great video Geoff. To me, what makes your videos great is your sheer variety of random but interesting things. And it's always so obvious that the topic is interesting to you and you put so much effort into them. As long as you do videos about things that you find interesting, it makes great things for us to watch. Keep it up!

[@lexshizumdot2115]

The first video I watched from this channel was "Getting started with Raspberry Pi 5" and I loved it. It was so interesting, it got me interested in computers again.

[@JeffGeerling]

That's great to hear! I think I need to do some more 'Getting started' videos. I haven't done many in the past couple years but I feel like they help people a lot more than 'this is a neat thing' type videos...

[@antonmacarthur]

Hi Jeff, I've been looking into SDR and I have no idea where to start, I personally would love a beginners guide. I am glad you mentioned it. Fingers crossed!

[@hopwon]

Happy Christmas to you Jeff, thanks for ALL of your great content!

[@lifelover69]

Ths vido wasn't weird at all, it was great.Thanks for the rewind and happy holidays!

[@rivimey]

I would definitely like to see more how-to vids, not (just) new-product reviews. It was really good you did a catch-up on everything, it fills out the context i have of the channel and your reviews. Also, Congrats on the new baby!

[@steveiliop56]

Jeff clearly the people unsubscribing don't have any idea on what clickbait is. I have seen a lot of channels sadly lose quality when growing but your channel has grown so much over the years and the quality of your videos is still amazing!

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

The look on Red Shirt Jeff's face when he's about to press the HAL button lmao Priceless

[@tompacker3384]

Always appreciate the transparency of this channel. Keep it up, Jeff!

[@meuk6929]

Merry Christmas to you too Geff, thank you for the content!

[@paulwoodward8265]

Love your channel and your work Jeff. Voice control _can_ be slow and fiddly, but it does have it's uses. In my home, the lighting is usually pretty subdued for a more cosy feel. If I need more light, I can just ask for it, even if I'm sat on the sofa, washing dishes, soldering, dismantling a bike, shaving etc. I can also start/stop music as required. Things should have buttons to control them, absolutely. Yes, buttons are often quicker and easier, but not if your hands are a mess or you're not nearby. Regarding clickbait, well on this platform you have to play the game. But I hold you up as an example of someone who gets the balance right, you have a successful channel and still have your integrity. Keep doing what you do, ignore the haters. (To be fair, the AppleTV one was misleading, but you fixed it). Regarding the PiNAS, I have made one, I love it. Glad that video did well for you. The OMV UI is pretty awful, but I rarely have to use it. It's fast enough, low power, and silent - win all round. There is a market for home storage that is reliable and not as bulky or noisy as a typical NAS. We have partners, they don't want to feel like they live in a data centre.

[@DaM_Cdn]

I would love to see Jeff do some 'tutorial-style' content that shows how to use SBCs to build some Matter / Thread / 802.15.4-based smart home projects, such as building an 'OpenThread Border Router' with a Rasp. Pi + an nRF52840 Dongle (cf. Google's `openthread` project on Github). Or showing how to control an LED light / light strip using an SBC via Matter / Thread. Or perhaps build a little robot using the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super. There's lots of fun little projects you could show people how to build & deploy around their homes with SBCs :) Great work on the channel - keep those videos coming, Jeff! And congrats on the new family member!!

[@TheCerealHobbyist]

Thank you for everything you do, and congratulations on the new bebeh, Jeff!!🎉

[@boringusername792]

Huge thank you for the Getting Started with Ansible series!!

[@CedroCron]

If I think something is Clickbait I will not watch or click on it. I'm sick of that crap. And the Thumbnails that makes it look like a crisis. Give me a break. That is why I watch your channel. No B.S. just straight forward information and cool projects.

[@impy1980]

100% my view, I hate it, and find it very unhelpful.

[@ignaciotomasi]

people complaining about clickbait should get something honest to complain about, this is ridiculous

[@CedroCron]

@@ignaciotomasi Agreed! Like what makes them the police of the internet. Find another hobby!

[@BenMilford]

This is absolutely my view as well. I’m sorry if it hurts some videos that deserve more views, but I’m very tired of what it feels like dishonesty.

