He reviewed the current state of affairs for Fisker buyers, which is valuable to prospective buyers. What do you suggest Fisker should have paid him for? Change the narrative?
Now it is probably too late - but yes - before the review - carefully manage, pamper, and pay.
I disagree, I prefer when reviews are not bought and paid for. Whenever I find out a reviewer is doing paid reviews I know to disregard everything they say because objectivity is gone.
That is the trick of tech influencers; they pretend they are not getting paid. But they are.
Why would they, if they can profit more from delivering a review that is not aligned with the manufacturer? Case in point.
They get paid in access - you cant make a review if you dont have products to review.
(and envelopes full of cash of course)
Note that this submission is again a counter example. The manufacturer withheld the product and asked the reviewer to wait, the reviewer got access to the product themselves.
Every other review on the channel - manufacturer supplied and supported - is glowing with praise.
No it's not, at least not exclusively; I recall a rolls royce video where he complained that the car has short range.