Summary
Overview
Linus and Luke discuss their ambitious plans to become an ISP by setting up co-location infrastructure, which could save $400,000 over five years. The show covers major tech topics including YouTube's increased monetization requirements, Meta's $942 million penalty in New Mexico, Google Play Store opening to third-party app stores, and various AI developments. Linus also announces an editorial pivot for LTT toward more personal, varied content and reveals upcoming 40th birthday celebration events.
Becoming an ISP: LMG's Infrastructure Revolution
Linus and Luke reveal an extensive infrastructure project where they're essentially becoming their own ISP to save massive costs. The plan involves co-location data centers, $65,000 in network switches, purchasing IPv4 addresses, and potentially providing internet service from their own infrastructure. This decision is driven by dramatic price increases from cloud providers like OVH (up to 87%) and other services (20% increases), with the entire project potentially saving $400,000 over five years despite the significant upfront capital expenditure.
- OVH hosting announced potential price increases up to 87% for some services
- One company service increased bills by 20% for the upcoming year
- The co-location project includes purchasing two enterprise switches totaling approximately $65,000 CAD
- LMG purchased 256 IPv4 addresses for around $7,000, which could be resold if needed
- Project has 12-month break-even point and could save $400,000 over five years
- They almost bought IPv4 addresses from Canada Post before finding a cheaper option
" If it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in. So it's going to be on by default. "
" 400 grand over five years. Like literally more than half of it is just from the OVH payments. "
" We could literally just be like welp I guess we're on Rogers now and just not lose internet. "
LTT Content Pivot: From Structured Format to Personal Interest
Linus announces a significant editorial shift for the main LTT channel, moving away from rigid content categorization across different channels toward simply making videos about whatever interests him personally. This includes everything from his badminton training machine to family projects like phone repairs with his daughter, his braces journey, and building his dad's custom copper-pipe PC case. The change reflects adapting to current market conditions where computer hardware content is struggling while more personal, varied content performs better.
- LTT will pivot from structured content types to whatever Linus personally wants to make videos about
- Battery replacement video with daughter reached almost 1 million views despite being unconventional content
- Linus ordered an $8,000-9,000 badminton training machine (8025A) for personal use and content
- Plans to document braces journey including review of 3D printed ceramic brackets that 'suck'
- Will build dad's custom copper pipe PC case with Asus ROG anniversary board featuring copper accents
" I'm 40, baby. "
" This is the kind of content that before I kind of decided okay it's just going to be whatever I'm doing today we wouldn't have uploaded because I would have been like oh I don't know if there's enough meat on this bone. "
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