[@flamingscar5263]

I've always been of the mindset that clickbait actually tends to lead to better videos because it shows the person cares about their analytics Despite popular belief, clickbait does nothing but harm your analytics of you don't have good content that follows, viewer retention is everything and if your content sucks no one will watch it, with clickbait it's worse for you because if someone clicks only to see the thumbnail and title was bait they will leave instantly, killing your viewer retention, destroying your success in the algorithm This means if a video finds me, and is clickbait, it's probably a good video as despite being clickbait people didn't click off immediately

[@TingFeng77]

I would certainly be interested in the SDR video, I'm also looking into getting into that

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

I'm sorry you feel the click bait comments so much. You always talk openly and honestly about what you are doing. The title is marketing, yes. However it needs to be to keep the lights on. Thanks for sharing so many fun tech ideas. When I get a little time, I often scroll through your channel for a great idea to try. Happy New year when you get there!

[@NPzed]

18:22 I definitely chuckled out loud. Well played! Definitely do again!

[@aleszczynskig]

Merry Christmas Jeff. Congratulations on the new family member.

Your channel and your style of doing it is great in my eyes. In this video I like most that you are very authentic. I think I really hear your personal opinion on things, which I think is most important. It‘s your opinion that gives value, not if that opinion is matching any main stream „religion“ for the topic. Unfortunately it is so hard to find channels like yours on youtube - because youtube seems to want to force exclusively main stream (or very extreme/controverse) content on me. Thanks four your honesty. And remember: the fact that some people are rage quitting is proof that you are providing your own opinion and not just parroting main stream

[@mrthaneb]

Thank you Jeff for your work and shares, honest and interesting content to help the community !

[@jeremybarber2837]

I need to re-watch that Pi5 NAS and build one myself. Thanks for all the work you put out, super helpful.

[@talesmaschio]

Hey Jeff. Electronic engineer here with a long career on digital systems and industrial automation. I consume a lot of content on KZbin and I can assure your channel is among the best of the best. My source of ideas for unconventional uses of systems like the RPi, which I use a lot in the industry. I never saw your video titles or thumbnails as click bait. They’re really not. Just keep it going, I’ll keep watching. And I’ll sub to Level 2 as well. Happy Xmas!

[@TurboJailer]

That clock immediately caught my eye, can't wait for an update on that project! I can see one of those in my future.

[@CouchPotator]

Thanks for clarifying the baby's face was pixelated, I was really confused. :P As the topic of "do youtubers actually use what they promote", it's really helpful when they do, because as a viewer, I learn what's it's actually like to use the stuff. It's easy to say if something is useful or convenient, but hard to prove. Only extended, everyday use can we get the full picture.

[@JeffGeerling]

that's one reason I hope to do 6 month to 1 year follow ups on some projects!

[@TheWebstaff]

​​@@JeffGeerlingso your child is a project?! Jeff, please don't try upgrading their internals. There are laws against that sort of thing.

[@MQZON]

I would love to see more beginner videos. Or intermediate? I found your channel through your old pi bramble blog post, and I'd love to learn more about home networking.

[@DeskPiOfficial]

This is an annual summary? It's excellently done. I really enjoy Jeff's video style and wish you continued success in the new year, with increasing subscriptions. Also, I'd like to extend my wishes for a Merry Christmas to you and your family in advance!

[@lsav1085]

I enjoy your videos and i think you are one of the most trustworthy and honest channels out there (right up there with explaining computers!) Keep doing what you're doing. Happy holidays!

[@m1ket]

I have absolutely zero complaints about Jeff's videos, their titles, or their thumbs. Great content as always. Great great tech guy and seems super genuine. Keep up the great work Jeff. It's been a great year watching your content. You make me want to make the leap and start making tinkering videos.

[@emammadov]

Love your videos, Jeff! Keep up the great work!

[@Deadphyre]

Another wonderful video from Jeff, keep up the awesome work! Also, I've been working on setting up Home Assistant myself with the initial though of setting up my own intercom system between us (the parents) and the kids (when they are in their rooms). Using a few ESP32 devices (Repeaker Lite). May be a cheaper alternative than the HA Voice Assist device but requires more work to get it set up.

[@gjfla4741]

Happy holidays and keep up creating the great videos!

[@russjr08]

Happy holidays to you and your family, Jeff!

[@gregelgie]

You have a great channel for us geeks :). Thanks for all you do. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!

[@esv736]

Keep the good stuff going and ignore negative comments. Yours is one of the nicer, approachable and more authoritative tech channels on KZbin. I have lost count of how many time I have heard the words " Jeff Geerling has covered this matter in much more details, you should go and see the video" by other major "players" in the tech community. Have a happy Xmas.

