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Nov 2023
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dbrand x Casetify Lawsuit - WAN Show Nov...

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

0:00 Chapters

1:23 Intro ft. Lots of merch messages due to Black Friday

2:15 Topic #1 - dBrand & JRE's Zack sue Casetify over skins

4:25 Casetify's similar series, internal scan shortcut, lower quality, LTT reference

12:33 dBrand cares about the tech space, legal action, x-ray case, iFixit's tweet

16:53 Casetify's HQ, funny FP comment on "identical," Linus on cost of x-ray

20:25 Casetify's collabs, Luke finds a duped image, Linus wanted to sit on this

23:02 Linus discusses Zack's video with Luke

26:34 LTTStore's Black Friday deals

31:30 LTT is now 15 years old! Sarah's hoodie & shirt design, callbacks

34:22 Tom Arnold remade the logo from NCIX era, other callbacks

37:05 Merch Messages #1

1:05:28 Topic #2 - Sony files a patent around "quicksaving"

1:12:36 Topic #3 - Folding@Home's great month

1:16:55 Topic #4 - Ubisoft implements pop-in ads in old games  

1:20:56 Sponsors

1:26:44 Merch Messages #2

1:26:50 Should I not buy TVs during Black Friday?

1:29:03 Handling the soulless aspects pushing an add-on purchase ft. NCIX, Best Buy

1:40:59 Do you think season-based games will outperform traditional games?

1:51:03 Topic #5 - Sam Altman returns after 95% of OpenAI threaten the board to resign

1:55:10 Topic #6 - PLEX's Discover Together feature sends summaries of friend's activity

1:59:08 Luke looks at Plex's CEO LinkedIn, Linus's perfect world scenario

2:06:25 Luke mentions opt-in & Linus's deal, Linus on Luke's movies, Hackers, actors

2:25:22 Discussing The Cable Guy, The Boondock Saints, The Starship Troopers

2:27:26 Linus couldn't watch The Room, Disaster Artist was based on a true story

2:30:12 Linus hasn't watched many bad movies ft. Ghost Dan Cam

2:30:55 Dan mentions My Neighbor Totoro, compares to Spirited Away

2:36:26 Topic #7 - Google Chrome's Manifest V3

2:39:36 Topic #8 - Nothing reversed course and removed the Blue Bubble & Sunbird

2:40:42 Topic #9 - EU enforces rules for parts, repairs, removal of software blocks

2:43:12 Dan shows off funny case stickers, unable to respond to merch messages

2:46:52 Linus tells Luke about profits from Black Friday, more sales soon

2:50:05 Merch Messages #3

2:50:35 Has LTTStore tried to work with stocking Vessi?

2:51:16 Where do you draw the legal line on what topic to cover?

2:54:38 Which would Linus spend $2M on: Nevera, LTTStore B&M, OLED Ally or new merch ideas?

2:56:13 Would you get into non-tech experiences? Changes in LMG with new CEO? Old game quirks you miss?

2:57:34 When was the last time you broke something and thought you'd never recover?

3:00:26 Luke's trip to Japan ft. Pokemon, drifting, foods, merch messages

3:05:52 What scams you can catch but others fall for?

3:07:38 If Casetify sponsored you to wrap the Taycan, would you still stick to Warzone?

3:09:36 Hairbrain tech? ft. Editor's den, Linus's case idea, Luke's inverter

3:16:22 Best deal you've ever gotten? Film adaptation of FFVI?

3:24:48 Have you listened to the Black Mages yet? LTT x dBrand series collab?

3:26:55 If you direct Creator Warehouse's budget towards making one product, what would it be?

3:27:54 Scariest software vulnerability you had to deal with? ft. Musical LMG, Steam Deck

3:35:17 Has insider knowledge ever changed the way you use a service? ft. Note's Stylus

3:38:28 What LTTStore items were the catalyst that blew the store up?

3:39:30 A game you played with a big flaw that doesn't let you say it's perfect?

3:41:46 What music does Linus listen to, and did Beat Saber change his taste?

3:49:31 Outro ft. Outro fails trying to load 400 messages

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