Here is my 5 pence on the GN issue.
I criticised them during the Intel events, as I felt there was too much speculation to get clicks, taking advantage of the situation, and when they made the claims about oxidation and so forth, there was no hard evidence, just claims from people who wouldnt put their name to it. My response to that was we stick to facts, so yes I did criticise GN somewhat.
This EK video is different as there is actual data being presented, and people who spoke out publically, Steve did admit he had no proof those consultation invoices were being paid or not, so bear in mind even though those invoices exist, we dont actually know if that has been paid, although the CEO did defend the invoices to employees, indicating they probably were being paid. There was also a bit of putting the pieces together to tell a story, as always with this sort of thing everyone can interpret things how they want, decide if they think its not accurate, or too much blowing up of something just to make content, thats fine, although there is some in this thread who are acting like they are shareholders of EK or something. I am not even sure how the posters would know sales have dropped sharply the few days after the video, I expect EK dont publish that sort of information on a daily basis. This was my first thought when I read the claim the first time "how do you know their sales numbers, who are you poster".
Bear in mind uninformed consumers could end up buying a water block, then within 6 months there is no EK, so there fore no product support/warranty. In worst case some might even pay for one and never receive it at all.
