I’m Legally Obligated to Disclose This - Framework investment on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2021–2022.
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Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips discloses that he has invested in Framework, the modular repairable laptop maker. He explains his reasoning and the commitments he is making to viewers about future coverage.
HN cites it as Linus's own explanation of why he invested in Framework and why outside investment suits a hardware company.
“Linus (Tech Tips) has a good video about why external investment is useful”
5 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Linus (Tech Tips) has a good video about why external investment is useful: ▶ this video , but he's talking about a hardware company, which is probably different to a software one. Skip to around 5:00 to get to topic.
in “Ask HN: Why is raising money from VCs worn as a badge of honour?” · View on HN
Not that I agree with the characterization, but they might be referring to Linus Sebastian of Linux Tech Tips, who invested a bunch of money into the company: ▶ this video
in “Bringing the Framework Laptop to more of the world” · View on HN
Linus (Tech Tips) talks about how much money would be involved, and going full retail seems to be... very hard: ▶ this video
in “Modern mainboard for traditional T60 ThinkPad” · View on HN
It's gotten a bit more media attention recently as Linus (of Tech Tips/YouTube fame, not Linux/Git fame) has made a rather large investment in them and has been talking about them a lot on his platforms. ▶ this video
in “New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012” · View on HN
From his latest video where he disclosed / explained his philosphy in investing into Framework. > ▶ this video
in “The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used” · View on HN