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I love your videos and styles! You legit have the best editing and setups ever! Also make a video on Raycon Earbuds! They are basically a glorified scam!
Yeah on top that it look one ads you get that claims your phone been infected. And on top of that it also look like it on Pinterest and scrolling should be able to happen
Yeah and when they mention the “engineer”, it showed footage on one ad for me yesterday a different girl than in the clip I just saw in an ad that played before a vid I watched.
When I see advertisements for products that seem too good to be true I immediately search reviews on TH-cam on them. Thank you for doing this review and being very thorough.
@@MercuryKurogane I don't know about you, but I only get my teeth done by dentist who are famous... The rest are just hard working low life, of the peasant class.
Its obvious that they were referring to the “obsolescence code” being what has likely already infected your phone. Sure, the ad and product are scams that likely dont actually run a thethered jailbreak (what would be required to do what it claims), but this video is also scammy by lying and exaggerating as if the ad wasn’t legitimately scammy enough, that they had to lie to make it even worse
Ken, I absolutely LOVE your videos!!! You’re the best consumer product advocate I’ve seen since the late 1970’s and early 1980’s when David Horowitz used to run a very similar show on TV. Please keep making more videos. You are REALLY helping the lone consumer in a day and age where it has never been more needed! You’re a true American hero!
Remember that the battery charging is controlled by a chip built into the phone. The charger only supplies power for the chip to use to charge your battery. It literally cannot do anything like the claims.
@@nikkiofthevalley My cousin's wife got one of these things and I try telling her the thing can mess up her phone and even catch on fire. But she won't listen and think she knows it all when she doesn't.
I got the commercial for this today, then immediately went on a search to figure out how true/untrue their commercial was. You're a wizard, and did the work for me. Thank you.
8:40 You know what would suck? Your Phone manufacturer going out of their way to make battery replacement as expensive/ tedious as possible or downright impossible so that progressive software updates push you to turn it into e-waste and buy the current year model as soon as possible. Now *THAT* would suck huh?
My Android phone from 2 and a half years ago still keeps charge fine. And it isn't too slow, but running apps for a while does cause a noticeable slowdown. Plus the battery in this isn't too difficult to replace, I only had to do it once when a broken charging block shorted the battery.
yeah, It gets old seeing people put factually substantiated and entirely reasonable claims on the same shelf as "moon landing fake tho" simply because they don't personally think it happened or it goes against mainstream narrative. Unfortunately though, how the word "conspiracy" is used ("I don't think this thing is true") has deviated quite far from the connotation it has. (a thing which is completely and unilaterally absurd and false with such high confidence you can reasonably ignore it) I mean, a few weeks ago (maybe months now) a political associate was found dead in a forest that he had no personal connection to, having "committed suicide" with a shotgun blast *_to the chest_* (not the mouth) AND, yes, AND, a noose around his neck, hanging from makeshift gallows that he supposedly went out of his way to get materials for and construct, using an extension cord as a noose. (so he got wood and shit for gallows, but couldnt be bothered to find a rope for a noose) And that's definitely a suicide, and if you say anything else you're a conspiracy theorist.
Yeah, Ken is a bit of an Apple fanboy, and it's easy to tell when he just brushes planned obsolescence under the rug like it doesn't even exist. There's a reason people say "they don't make em like they used to" -- and this goes for most if not all manufacturers, not just Apple. Mobile phones are one of the worst for it, these companies make money selling you new phones every year, not selling you one phone for you to use for the next 10 years.
That lawsuit joke was pretty good. I will say though, Apple definitely had that one coming due to them not being transparent about throttling the processors to stop iPhones from shutting down unexpectedly. I'd say in practice it seems like a good idea, however their execution, specifically their lack of transparency, is where they really screwed up.
I am not an Apple phone used but i was told that Apple has already admitted that they did in fact slow down access speeds in some of their iPhones and from what I have heard their were forced to fix this induced problem. They did something with the iPhone firmware that reduced the speed to prolong the battery life.
My favorite part of the ad is when they seemingly quote the apple engineer by showing a video of the apple engineer talking and then voicing over what she apparently said. Because they couldn't get that video interview footage from the stock photo model they used. Also iPhones do not support Qualcomm Quick Charge yet the ad showed footage of it plugged into an iPhone.
@@diakounknown1225 newer Apple devices use USB-PD, a similar technology, but an open standard that everybody is going toward, generally. I have an Anker that does both in my bag so yay.
this came up on an autoplay playlist i put on to fall asleep 2 years later and i had forgotten all about that and almost choked hearing him come up as the key to figuring shit out lol
I recently purchased 2 of these chargers because of the advertisement. I believe at the end of the ad the gal said that "if you are not satisfied for whatever reason...we will give you a 100% refund no questions asked". I was wondering if that part is true.
1:25 Ohhh. I see what they're doing. They're trying to use "Epic" in that phrase as just an adjective to push whatever they're trying to say. Realizing most that will fall for this, have probably never heard of "Epic", the game company.
"The updates are part of the planned obsolescence, causing your device to act up". This part is absolute truth. EDIT: To clarify, software updates will break your device's functionality when a company wants you to upgrade. This was started by Microsoft, and is now in place with many companies. Windows Millennium worked perfectly fine as long as it was never updates. Same with Vista. Android phones will remain fast as long as updates are disabled. Is your phone slow? Do a factory reset and do not allow internet access until you have shut down updates. It will be fast for years.