[@TurboPotato]

This is just a fantastic video. I much prefer your down to earth approach to tech than just about everyone else on KZbin these days.

[@Paddy_Roche]

Merry Christmas Jeff and congratulations on the new baby.

[@michaelbuddy]

Would love to see a video on the ultimate in-car screen, stereo, maps, cameras system. Something again with privacy in mind.

[@ItsTheKris]

Thanks for your dedication, drive, and knowledge. You inspire

[@kyoko703]

Merry Christmas to you and Red Shirt Jeff.

[@RadonManRC]

I have found your videos to be very educational and entertaining. Thank you so much for the information you share!

[@Tj-Pendley-2025]

I actually appreciate you, putting in there "click bait" like clicking advertisements, like it is not your sponsor is why you make your youtube videos, and showing the room where you recorded things, clarifies how "fake" you are not, being real with people is the only way to reach them, just not with a negative ego, with clear crisp voice, I wish i had some sound equipment, and i am hearing your voice clearer on my 4 gb laptop, that is awesome :D, it's not like you just wave your macs around and say haha you cannot play doom 3.

[@Danielddiniz]

@9:19 - don’t worry about Internet says or calls names like “click bait”. Your content is superlatively awesome, as you said the content brings people to computing & open source. The 2024 retrospective here proves how valuable is your work Jeff! Planning to patronizing in 2025!

[@kevlarandchrome]

7:56 That's actually a major sticking point with me now. There's a bunch of music I like from various artists that won't put their work up anyplace but here and streaming services. It drives me nuts, put up a Bandcamp, or even sell me a collectable CD that I can rip to FLAC, I'm not online all the time, and I don't want to be, give me a way to listen to music I like without some "service" in my way.

[@JeffGeerling]

I've started buying tracks on Bandcamp more frequently now, but sadly not everything's available there :(

[@67fabs]

Maybe the American way to think but if you don’t need your Apple TV anymore, you don’t need to thrown it away… just sell it… Like the rest of the hardware you don’t use it anymore just creating a pile of shame … I mean e-waste… give them a second life, and the good side effect, you’ll save some space

[@TimelessX974]

Best wishes for the holidays to you and the whole family from Italy.

[@Martin42944]

I find that the Apple TV makes a great plex player, and works great for KZbin. Technically both streaming, but one is entirely my content.

[@anthonyshiels9273]

Wishing you Jeff, your Family and Friends a Very Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year from Maynooth in Ireland .

[@CocolinoFan]

From Home Assistant? This thing is FOSS? HYPEEE

[@BenInSeattle]

Hype or Yippee? Or Hippie?

[@stevelaw2000]

your ideas sound great. I want to learn more stuff. Thank you for what you do.

[@prince3121]

Jeff your honesty about what you test is really helpful. It especially helps me that you are so cost focused, because hardware in my country in very expensive to import. Keep these cool projects coming. I love your enthusiasm and contribution to your community! 👌😎

[@dozerd42]

You don't have to justify anything Jeff. I love your channel. I at least try watching all your content, even if I end up not liking it and clicking off. I really appreciate your contributions too. There are three people I watch as instructional content to set up servers and PCs, and your channel(s) are one if those.

[@fatteebaddee]

Your not click baiting at all ever. You make it fun and rn the algorithm is making yt creators use pumped up (exaggerated) video titles. You have never been misleading, love your channel ❤

[@cr0ft-2k]

I'm picking up the new Nvidia Jetson thing for $250 so I can do an Ollama LLM at home. I'll spend the 15 watts it draws for that, no problem. The new Nabu voice thingy will be perfect for that. I'm not a huge voice user but I kind of want to be. Mostly I use presence detection, movement detection and door sensors to trigger everything automatically - a smart home shouldn't really need buttons except in some edge cases imo.

[@JeffGeerling]

That little Jetson may be perfect for it! A little pricey, and I *really* wish it had 16 GB of RAM, but it should work out for that!

[@cr0ft-2k]

@@JeffGeerling Yeah, could be better - but it was 500 bucks before, the new one is faster and better and half the price. 15 watts for Ollama beats a honking huge PC with a heat-belching GPU on there. Even though a fast RTX card would also be better of course.

