LTT is incredibly corporate (+ a private jet??), Mrwhosetheboss is super AI-pilled (generated “hand painted” wallpaper of him and wife? Really?), Marques has his own controversies (e.g. exceeding highway speeds in a school zone, wallpaper app cashgrab, etc. + he does not seem to have any concept of value or budget), Gamers Nexus has their own problems (e.g. they claimed how Matrix could be Israeli spyware, with the source being a poorly received Reddit comment), etc.
Wendell from Level1Techs is still quite good and relatively out of controversy, perhaps because he doesn’t target a general audience like the above? Veronica Explains (Linux and adjacent topics) and Jeff Geerling (primarily self-hosting and networking bits) are also great in their niches. Salem Techspurts (the greatest technician to ever live) and Hugh Jeffreys both cover topics relating to right to repair and they make interesting videos around vintage electronics as well!
Are there any other good tech creators that are not super corporate, not AI-pilled, and outside of controversy?
I enjoy apalrd very much, down to earth, deep dive, no bullshit explanatory videos mostly about networking.
Mend it Mark
is like adorable, mealtime video, tech repairs.
An example fix of a Technics SL1210
That man is living his best life, and I’m here for it. I fucken love Mend it Mark.
You’re describing a ridiculously wide swathe of tech topics.
I’m guessing you’re going to tell me these people fail a purity test of yours, but content creators have to put out a LOT of content and it’s very likely one of their videos will be off. The question is not if a creator makes a mistake or a bad call, but how they respond to it.
- Right-to-repair: Louis Rossman
- Anti-AI: Ed Zitron (The Tech Report?)
- General mockery: SAMTime, occassionally Angela Collier
Also that guy that made rat neurons play Doom.
Thought Emporium, for those curious.
Based on this, I recommend electroboom.
Is anything interesting happening in technology?
Seems like all the headlines are either AI related or consumer slop. So any creator following current news is going to struggle to stay relevant.
DankPods
everyone is gonna fuck up at least a tiny bit over years-long careers like these.
I dislike Jeff Geerling for his past homophobic religious blog posts. And I haven’t seen him apologize for them or make any sort of positive or supportive remarks about queer folks, ever, so I can only assume he still holds bigotry in his heart.
I adore Alec from Technology Connections. Maybe not the kinds of tech you’re referring to, but he and his videos are SO good.
Ohhh that makes sense… Somehow… about Jeff Geerling. He always felt off to me in a way I couldn’t put my finger on. Guess now I have a proper reason not to watch him.
Also yes Alec is fantastic.
I like Snazzylabs. He got me to 3D print my first planer headphones.
Bringus Studios
BRINGUS
Wendel is big on AI and won’t shut the fuck up about it.
People say that it’s ok because he pushes for “local” ai. My brother in christ, local AI is expensive af and those models were also trained with unfathomable amounts of stolen data. How can anyone in their right mind support that?
This suggestion is probably out of scope, but I like most of Dr. Ian Cuttress’ videos on “TechTechPotato.”
He follows up and coming chip architectures and fab technologies.
Some of his content is blatantly sponsored though.
All I watch is CRD and tech connections. Level headed smart folks.
Technology Connections is awesome! The man can make dishwashers and ceiling fans sound interesting
LaurieWired does some interesting, if very niche, stuff on C++ programming techniques. I also enjoy some of Dave’s Garage (thinking of his recent video on CAN Bus architecture); I don’t love the generative graphics he sometimes uses but his lecture-style videos are very tightly-written and well-delivered. His interviews with Raymond Chen and Dave Cutler were great as well (and it’s nice to hear about the days before Microsoft became a slop factory).
You might enjoy Cathode Ray Dude; he doesn’t really do general tech videos (they’re more like TechMoan, deep dives down unique rabbit holes), and his release cadence is definitely that of a one-man operation, but I really like his presentation style and depth of research.
JamesChannel is great for gaming and electronics shenanigans
Bringus Studios. The entire channel is a treasure trove of information for hacking electronics.
Uwos Labs. Run by a former R&D guy. Not exclusively tech, but lots of good information.