@@Bobspineable the hardware doesnt (except battery life) its just the software that gets worse with each update (not just system updates but also app update can effect the entire system)
All of this crap is offshore (aka China). The addresses can be in China, the videos on a server in China. By the time anything is done the scammers have made their money and gone onto the next one. You have to be an educated consumer to avoid these scams. Many people are not and will believe anything.
I got an ad for another swamp cooler masquerading as a portable air conditioner. Twice! These scams/false advertising products sure do love to be near you. Thank TH-cam algorithm!
I just saw the ad for this product 10 seconds ago and had to look up what people are saying. I was laughing through the whole ad. It was a bold faced lie from start to finish. Who is that guy in the ad? How is he not getting sued?
I remember coming across this ad not too long ago, and literally laughing throughout its entire duration. It’s like they string together totally unrelated (potential) problems and say a charging brick can fix them. Don’t even get me started on the unlimited clean drinking water thing that apparently uses no energy. My heart couldn’t take it. I should start making ads stating a roll of generic toilet paper can prevent colon cancer, heart disease, and aging in general while keeping your pets water bowls clean.
You could make your own gravity fed charcoal water filter that uses no electricity at all. The only real limitation is having to replace the charcoal every so often when it gets 'full' of the impurities.
Why do these "young enterpreneurs" always have no morals or ethics for doing their stuffs? Why would these scammers stooped *THIS LOW* to convince people to buy their stuffs? It unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) smeared people's name like Mayuko and Jarvis, eventhough they're in absolutely no way involved with it. Is this a morale crisis or something??? 🤦🏻♂️
Because the same people who view their phone as a bootloader for facebook (or whatever social media they glue themselves to )are the ones who think you can make a device that can violate all known laws of physics.
I thank you for this video. I watched it in detail and also did some investigating of my own. Do you have any recommendation to fight against "Planned Obsolescence"?
The Apple “Battery Gate” fallacy @7:00 highlights how a big company can get away manipulative tactics without addressing how some of the products reviewed in this series attempt to do similar things.
Who is the woman in the new BoltzPro ad? I never saw the old ad, but the new ad really looks legit. The only reason I didn't trust it is because I knew the technology is literally impossible.
Awesome content. Some disagree with your message regarding the planned obsolescence conspiracy. This video has made me start thinking about it from a new perspective. Subscribed.
My phone supports QuickCharge 3.0, and I think it takes like an hour to charge to 100% from empty (using an Anker QC 3.0 charger). I usually charge it up when I get up in the morning, and when I'm ready to go, the phone lasts all day on its charge :)
Been using anker for a good 5 years now. I have my first charger block still works. And it handles the voltage differences between my phones well enough. Under an hour too charge my A70. Under three hours too charge the A70 and a Samsung s10. I believe it's a 10 anyway, haven't checked not actually mine
@Ghastly Toast Quickcharge is a feature some chargers have and some phones support. This is just a relevant topic to the video. How is that an ad bruh. It's not even promoting a specific brand.
Quick Charge 3 is actually robust enough that always charging on a QC3 charger has no appreciable affect on battery lifespan in real world applications. Realistically speaking, if you avoid over-discharging, and if you aren't a overly-heavy user your phone will likely have another component fail purely due to age before the battery shows any appreciable wear. Over discharging is what kills modern phone batteries, not over-charging
I got scammed out of 75$ once for a fake "go pro" like camera that ended up being a 15$ POS, and they used almost identical sales tactics. Great points mentionned in this clip, fake web presence in the form of articles coupled with clearly ficticious product reviews are the biggest tells I found. Great clip 🙌
Great episode. Thank you! Just wish you had taken the extra step to disassemble the device and show there are no parts inside other than those related to charging.
A legit claim that would actually improve battery life would be that the charger is super slowly charging your phone overnight at like 2% per 10minutes ( 6*2 = 12% per hour, 8h of sleep *12% per hour = 96%). The last few percentages are being charged at normal speed the last half hour before you set your wake up alarm (or when you start using your phone before that alarm). Something like this would be a lot better and actually work.
The 1Plus phone does that: plug it in at night, and it gives a message explaining that it is charging very slowly to maximize battery life and planned to finish charging by 6AM. I think it automatically adapts based on usage habits, but links to a configuration option.
I'm not sure how many generations back this feature goes, but iPhones from at least the 11 onward have a feature where they'll learn when you normally unplug them from the charger. They'll stop charging at 80%, and then resume charging in time to finish right before you'd normally unplug it. I think it's absurd that you can't set that time manually, but it's a nice feature nonetheless.
On the subject of planned obsolescence - it's important to note that while this product is obviously a plastic box full of lies, planned obsolescence is a very real thing that causes very real problems. Many companies(especially larger ones) have undesirable business practices such as PO, and they generally get away with it by distracting you with deceptive PR or a new shiny product. Apple and, to a smaller extent, Samsung are both guilty of it. That's why things like Right to Repair are so important - the more we let them get away with, the harder they squeeze our wallets.
I'm one for loving debunking and such, and these videos are cool nuggets. However Apple is such a bad actor when it comes to repairability that I cringe a little when someone tries to position planned obsolescence as a conspiracy theory / tinfoil hat.
