Yes, they could’ve get rid of it by, I don’t know, returning it to them. As they promised in writing they would do. That’s theft. Mistakes are human, this was negligence. They knew they made a mistake and doubled down, and made it worse. It’s not trivial, it’s theft and corporate espionage if the prototype landed in the wrong hands. I don’t get how can anyone lick the boots of a hundred million company by minimizing their negligence and unethical actions.

You sound like the kind of asshole that borrows shit from friends, sells it instead of returning it, and then gives a bunch of whiney excuses about how much you needed the money or that it was just lying around for so long. And then get upset at others for liking you less because it’s not like you stole from them.

Yup you’re a moron.

They are a startup, it’s their prototype, LTT had loan of it, not ownership. Most companies that do this end up broke after the lawsuit and my god I hope Billet presses this one for all LTT are worth.

It matters because that was a one off prototype that probably cost thousands to manufacture. Even the lost time and opportunity cost of LTT keeping it for months can absolutely kill a company’s chances. It doesn’t matter if it was irrelevant to the LTT audience, or if Linus thought it was a stupid product. It was made by two dudes who wanted to see something brought into the world that didn’t previously exist.

No one bats an eye at $800 artisan keyboards, even if they function the exact same as a $50 one. They look cool, or they feel nice, or whatever justification people make to themselves. It’s not for one influencer to decide “this is stupid, I want you to make something else”