[@JeffGeerling]

@@cr0ft-2k Quite true! We always want more haha.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😧🫡

[@JEdwardsbret]

Jeff, I think you're generally doing a great job. It's a tough ethical and philosophical question. Ultimately, there's a balance that you just need to find between a catchy title and an overly wordy, but 100% accurate title. NOTE: I use catchy here for a reason instead of click-bait-y. I respect a catchy title, but don't respect click-baity...there's a big difference. A catchy title would be a clever way of presenting the main theme of the video without having to give an exact description. As long as you're not deviating from titles to a point where people think you're going to talk about something completely different from what's in the title and description of the video, I think it's fine to find something that will catch audience attention as long as it's close enough that people don't feel like you're misleading them. There's always going to be someone that's unhappy, but if people are feeling that way, then they need to voice it, but it sounds like it's the loud minority. I think most of us love all the rpi stuff you do (and automation and other tech stack stuff). I use your channel to find new things to potentially investigate and implement and/or use in my own software/infrastructure projects. I think you're doing the best job of any tech KZbinr that I've seen and I watch several tech KZbinrs.

[@magnuscarlsson6785]

I like your compromise of a "clickbait title" with a thumbnail that shows what the content really is about.

I'm impressed of everything you manage to do, a true inspiration for me and I guess lot of others as well. Keep up the great work you do, but hope you find time for your kid too. Looking forward to all your future videos and wish you a happy Christmas and good start on the new year.

[@JeffGeerling]

Not just one but 5 kiddos :D Outside of the studio, the kids practically own our time haha.

[@SLMK-rk7ht]

What studio clock is that at 9:26?

[@JeffGeerling]

That's from Masterclock, and it'll be in an upcoming video!

[@rodolfonetto118]

This is awesome! The voice, I mean. I'm making a home automation using Siemens Logo PLCs. and Home Assistant will be moving in with us.

[@gelogia]

Merry Christmas Jeff and family

[@dgchaffin]

Just a thought: for all the old products collecting dust, have you thought about an auction? Focusing on a purpose (non-profit/charity like EFF, big project fundraiser, secret 3rd thing) could drum up support and clear out your shelves for *new* hardware all in one go. I know there's a lot you've gone back to over and over again, but it looks like there's a fair bit of one-and-done in your bins. Love your stuff man, particularly the Geerling Engineering (though I feel like a Geerling Engineerling pun opportunity was missed there...), thank you for your hard work!

[@CristianConsonni]

I also thought of something along the same lines. A charity auction looks like a nice idea. I don't know how much of logistics nightmare it would be, though. Especially if it would involve worldwide shipping.

[@dobcast6009]

People are just not ass smart as you jeff :) i love your videos and none of them are click bait, no matter what your thumbnail looks like im gonna watch it because i know i will learn something in a very easy and entertaining way.. keep up the good work!

[@Jango1989]

Love your videos Jeff! Unlike some other tech KZbinrs who unashamedly throw themselves into clickbait, I've always thought your vifeos were the opposite and did exactly what they said. I think being slightly algorithm conscious is entirely different from click bait.

[@hrenes]

I just like you, you're positive and real. I like listening to you, though I will never build stuff. Never bothered what click bate was. Just do your thing and all's well! Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family!

[@hubertwouts]

still loving your content! keep up the good work!

[@MadMathMike]

I watched that Veritasium video long ago, and it made me *much* more sympathetic to titles and thumbnails that are more attention grabbing than informative. There is still a line that can be crossed (for me), but I haven't seen that here. Thanks for continuing to produce excellent content for us, Jeff.

[@robertsternlieb5532]

Jeff, at 6:38 your hand is covering what looks to be an interesting PC case. Looks like it's aluminum with handles on top and an orange faceplate of some kind. It's on top of the rack/bookcase where the ultimate Pi 5 NAS is located. What is that case? Also, glad you're gonna make a video on that clock. Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks!

[@JeffGeerling]

Video on that fun little thing coming soon!

[@JorgeALXNDR]

you are one of the creators that I consider to not do clickbait. I would say you are just smart of how people think. I always find your titles and thumbnails so sincere and know exactly what the video is going to be about. That makes me click. When I feel the creator is trying to deceive me into clicking with some great misterious thing that I can't tell what it is by thumb and title, I just don't click it. I'm not a fool. If the video was interesting it wouldn't need a crazy clickbait.

[@mitcoes]

No debate. It is your Channel. And thanks a lot and Happy holidays.

[@summer-abc]

Bro it's gangster enough itself that you not only share educational & entertaining project creation videos, but you ALSO actually integrate cool ideas into your workflow - don't mind whatever some people (or mean-spirited bots) say what they gonna say!