I would just never want an Apple phone or computer. I can only imagine the struggle it would be to get my files back from those if they ever break. It is not like it is a hard drive or SD card you can plug into another computer. I could honestly imagine someone mentioning SD card to someone at Apple and getting a completely confused look back like what the hell is an SD card.
Yeah this was the video that showed this guy's true colors of being an Apple cult member. There were hints of it in some of his previous videos, but this one he let it all hang out.
@@therealmistermemer He mentioned that they did get sued over one shady thing... pretty dismissively, to be honest. He also treats batteries dying as pretty clearly a situation of 'oh well, better buy a new phone' being the only reasonable solution, when if it wasn't for phone manufacturers actively fighting against right to repair and adding features that have at times been proven to quite literally destroy your phone rather than allow you to fix something as simple as a dead battery it would be exactly what it was previously: "Welp, battery's getting old, time to buy a new one!" to be clear, for what the channel ACTUALLY IS, a teardown of scam products, it's really good. Just kinda a shame that when something like this that is legitimately a problem in the space comes up that it's treated like this.
I would like to see a video on the new freedom phone, it claims to be a privacy phone made in the USA but as far as we can see, it’s a rebranded Chinese phone. All the software on it can be used on any android phone
I think they updated the ad recently because they no longer show the charger at the start of the video, and they also added a section that claims that the charger contains "advanced AI" that "reprograms your operating system to peak efficiency" or some such similar nonsense.
"This is my life now." I was drinking when that came up. Just recovered from a 2 minute coughing fit from laugh-inhaling my drink. Thanks, Ken. No, seriously, thanks for this series - I've shared links to the various scam buster videos of yours to many less-than-savvy family members.
Ken, you need to do a new year's episode where you take all the scam tech you have reviewed over the last year, give a three-minute recap on it, then destroy it all with a hammer.
The reasons why these companies exist is because the consumers exist. Except for childhood, I have never purchased a product or service because of a TV ad. I hated all ads and still do. I have however made purchased advertised in a well-written copy that doesn't seem like an ad.
You’re a national treasure. First rate video and detective work. I bought this thing and they sent me two of them, for $40. I was hoping it would change faster. It does not. And it gets hot. I’m going to try to file a claim with BBB or something to get money back, product is total crap. Thanks for your great review.
The first time I saw an ad on this product, I thought “huh, neat” and moved on. Second time I caught that “mobile company legal teams trying to stop this,” I thought if they were, they’re basically admitting that the planned obsolescence IS real, effectively shooting themselves in the foot. So I did some searching and found this video.
Ken, the one thing I didn't like about this video was your dismissiveness towards the class action lawsuit against Apple Yes $25 is practically meaningless, but it's about sending a message to Apple and any other tech giant, telling them that they can't get away with non-transparent bs.
It had other advantages beyond that as well in that it forced Apple into actually replacing the faulty batteries for free instead of charging and refunding those unfortunate enough to have paid when their phone was still under warranty. This wasn’t just a normal degradation issue, it was a fault that often occurred well within one year of ownership. I was lucky in that I know batteries and told the store manager that if he would put it in writing that the battery wasn’t bad after he saw the phone immediately power off, then I would pay and promptly sue. Unfortunately many people paid them the full price before this change not knowing better. If Apple didn’t make these changes you can bet the payout would of been a LOT more then $25.
what I love about the "replaces your phone's operating system" is an Android OS, generally is around 6 GB, and every device has a slightly different OS. So the amount of storage you would need to shove into the charging brick would be insane
As a flip, could you review top of the line official chargers and products as a one off vid? We bought a new iPad and the charger that came with it seems amazing, so would love to see a cost comparison :D
If you like the performance of that charger I would recommend you buy more of them for your phones and or other devices that are compatible with that charging speed apart from your ipad.
8:52 that actually happened with my old iPhone 6 from years ago, but the battery in it was so cooked i needed to carry a charging battery with me at all times.
i saw the ad for this product before a different video. immediately i backed out and searched this to see what kinda scam it is🤣 i’m so glad i found this channel. Subbed instantly!!!
But can you honestly address the claim that every time there is an upgrade it's working to downgrade your phone to get you to buy the new one. That totally sounds like something that I could believe. We should be allowed to not have to take the updates
I was going to say thank you for helping the boomers avoid these scams, but so much of your content is well beyond boomer protection, I LOVE scam busting, and checking out dodgy products. So thank you, and well done. (Subscribed).
Another half-true: Quick Change 3.0 requires communication between devices and charger to make whole process adaptative: - Hi I'm QC 3.0 charger - Good! Give me 12V @ 2,6 amps. ... - Good! Now slow down to 0,6 amps
I'm calling it now. With how deep he dives into scams, in 5 years we'll see Ken actually wearing a tinfoil hat and when he says "Let's just take our tinfoil hats off." he'll still do the gesture and continue wearing it the entire video. Haha.
When I see the clip of the "apple engineer" and it is of Mayuko's I was like... "Waaaaiiit a sec, Mayuko is Jarvis's Friend cause I know her from him" And lo and behold. My Mans there 😂 Absolutely hilarious that the scammers used her video
I just got a version of the ad that claimed “former apple employees” had banded together to defeat the “planned obsolescence” of our phones. They specifically said not to update your phone. Also, they kept showing the same 5 seconds of some Veritasium video.
