MKBHD called it the worst product he ever reviewed. The company cried.

First of all, I want to say something I almost never say: THANK YOU, Marques. This is what a review is supposed to look like. You bought a $699 product with a $24/month subscription, you tested every single claim the company made, and when none of them held up, you said so clearly and with receipts. You showed the projector failing in sunlight. You timed the voice assistant's 10-second response delays. You compared the cost to what a free phone app can do. THAT is consumer advocacy, and I am here for it.

Secondly, the fact that Humane's founders complained this review was 'too harsh' tells you everything you need to know. A company charged people $699 plus an ongoing subscription for a device that couldn't answer basic questions, couldn't project readable text outdoors, and couldn't do a single thing better than the phone already in your pocket. And when a reviewer pointed all of this out with VIDEO EVIDENCE, they called it unfair. No. What's unfair is charging consumers seven hundred dollars for a prototype and getting upset when someone holds you accountable.

This review gets a high score from me because MKBHD did what every tech reviewer should do but almost none of them bother with: he tested the product against its own promises and reported the gap between marketing and reality. No hedging, no 'but the concept is promising,' no coddling a startup's feelings. Just straight facts about whether a product works. But does it actually WORK? MKBHD answered that question definitively — no — and backed it up with evidence. Every other tech publication should be taking notes.