At first I was like "well, this is obviously marketed toward retards, they deserve it, who cares."
Then I learned a bit more, and it seems they're marketing toward children. Yeah, these fuckers can rot in Hell.
"Predatory and Evil" seem apt descriptions. You could argue that people engaging with them should know better - and I completely fucking agree - but it's still ultra shady, and they deserve to get called out.
It gets worse. NZXT CEO puts out a response blaming the customers for being confused and blaming the influencers for misleading the customers. Then the influencers came out and started blaming Steve for calling them out. Saying "it's not our job to vet the company". This whole thing has been cringe, yet amazing.
Quick edit: this whole thing falls on NZXT. There should be an investigation, but I doubt any agency will step up. I also never expect TikTok influencers to research what they're advertising because they don't know and can't comprehend half the things they talk about. It's beyond me how so many people actually watch and follow them.
At first I was like "well, this is obviously marketed toward retards, they deserve it, who cares."
Then I learned a bit more, and it seems they're marketing toward children. Yeah, these fuckers can rot in Hell.
"Predatory and Evil" seem apt descriptions. You could argue that people engaging with them should know better - and I completely fucking agree - but it's still ultra shady, and they deserve to get called out.
Absolute yikes.
It gets worse. NZXT CEO puts out a response blaming the customers for being confused and blaming the influencers for misleading the customers. Then the influencers came out and started blaming Steve for calling them out. Saying "it's not our job to vet the company". This whole thing has been cringe, yet amazing.
Quick edit: this whole thing falls on NZXT. There should be an investigation, but I doubt any agency will step up. I also never expect TikTok influencers to research what they're advertising because they don't know and can't comprehend half the things they talk about. It's beyond me how so many people actually watch and follow them.
The CEO's name is probably named "Lei Lo" considering his face.
Wish we had journalists in the mainstream media that had the same kind of autistic dedication to politics like Steve does with tech.