I am thankful for your video exposing this scam man. I almost bought one of these last night but, fortunately thought of doing some research before charging my card. I did not buy. Thanks Ken!
Thanks for keeping us informed on these scam commercials And I keep seeing another commercial it’s not tech related but it’s for a Traxxas RC store shutting down and everything is marked down to 80% off I see it in my TikTok commercials
Thank you for making this video!! I immediately suspected this company, as I do most EVERY PRODUCT TH-cam advertises as REVOLUTIONARY, especially when they use the same scheme of "Engineer Leaves Successful Company" or "High School Dropout Engineer's Revolutionary Money-Saving Device". I all but knew this had to be another scam, and what do you know, your video was the very first thing I found after a solid-second of research.... Cheers, Mate!
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I love your videos and styles! You legit have the best editing and setups ever!
Also make a video on Raycon Earbuds! They are basically a glorified scam!
A nice vid
@@thedoge7182 thank you : )
:)
It’s “psych” not “sike.”
The real red flag is when they use a stock footage of a man swiping up a click to agree prompt.
I did spotted that when i was watching that
Yeah on top that it look one ads you get that claims your phone been infected. And on top of that it also look like it on Pinterest and scrolling should be able to happen
Yeah and when they mention the “engineer”, it showed footage on one ad for me yesterday a different girl than in the clip I just saw in an ad that played before a vid I watched.
The *real* red flag is they're using iPhone :-p
When I see advertisements for products that seem too good to be true I immediately search reviews on TH-cam on them.
Thank you for doing this review and being very thorough.
Same here!
Can we get one on the “brush your teeth in less than 10 seconds with this revolutionary toothbrush” ad I’ve been seeing for the past year?
Is that the one that was "built by a famous dentist"
This, yes, the led mouthguard xD
@@MercuryKurogane I don't know about you, but I only get my teeth done by dentist who are famous... The rest are just hard working low life, of the peasant class.
That handsfree full mouth electric brush?
Brushing only takes like 2 minutes or less if you do it right. Are people really that lazy?
The moment I saw an ad for this I immediately searched it hoping you'd have a review. Glad you did!
"There's a 90% chance your phone is already infected with this!"
With badly photoshopped images!? GET EM OFF!
Its obvious that they were referring to the “obsolescence code” being what has likely already infected your phone. Sure, the ad and product are scams that likely dont actually run a thethered jailbreak (what would be required to do what it claims), but this video is also scammy by lying and exaggerating as if the ad wasn’t legitimately scammy enough, that they had to lie to make it even worse
Those are some great eyes you have.
@@ilearncode7365 Isn't it obvious that we're joking to the ad?
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have fun
no it's not among us gameplay
Ken, I absolutely LOVE your videos!!! You’re the best consumer product advocate I’ve seen since the late 1970’s and early 1980’s when David Horowitz used to run a very similar show on TV. Please keep making more videos. You are REALLY helping the lone consumer in a day and age where it has never been more needed! You’re a true American hero!
Remember that the battery charging is controlled by a chip built into the phone. The charger only supplies power for the chip to use to charge your battery. It literally cannot do anything like the claims.
Only thing it can do, is either supply no power, supply enough power, or supply so much it fries the phone.
@@nikkiofthevalley My cousin's wife got one of these things and I try telling her the thing can mess up her phone and even catch on fire. But she won't listen and think she knows it all when she doesn't.
@@jerryg7391 this is one reason you should never marry your cousin.
@@freshbrad1354 That was a very dumb thing to say....
@@freshbrad1354 🤣🤣🤣
I got the commercial for this today, then immediately went on a search to figure out how true/untrue their commercial was.
You're a wizard, and did the work for me. Thank you.
8:40 You know what would suck? Your Phone manufacturer going out of their way to make battery replacement as expensive/ tedious as possible or downright impossible so that progressive software updates push you to turn it into e-waste and buy the current year model as soon as possible.
Now *THAT* would suck huh?
My Android phone from 2 and a half years ago still keeps charge fine. And it isn't too slow, but running apps for a while does cause a noticeable slowdown.
Plus the battery in this isn't too difficult to replace, I only had to do it once when a broken charging block shorted the battery.
@@Bobspineable get a whole twenty bucks for your phone. Unless it has even a slight amount of damage than they’ll give you nothing.
yeah, It gets old seeing people put factually substantiated and entirely reasonable claims on the same shelf as "moon landing fake tho" simply because they don't personally think it happened or it goes against mainstream narrative. Unfortunately though, how the word "conspiracy" is used ("I don't think this thing is true") has deviated quite far from the connotation it has. (a thing which is completely and unilaterally absurd and false with such high confidence you can reasonably ignore it)
I mean, a few weeks ago (maybe months now) a political associate was found dead in a forest that he had no personal connection to, having "committed suicide" with a shotgun blast *_to the chest_* (not the mouth) AND, yes, AND, a noose around his neck, hanging from makeshift gallows that he supposedly went out of his way to get materials for and construct, using an extension cord as a noose. (so he got wood and shit for gallows, but couldnt be bothered to find a rope for a noose) And that's definitely a suicide, and if you say anything else you're a conspiracy theorist.
