YouTube clickbait strikes again!

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No, I’m not linking it. But I’ll tell you EXACTLY what it says.
“DEUS2 UPDATE! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW UP FRONT”
If you were a D2 owner as many here are, and knowing that there is a much anticipated update coming very shortly, what would you do? Would you click on it?
I‘m posting this thread here because most people looking at this section are just normal, everyday people who are hobbyist hunters and they’re NOT “makin‘ that money” off of it. Guys who are monetizing their channel off of absolute dogsh*t clickbait like this really rub me the wrong way. You can go find it if you want to see it, it is pandering to the lowest common denominator, and that is that people, in general, tend to be trusting.
The laughable part about this fellows channel is that he doesn’t even appear to be an experienced detectorist. He sure botched the video in question, ain’t gonna compete with the Skill School anytime with that!
And no, I don’t want to hear the classic “don’t watch it if you don’t like it”. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about somebody who carves out their channel as being a “trusted source” and then hangs their hat on this TURD of a title. HE knows he’s deceiving people with it, it has 2.8k views. The fact he knows what he’s doing is what bothers me the most. Have some damn integrity for Christ’s sake!
 
No, I’m not linking it. But I’ll tell you EXACTLY what it says.
“DEUS2 UPDATE! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW UP FRONT”
If you were a D2 owner as many here are, and knowing that there is a much anticipated update coming very shortly, what would you do? Would you click on it?
I‘m posting this thread here because most people looking at this section are just normal, everyday people who are hobbyist hunters and they’re NOT “makin‘ that money” off of it. Guys who are monetizing their channel off of absolute dogsh*t clickbait like this really rub me the wrong way. You can go find it if you want to see it, it is pandering to the lowest common denominator, and that is that people, in general, tend to be trusting.
The laughable part about this fellows channel is that he doesn’t even appear to be an experienced detectorist. He sure botched the video in question, ain’t gonna compete with the Skill School anytime with that!
And no, I don’t want to hear the classic “don’t watch it if you don’t like it”. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about somebody who carves out their channel as being a “trusted source” and then hangs their hat on this TURD of a title. HE knows he’s deceiving people with it, it has 2.8k views. The fact he knows what he’s doing is what bothers me the most. Have some damn integrity for Christ’s sake!
I have to admit I have been sucked into more than a couple of them myself. Only to realize I just wasted 10 or 15 minutes of my life for an opinion or speculation and not the information promised in the title. When it happens I just make a note never watch another one of their videos. I feel your need to rant Kevin, it can piss you off. Take care. Mark
 
I have to admit I have been sucked into more than a couple of them myself. Only to realize I just wasted 10 or 15 minutes of my life for an opinion or speculation and not the information promised in the title. When it happens I just make a note never watch another one of their videos. I feel your need to rant Kevin, it can piss you off. Take care. Mark
I get that it’s not easy to make a video that is completely watchable and full of absolute correctness. But when there is deliberate deception from a “trusted source” I’m gonna let them know it isn’t right.
 
For Deus newbies, what Scott put in his Deus 2 Update What You Need To Know Upfront video is basically good information. He forgot to mention (or doesn't know???) that if a person has made custom programs, those settings need to be written down because those programs will most likely be erased during the software update.
 
So the video isn't as bad as the OP claimed? Good to know. I guess some people are just angry at the world and need to rant...
 
So the video isn't as bad as the OP claimed? Good to know. I guess some people are just angry at the world and need to rant...
I didn't think the video was good or bad. Like the OP mentioned, I too was hoping that there would be some info about the update itself and maybe a release date, not just about how to prepare for it. There was no information about the update itself or what would be included in it. So, I fell for the click bait if that is what it was.
 
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