They admitted it in their own video… GN also showed emails that came direct from the company.
https://youtu.be/0cTpTMl8kFY?t=800
From LTT’s own video. They show an email from “Felix”
I’ll transcribe so you’re not wasting time trying to pause the video if you’re on mobile or something. Bold is my edit.
Right. We Originally said you could keep it because we thought it would be good for you to have it for future builds - it wasn’t so you could sell it (whether for charity or not). Then when Linus clearly didn’t like it, we asked for it back and you agreed. That was a [redacted] prototype and we’re a very small company. Do you plan to reimburse us for the money it cost? You agreed to send it back and we planned our finances accordingly. This is not okay at all."
Edit: For completeness. The redacted portion was the cost of the prototype itself.
Thanks. Yeah sounds like a shitty situation and a shitty thing Linus did. I guess what I am trying to get across though is to me it still sounds like it wasn’t “official” in professional business terms.
When I used to work in an office they were constantly going through legal battles. Nothing at all should be settled by voice and handshake. Official business ime is just as cut throat as street business. It’s crazy. I’ve seen both worlds and don’t really like either. Both feel so inhumane and evil.
Hopefully Linus makes good of this and helps them out… Since he should know what it’s like for business to have growing pains.
Nothing at all should be settled by voice and handshake.
Good thing it was email :) And yes, I would consider emails exchanged between Colton and Billet Labs to be sufficient for court… Although I’m not a lawyer, and could be woefully wrong.
Hopefully Linus makes good of this and helps them out… Since he should know what it’s like for business to have growing pains.
I certainly hope LMG comes good on it at least financially. But I can’t help but wonder who the block was ultimately sold to and if that block won’t make it to another company who can beat the smaller company to market with their own design.
If LMG is the reason this company can’t make it to market, when otherwise they would have been a great new component manufacturer… That hurts ALL of us in the community.