Yeah, Ken is a bit of an Apple fanboy, and it's easy to tell when he just brushes planned obsolescence under the rug like it doesn't even exist. There's a reason people say "they don't make em like they used to" -- and this goes for most if not all manufacturers, not just Apple. Mobile phones are one of the worst for it, these companies make money selling you new phones every year, not selling you one phone for you to use for the next 10 years.
Learn to replace your own and stop whining. Literally nothing happens if you replace iPhone batteries, I’ve had it done over 5 timed
That lawsuit joke was pretty good. I will say though, Apple definitely had that one coming due to them not being transparent about throttling the processors to stop iPhones from shutting down unexpectedly. I'd say in practice it seems like a good idea, however their execution, specifically their lack of transparency, is where they really screwed up.
Man just scanned for Jarvis Johnson! That’s funny asf never would’ve noticed it!
Lol😂
I so so so hope he makes a video about this lol
I just got that ad and saw Jarvis too
wtf lmao
LOL I’m still laughing my ass off
I am not an Apple phone used but i was told that Apple has already admitted that they did in fact slow down access speeds in some of their iPhones and from what I have heard their were forced to fix this induced problem. They did something with the iPhone firmware that reduced the speed to prolong the battery life.
It literally showed the ad you’re tearing apart before the video. 😂😂😂
Lmao
That's awesome 😁
TH-cam tries to show you shit it thinks you're watching/enjoying with big fails sometimes. 😂
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Jarvis just keeps crossing over to every channel I watch, this truly is the Johnson Cinematic Universe
My favorite part of the ad is when they seemingly quote the apple engineer by showing a video of the apple engineer talking and then voicing over what she apparently said.
Because they couldn't get that video interview footage from the stock photo model they used.
Also iPhones do not support Qualcomm Quick Charge yet the ad showed footage of it plugged into an iPhone.
And that's because Iphone does not use Qualcomm! I think. That's what I remember.
@@diakounknown1225 newer Apple devices use USB-PD, a similar technology, but an open standard that everybody is going toward, generally. I have an Anker that does both in my bag so yay.
As soon as they mentioned that the “former Apple engineer” created this charger, it’s a sign of red flag 🚩 🚩 🚩
Here because I just got this ad and thought it was absurd so I wanted another person's input. Happened to find a channel I really like in the process!
Glad you released a video on them so I won’t have to see the ad anymore when they go into hiding
Thank you! I am a senior and almost fell for this scam, but I checked with my son and he said no, don’t buy it. This can’t possibly work as it says.
The biggest plot twist in this story was Jarvis Johnson being included somehow.
right????
First the sinking of the Titanic and now this? He can’t keep getting away with this!
this came up on an autoplay playlist i put on to fall asleep 2 years later and i had forgotten all about that and almost choked hearing him come up as the key to figuring shit out lol
I recently purchased 2 of these chargers because of the advertisement. I believe at the end of the ad the gal said that "if you are not satisfied for whatever reason...we will give you a 100% refund no questions asked". I was wondering if that part is true.
1:25 Ohhh. I see what they're doing. They're trying to use "Epic" in that phrase as just an adjective to push whatever they're trying to say. Realizing most that will fall for this, have probably never heard of "Epic", the game company.
no, thats definitely not what they're doing lmao. They're just trying to make it seem like Apple is in court testifying because it's shady
I was going to say that same thing. real good manipulation of words on their part.
This is worse than 12 year old fortnite noobs.
Epic, the game company? Is that the company behind Fortnite?
@@ryanpascual9598 Fortnite, the Unreal shooter series, the Unreal Engine, as well as the Epic Games Store, yes.
"The updates are part of the planned obsolescence, causing your device to act up". This part is absolute truth.
EDIT: To clarify, software updates will break your device's functionality when a company wants you to upgrade. This was started by Microsoft, and is now in place with many companies. Windows Millennium worked perfectly fine as long as it was never updates. Same with Vista. Android phones will remain fast as long as updates are disabled. Is your phone slow? Do a factory reset and do not allow internet access until you have shut down updates. It will be fast for years.
Yes to a point but old hardware is always eventually gonna fall way behind and modern websites are made like shit
@@Bobspineable the hardware doesnt (except battery life) its just the software that gets worse with each update (not just system updates but also app update can effect the entire system)
We should have stronger consumer protection laws in this country.
But but but fReE mArKeT and pErSoNaL rEsPoNsIbIlItY
All of this crap is offshore (aka China). The addresses can be in China, the videos on a server in China. By the time anything is done the scammers have made their money and gone onto the next one. You have to be an educated consumer to avoid these scams. Many people are not and will believe anything.
@@garfieldsmith332 So when we see these scam ads on TH-cam, the videos are coming from TH-cam's servers - you're saying their servers are in China?
@@izzieb TH-cam should have better ad screening.
@@izzieb Just Taiwan, actually.
Crazy Ken, thank you for the work that you do in uncovering all these scams out there.
I got an ad for another swamp cooler masquerading as a portable air conditioner. Twice! These scams/false advertising products sure do love to be near you. Thank TH-cam algorithm!
Better buy now. Supplies are limited.
@@I.C.Weiner Yep, those two pallets worth at my Wal-mart(and home depot and lowe's and... and...and) were really moving.
