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> More helpful product reviews written by experts

This translates to "more YT videos made by our content-creators", right? Searching for "macbook pro m2 reviews" gives me 5 YT videos at the top, all repeating the same stuff over and over again and (no offense) made by people who aren't really experts. Or are they?

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Tech reviews online are largely useless. Just like the "shocked face" thumbnail, reviewers have realized that their viewers want entertainment more than they want a review. So the video largely ends up being an infomercial with a lot of product shots, rehashing of specs and largely generic opinions.

It's the internet. Everyone is an expert!

(/s, if it wasn't blatantly obvious.)

What's funny in this specific search for macbook reviews is that the well known websites which really have interesting information AND dig deep in the product specs AND have been there for more than 2 decades are not even on the front page. It's literally just the ones repeating the stuff I can find in Apple's landing page, but rephrased by some copywriter.

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