I watched that response video from LTT (posted about 10 hours ago - sorry, I was working), and uh ...
What a little creep. He can willfully ruin the reputations of other companies, but Christ forbid that someone speculate as to his "careless" handling of a prototype (which he proceeded to drag through the mud even though he knew and ADMITTED he didn't use it correctly).
Then, he goes on to say that people were "accusing [him] of sweeping it under the rug" - yeah, you did by saying you didn't "sell" it, you "auctioned" it off with the same aloofness one would hand over a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. After that part, he says there was ONLY a delay of 2 business days. How many weeks have gone by without Billet getting back either the waterblock or GPU they sent? Didn't they say it was about 9 weeks yesterday? Why did Linus think it was a good idea to smear the company for faulty test results and never apologize for that ON TOP OF "auctioning off" the waterblock and never returning the GPU?
At every turn, Linus, you've shrugged off responsibility - Linus' entire segment was about moving the goalposts (i.e. "I maybe screwed up A LITTLE BIT, but take a look at what people are saying!") and blaming other people (hint to Linus; for future reference, YOU as owner and operator of a company are responsible for what your employees DO, regardless of how you feel about it).
Right at the ass end of his segment, he goes on to apologize for the review of the waterblock and the spiel he posted on the forums. This should have been the only response he made - the first two minutes of his segment were deflecting and accusatory towards others, and really fucked up public perception of him. Only the final minute of his three minute segment was worth a damn. He's like Ernest Hemingway - he needs a good editor like Max Perkins to sift through his personality disorders to make it worth sitting through.
The only apology I will accept is from Luke, and it was (in my mind) completely unnecessary, because I don't think he had any direct control over all of this shit. Yvonne had a smirk on her face. Fat baldy cracked a joke that was unfunny and lent the entire segment a lack of sincerity. New CEO man was weird-looking and I found that I couldn't maintain eye contact with him. Gary (the head of labs) didn't offend me save that his Brian Posehn impersonation could be in poor taste.