Remember, they're giving it away at a 50% discount to get the word out, but there's only a few left.
remember to put a timer somewhere in the video!
Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻
I also noticed problem with the advertisement. I also noticed language mistakes in their written descriptions
First thing I got was an ad for the Arctos Portable AC, will keep you cool, using a glass of cool water.
Dude same lol
Me too. I guess they'll take any publicity they can get
Same here
Same here too
Same here, and I was about to comment about it too lmao
I just saw the ad for this product 10 seconds ago and had to look up what people are saying. I was laughing through the whole ad. It was a bold faced lie from start to finish. Who is that guy in the ad? How is he not getting sued?
I remember coming across this ad not too long ago, and literally laughing throughout its entire duration. It’s like they string together totally unrelated (potential) problems and say a charging brick can fix them.
Don’t even get me started on the unlimited clean drinking water thing that apparently uses no energy. My heart couldn’t take it.
I should start making ads stating a roll of generic toilet paper can prevent colon cancer, heart disease, and aging in general while keeping your pets water bowls clean.
Oh but TP can do that - only if you buy it from ME for $37.95 which is half off it’s regular price
I’m literally watching this ad right now LOL
You could make your own gravity fed charcoal water filter that uses no electricity at all. The only real limitation is having to replace the charcoal every so often when it gets 'full' of the impurities.
Why do these "young enterpreneurs" always have no morals or ethics for doing their stuffs? Why would these scammers stooped *THIS LOW* to convince people to buy their stuffs? It unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) smeared people's name like Mayuko and Jarvis, eventhough they're in absolutely no way involved with it. Is this a morale crisis or something??? 🤦🏻♂️
Silicon Valley
because big business has no morals or ethics, allegedly.
Because the same people who view their phone as a bootloader for facebook (or whatever social media they glue themselves to )are the ones who think you can make a device that can violate all known laws of physics.
@@mariatelos I missed the day where there were real standards for business practices 😔
Because there’s no shortage of dummies who will buy this based on this ad.
I laughed when TH-cam published an ad for a _Blau Swamp Cooler_ before your video started. These trolls are flat out of control.
I thank you for this video. I watched it in detail and also did some investigating of my own. Do you have any recommendation to fight against "Planned Obsolescence"?
I love seeing an ad and going
" oh he's gonna have a field with this"
The Apple “Battery Gate” fallacy @7:00 highlights how a big company can get away manipulative tactics without addressing how some of the products reviewed in this series attempt to do similar things.
I find it hilarious that I got the ad for the charger on one of Ken’s videos
I got a swamp cooler ad!
Who is the woman in the new BoltzPro ad? I never saw the old ad, but the new ad really looks legit. The only reason I didn't trust it is because I knew the technology is literally impossible.
"This is my life now,"
And we love you for it! Keep up the videos bud, really enjoy them. 🤓♥️
Thanks for product reviews/exposés like this because these dang scam ads are everywhere
The bird watching through the charger killed me, thanx for that , loved it💗
Awesome content. Some disagree with your message regarding the planned obsolescence conspiracy. This video has made me start thinking about it from a new perspective. Subscribed.
Lmfao, the ad at the start of this video was "ArctosAC" and its one of those swamp coolers that "can cool your whole house"
Same hahaha
Same here. The irony was not lost on me.
Bet it's another "the same product" scam like Blaux one
Haha, Same here!
Its soo small too. Like a swamp cooler that can theoretically cool your whole house is the size of a big air conditioner.
I’ve been getting this ad forever, and I’m glad he is finally addressing this.
My phone supports QuickCharge 3.0, and I think it takes like an hour to charge to 100% from empty (using an Anker QC 3.0 charger). I usually charge it up when I get up in the morning, and when I'm ready to go, the phone lasts all day on its charge :)
Anker is the way to go
Been using anker for a good 5 years now. I have my first charger block still works.
And it handles the voltage differences between my phones well enough.
Under an hour too charge my A70.
Under three hours too charge the A70 and a Samsung s10.
I believe it's a 10 anyway, haven't checked not actually mine
I recommend using a normal speed charger when you can. Charging the battery faster wears it down faster. 👍
@Ghastly Toast Quickcharge is a feature some chargers have and some phones support. This is just a relevant topic to the video. How is that an ad bruh. It's not even promoting a specific brand.
Quick Charge 3 is actually robust enough that always charging on a QC3 charger has no appreciable affect on battery lifespan in real world applications. Realistically speaking, if you avoid over-discharging, and if you aren't a overly-heavy user your phone will likely have another component fail purely due to age before the battery shows any appreciable wear. Over discharging is what kills modern phone batteries, not over-charging
I love your reviews & sense of humor! THANK YOU for a good laugh & also valuable info !!!
_Aha_ Ken, you missed it with the "Epic court battle" - The narrative is trying to say the court battle was epic, not that it was _against_ Epic.
I got scammed out of 75$ once for a fake "go pro" like camera that ended up being a 15$ POS, and they used almost identical sales tactics. Great points mentionned in this clip, fake web presence in the form of articles coupled with clearly ficticious product reviews are the biggest tells I found. Great clip 🙌
That's not even B-Roll. That's Z-Roll. (D-Roll didn't want a hand in that.)
more like S roll, aka S is for shit
Great episode. Thank you! Just wish you had taken the extra step to disassemble the device and show there are no parts inside other than those related to charging.
