Comments by "Beer_Dad" (@Beer_Dad1975) on "Marques Brownlee" channel.

@htannberg Check out the frontal impact footage - this thing is a deathtrap both inside and out - no wonder they aren't even going to bother trying to sell it in Europe, it'd never meet the minimum requirements.
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I just watched the frontal impact footage at 35mph - yikes looks horrific - even worse the rear passengers have only the most basic airbags.
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@htannberg No, seriously go look at the footage and compare to the same impact on a Model Y - it's night and day, the people in the Cybertruck would be messed up bad - especially the rear passengers who don't even seem to have a full set of airbags!
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Had a guy turn up in a Mercedes G63 to give me a quote on digging a hole for a swimming pool once... as always I got 3 quotes - his was a whopping $4000 more than the next most expensive. Needless to say I didn't go with him - the guy I did give it to was driving a F150. The hole came up fine.
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@barackobama4552 See the one that compares it with a Model Y (admittedly the Y is one of the safest cars on the road) - you can see how much the crash dummy's are hurled around in the Cybertruck compared to the Y, and how the Y has a full suite of rear passenger and all airbags deploy very quickly, whereas the Cybertruck seems to have minimal airbags for the rear passenger, and the airbags in general are very sluggish to deploy. The rear dummies end up with extremely hyperextended necks and backs in the Cybertruck. There is also a video that compares with another truck (Dodge Ram I think?) - but it's not really a good comparison as the other truck is only a partial frontal impact.
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@MrTimeless101 First time fitting bull bars to the front of a truck would actually make it safer for pedestrians!
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I didn't listen to it, it had a convenient progress bar so just jumped to the end of it.
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@BrettBabione I think they axed the people that really knew what they were doing and kept the ones that pretend they know what they are doing. Seems to be happening a lot in the corporate world at the moment.
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@Ajhart11 I was going to say "Not the worst" - but then I actually tried to think of some that were worse for a bit, and I couldn't think of any.
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@zumptt In Nascar they have a full roll cage, 6 point harness, neck padding and helmets - they can't really move around much to hyperextend things, and if their head hits something it's pretty well protected. Re-watching that cybertruck video makes me wonder if the airbag and seatbelt pretensioner module is faulty or slow as the airbags take a long time to deploy, and the rear passengers in particular don't seem to have much in the way of pretensioning if any at all. I wonder if they have installed standard impact sensors, and those impact sensors are just not coping fast enough with the extremely rigid body to deploy the safety systems quickly enough.
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Funny I've owned Google phones since the Nexus 6P, but that's the only one I've bought that appears on the list - just replaced my Pixel 6 with a Pixel 9 Pro - was going to get the Pixel 8 last year, but the economy was just to ** to upgrade from the 6 when t he 6 was still fine.
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@Jesusvanegas94 I've only started watching him recently - but I can't see much if any bias for anything - he (and presumably his team) seem to be very balanced and rational.
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@Google_Does_Evil_Now The only people I know who choose an iPhone are the kids (because having a really expensive phone is cool, even if it's a bit shit at most things) and old people (because they need it to be the same in almost every way as their last phone)
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Just upgraded from my Pixel 6 to the 9 Pro - which does feel like a good, chonky upgrade - but I do wonder if it would feel the same if I'd bought the 6 pro 3 years ago? And my god, the price! I thought the 6 was expensive back in 2021! Used turning 50 next week as an excuse to spend SO MUCH MONEY on a phone. Guess I'll get something if I sell the Pixel 6.
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It's not that easy though, WiFi standards are not designed to be particularly power efficient like Bluetooth - so if you put a WiFi system in your headset, don't expect more than a few hours of battery life - either that or a heavy ass headset full of batteries.
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@CinePhil101 It is puzzling for sure, considering how crowded the premium noise cancelling wireless headset market has become in the last couple of years. Still, I am considering buying them - I think I'll hold off for a bit though and see if they can fix the app, because right now it's driving me nuts.
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@htannberg But they are still charging people for a self driving system that doesn't work at all and has injured hundreds of people and killed quite a few. I mean, VW is a far more mature company, and they are evil as all buggery, literally poisoning people for profit. You can't expect any major corporation to always act mature or ethical - comes down to corporate culture, and when your CEO is a swindling crook like Elon, the culture is probably pretty rotten.
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Always disappointing not to see the Technics EAH-800 listed in the top branded headsets - they are definitely up there with the Sony's - I cross shopped them and bought the Technics, because on sale they were a bit cheaper, and to my ears they had better noise cancelling and sounded better for the music I like. Also better battery life. Maybe they aren't sold in the US or something?
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