I have to agree, Linus makes me cringe, I can't bare to watch his videos. I did watch the one he did a while back on the Ubiquiti Powerbeam which was barely more than an unboxing, but that video (along with most of them) demonstrates he really doesn't have all that much technical knowledge. While he isn't what I'd call "clever" in a technical sense, he's clever in how he has created and marketed his image and channel. He appeals to a certain audience, but my opinion is, that audience isn't your engineers or highly tech-savvy user. His material seems to be targeted at those in their teens/early 20's who just want to watch "cool shit". The majority of his content seems to be based around whatever free crap manufacturers will throw at him.