A legit claim that would actually improve battery life would be that the charger is super slowly charging your phone overnight at like 2% per 10minutes ( 6*2 = 12% per hour, 8h of sleep *12% per hour = 96%). The last few percentages are being charged at normal speed the last half hour before you set your wake up alarm (or when you start using your phone before that alarm).
Something like this would be a lot better and actually work.
The 1Plus phone does that: plug it in at night, and it gives a message explaining that it is charging very slowly to maximize battery life and planned to finish charging by 6AM. I think it automatically adapts based on usage habits, but links to a configuration option.
@@JohnDlugosz Wouldn't be suprised if 99.99% of people turn that off, and then complain about low battery life.
@@nikkiofthevalley I always turn it off :D I do not charge my phone while sleeping
I'm not sure how many generations back this feature goes, but iPhones from at least the 11 onward have a feature where they'll learn when you normally unplug them from the charger. They'll stop charging at 80%, and then resume charging in time to finish right before you'd normally unplug it.
I think it's absurd that you can't set that time manually, but it's a nice feature nonetheless.
On the subject of planned obsolescence - it's important to note that while this product is obviously a plastic box full of lies, planned obsolescence is a very real thing that causes very real problems.
Many companies(especially larger ones) have undesirable business practices such as PO, and they generally get away with it by distracting you with deceptive PR or a new shiny product. Apple and, to a smaller extent, Samsung are both guilty of it. That's why things like Right to Repair are so important - the more we let them get away with, the harder they squeeze our wallets.
I'm one for loving debunking and such, and these videos are cool nuggets. However Apple is such a bad actor when it comes to repairability that I cringe a little when someone tries to position planned obsolescence as a conspiracy theory / tinfoil hat.
I would just never want an Apple phone or computer. I can only imagine the struggle it would be to get my files back from those if they ever break. It is not like it is a hard drive or SD card you can plug into another computer. I could honestly imagine someone mentioning SD card to someone at Apple and getting a completely confused look back like what the hell is an SD card.
Didn't they get successfully sued for it a while ago
Edit: just finished the video and this was mentioned lmao spoke too soon
Yeah this was the video that showed this guy's true colors of being an Apple cult member. There were hints of it in some of his previous videos, but this one he let it all hang out.
@@AJSHOPE he did mention it though?
@@therealmistermemer He mentioned that they did get sued over one shady thing... pretty dismissively, to be honest. He also treats batteries dying as pretty clearly a situation of 'oh well, better buy a new phone' being the only reasonable solution, when if it wasn't for phone manufacturers actively fighting against right to repair and adding features that have at times been proven to quite literally destroy your phone rather than allow you to fix something as simple as a dead battery it would be exactly what it was previously: "Welp, battery's getting old, time to buy a new one!"
to be clear, for what the channel ACTUALLY IS, a teardown of scam products, it's really good. Just kinda a shame that when something like this that is legitimately a problem in the space comes up that it's treated like this.
just got this ad again and started doing research. glad i found your channel, i hope more people find these videos
I literally had an ad for this before this video
1:19 I think they thought the text was using epic as an adjective, which is just hilarious.
I would like to see a video on the new freedom phone, it claims to be a privacy phone made in the USA but as far as we can see, it’s a rebranded Chinese phone. All the software on it can be used on any android phone
I think they updated the ad recently because they no longer show the charger at the start of the video, and they also added a section that claims that the charger contains "advanced AI" that "reprograms your operating system to peak efficiency" or some such similar nonsense.
And the woman is different now.
"This is my life now."
I was drinking when that came up. Just recovered from a 2 minute coughing fit from laugh-inhaling my drink.
Thanks, Ken.
No, seriously, thanks for this series - I've shared links to the various scam buster videos of yours to many less-than-savvy family members.
I always thought you had more than 300,000 subscribers and was surprised to find out otherwise. You deserve much more!
Ken, you need to do a new year's episode where you take all the scam tech you have reviewed over the last year, give a three-minute recap on it, then destroy it all with a hammer.
"Hight-tech technology"
Ah yes
High technology technology
Woah, JARVIS JOHNSON? And SILVER THE HEDGEHOG? This video has everything!
The reasons why these companies exist is because the consumers exist. Except for childhood, I have never purchased a product or service because of a TV ad. I hated all ads and still do. I have however made purchased advertised in a well-written copy that doesn't seem like an ad.
I remember geting this ad a few days ago when I was watching TH-cam.
done watching rerez's duke nukem flopever review and got this
Great video. I saw the ad and was immediately suspicious so found your video to get more info. Well done.
Just for a change of pace Ken. I want to see you review actually WORKING tech products that deserve more love.
What fun would that be? 😆
I just saw a commercial for this for the first time the other day and was going to tell you it needed an episode
Congrats on the 300K Subs Ken!! Another great video!
Thank you : D
You’re a national treasure. First rate video and detective work. I bought this thing and they sent me two of them, for $40. I was hoping it would change faster. It does not. And it gets hot. I’m going to try to file a claim with BBB or something to get money back, product is total crap. Thanks for your great review.
