YouTuber TechteamGB claims that MSI has tried to prevent it from posting a negative review of one of its laptops by bribing it with money. If true, this information again compromises the integrity of this company, which has already been called into question on numerous occasions by malpractices such as this.
It must be said that, at this time, it is unknown if these actions were carried out by the same company or if they are the work of a dishonest public relations employee, but in any case it would be linked to the company in some way and therefore So much, it speaks for him.
Not a few users rely on product reviews from trusted and independent sources to make informed purchasing decisions, and in fact this is why many websites do reviews: to be able to tell you firsthand and impartially how It is and how a product works, be it good, regular or just bad.
Unfortunately, it seems that some manufacturers (or public relations people, as many large brands work through agencies) are not willing to accept negative reviews that denote the problems, failures or shortcomings of their products. Proof of this is that the TechteamGB tech youtuber posted via his Twitter account that MSI tried to pay him not to post a negative review of his MSI Bravo 15 laptop.
The YouTuber posted a video review of the MSI Bravo 15 that pointed out the numerous flaws and poor quality of the brand's laptop, including its disappointing display, poor thermal performance, and poor-quality trackpad build quality. Before publishing the review, he contacted MSI to confirm his findings, so that he could find out if the laptop "is like this" or if he just got a defective unit. However, MSI's response was - according to the Youtuber - a money offer in exchange for not publishing its analysis.
Following this response, the user decided to publish his analysis.
After doing so, it seems that MSI returned to the fray to ask the Youtuber to remove the word "disappointing" from the title of the video, something that as you can see was rejected just as he rejected the money for not publishing the video. It seems that MSI even tried to use AMD (since the laptop has an AMD Ryzen 4000 processor) to help them take down the video and the work of the YouTuber.
Fortunately AMD sided with the user saying that if the laptop is bad, it is not the fault of the processor.
The integrity of MSI, again in question
MSI has quite good products in some areas (although it is true that they do not stand out precisely for the quality of materials and construction of their products), but this is not the first time that their integrity as a company is questioned, especially when there are users involved.
Long ago they had a lot of problems with the quality of their GS65 laptops with literally hundreds of users complaining and the company neglecting it, and on the other hand not so long ago the company was accused of trying to buy positive reviews even from non-professional users ( in exchange for "prizes" and products of the brand itself).
What seems clear is that MSI has been in the doldrums for a couple of years now, with other manufacturers such as ASUS, Lenovo and HP mainly eating market share in all areas in which they participate in the hardware industry, and with the confidence of users plummeting more and more. Really, either they make a good investment in increasing the quality of their products and improving their after-sales service to wash their image and keep users happy, or things can only get worse.