The first time I saw an ad on this product, I thought “huh, neat” and moved on. Second time I caught that “mobile company legal teams trying to stop this,” I thought if they were, they’re basically admitting that the planned obsolescence IS real, effectively shooting themselves in the foot. So I did some searching and found this video.
TH-cam quick to censor "fake news" but never censors false advertising.
Love these types of videos, keep them coming.
You are such a great detective! Thank you for your public service
Ken, the one thing I didn't like about this video was your dismissiveness towards the class action lawsuit against Apple
Yes $25 is practically meaningless, but it's about sending a message to Apple and any other tech giant, telling them that they can't get away with non-transparent bs.
It had other advantages beyond that as well in that it forced Apple into actually replacing the faulty batteries for free instead of charging and refunding those unfortunate enough to have paid when their phone was still under warranty. This wasn’t just a normal degradation issue, it was a fault that often occurred well within one year of ownership.
I was lucky in that I know batteries and told the store manager that if he would put it in writing that the battery wasn’t bad after he saw the phone immediately power off, then I would pay and promptly sue. Unfortunately many people paid them the full price before this change not knowing better. If Apple didn’t make these changes you can bet the payout would of been a LOT more then $25.
what I love about the "replaces your phone's operating system" is an Android OS, generally is around 6 GB, and every device has a slightly different OS. So the amount of storage you would need to shove into the charging brick would be insane
As a flip, could you review top of the line official chargers and products as a one off vid? We bought a new iPad and the charger that came with it seems amazing, so would love to see a cost comparison :D
If you like the performance of that charger I would recommend you buy more of them for your phones and or other devices that are compatible with that charging speed apart from your ipad.
8:52 that actually happened with my old iPhone 6 from years ago, but the battery in it was so cooked i needed to carry a charging battery with me at all times.
I did not expect Jarvis Johnson to show up in this video!! I love his videos
i saw the ad for this product before a different video. immediately i backed out and searched this to see what kinda scam it is🤣 i’m so glad i found this channel. Subbed instantly!!!
The monocular thing nearly had me dying, bc i couldn't stop laughing.
But can you honestly address the claim that every time there is an upgrade it's working to downgrade your phone to get you to buy the new one. That totally sounds like something that I could believe. We should be allowed to not have to take the updates
I had a Motorola phone that lasted over 10 years. Then stuff started changing so yes the planned obsolescence is true
I was going to say thank you for helping the boomers avoid these scams, but so much of your content is well beyond boomer protection, I LOVE scam busting, and checking out dodgy products. So thank you, and well done. (Subscribed).
I was getting ready to buy one as soon as I saw the commercial .. Then I was blessed with your video
2:22 didn’t know Jarvis worked for apple, he really did do his best
That what I'm sayin!
It frustrates me so much that TH-cam keeps showing me their scam ad. I've first reported it like a year ago. It's still running
6:19 yeah umm there’s also a Patreon shirt
Another half-true: Quick Change 3.0 requires communication between devices and charger to make whole process adaptative:
- Hi I'm QC 3.0 charger
- Good! Give me 12V @ 2,6 amps.
...
- Good! Now slow down to 0,6 amps
Good video though you'll never get me to take off my tin foil hat! Nice try, I'm onto you...
Usually a TH-cam ad plays and I barely notice, but about 10 minutes ago it played and my jaw dropped at how blatant a scam it is.
I'm calling it now. With how deep he dives into scams, in 5 years we'll see Ken actually wearing a tinfoil hat and when he says "Let's just take our tinfoil hats off." he'll still do the gesture and continue wearing it the entire video. Haha.
Just saw an ad for this device. It so sad that people actually put that much effort into making scams. Also sad that people fall for them.
When I see the clip of the "apple engineer" and it is of Mayuko's I was like... "Waaaaiiit a sec, Mayuko is Jarvis's Friend cause I know her from him"
And lo and behold. My Mans there 😂
Absolutely hilarious that the scammers used her video
Yeah, it was a fun time digging into this one. 😆
Literally got an ad for an identical product on this video
I just got a version of the ad that claimed “former apple employees” had banded together to defeat the “planned obsolescence” of our phones.
They specifically said not to update your phone.
Also, they kept showing the same 5 seconds of some Veritasium video.
Thanks for this! Was on the verge of purchasing but watched your video and was delivered from being suckered. “Bad form” on the scammers!
Thanks for the VERY INFORMATIVE REVIEW AND HEADS-UP! It's people like you that save others heartache and money!!! Much respect to you and your work!
Thanks for the video. I was thinking about getting one. The wife and kid's said it was a scam also. So I looked it up and found your video.
I am thankful for your video exposing this scam man. I almost bought one of these last night but, fortunately thought of doing some research before charging my card. I did not buy. Thanks Ken!
Thanks for keeping us informed on these scam commercials And I keep seeing another commercial it’s not tech related but it’s for a Traxxas RC store shutting down and everything is marked down to 80% off I see it in my TikTok commercials
Thank you for making this video!! I immediately suspected this company, as I do most EVERY PRODUCT TH-cam advertises as REVOLUTIONARY, especially when they use the same scheme of "Engineer Leaves Successful Company" or "High School Dropout Engineer's Revolutionary Money-Saving Device". I all but knew this had to be another scam, and what do you know, your video was the very first thing I found after a solid-second of research....
Cheers, Mate!