- [Jonathan] So I'm doing this thing
called Tech Confessions.
(soothing music)
- Tech confessions, okay.
- I might have a couple of those.
- Time to confess.
- Don't tell anyone.
- You're not gonna put this on the internet, right?
- I mean, I use a MAC.
Does anyone care about that?
Yeah I use a Macbook. - You see that.
Everyday, Macbook. - I thought you do gaming,
as you can see. - Yeah, well actually
I do that on Macbooks too sometimes,
but that's only because I'm stupid.
- Why do you use a MAC? - Final Cut.
- I edit my videos in Adobe Premiere.
- Gross.
- The end.
Welcome to Tech Confessions,
a video I personally didn't think I would ever make.
It was inspired because over the past month or two,
as much as it pains me to admit,
I've been using a magic mouse and the big deal here is
I've personally gone on record and said
I don't like this mouse.
It's terrible.
I praised the Logitech Performance MX
and I don't know if it's just laziness
or partially enjoying the space gray color
or maybe deep down I like the little
side-to-side scroll action, but for whatever reason,
every time I go on the computer, I realize I'm using it,
I think to myself, why the hell are you using this?
- I only started using a mouse about two months ago.
That's right, I've been using
a Bluetooth track pad for eight years.
My very first job out of college, I was a software engineer
and I saw my boss at the time
was using an external track pad
and I thought it was weird that he paid money
to use a laptop track pad outside of the context of a laptop
just beside it instead and for some reason, I bought one
because he was my boss and I was like well if he's got one,
then I've gotta use it and I used that for eight years.
Eight years, everything.
Programming, editing, making music, everything,
I've used that thing and I finally got a mouse
two months ago and it has changed my life
and it was not easy for me to admit,
but that's my tech confession.
- I've kind of built up a reputation on YouTube
as an audiophile which saying out loud
sounds like the douchiest thing ever,
yet my number one most used pair of headphones is...
Apple AirPods.
They're just so convenient.
I love their size, I love the battery life.
I love that I can just pop them in my ear.
I don't have a cable that automatically connect to my phone.
I can walk away from my laptop
when I'm watching Netflix.
They're just the handiest thing ever.
No, they don't sound good,
but they also don't sound horrible
and at $169, I really, really like them
and I use them more than anything else.
- The first might be as a tech YouTuber,
I buy every new flagship that comes out.
Lots and lots of cellphones, but my daily driver
is the phone that I bought a year
and a half ago, the Galaxy S8.
Just hasn't been worth my time to change over yet.
Makes me wonder what kind of tech YouTuber
I really am on the inside.
Also, I'm team headphone jack.
Don't get me wrong, but I was thinking the other day,
when the last time I actually used my headphone jack was,
it's been like six months.
I still like it, I still want it,
but I don't actually use it as much as I thought I did.
- When it comes to the iPhone, I use a lot of stock apps.
I actually like the Apple Mail app and the Notes app.
I know that there are so many good apps out there
to replace that, but I don't know,
it just seems simple to me.
Does that make me a noob?
- And only for my boy Jon where I go on the internet
and expose myself, mess with my street cred,
but for my tech confession, even though I'm a tech reviewer
and I've tested tons and tons of smartphones,
I am an absolute terrible texter when it comes to
typing on smartphones.
I am very slow.
I mean look at this.
The quick brown, listen.
I'm not even gonna show how bad
I am at texting, but that's me.
I'm not exaggerating.
This is just how long it takes.
So this is why I use you know, keyboards like G-board
and I can just swipe.
Boom, you see.
Stuff like that, that's why I swipe.
Texting is horrible for me,
but you can't come at my keyboard skills
with an actual keyboard.
I'm a beast at that, trust me,
but when it comes to the smartphone,
I'm terrible, the worst.
- Hey I'm Brandon and the tech that I'm most ashamed of
is probably the August Smart Lock.
Now this is the source of endless ridicule from friends
and a lot of mental agitation.
The simple fact is it just takes a ton less time
to pull out your key instead of waiting for Siri
or the August Smart Lock app to
actually unlock your door for you
and that's not even taking in the inevitability
of Siri just refusing to unlock your door for you
or your phone crashing and having to
restart it a couple times
to actually make your door unlock.
I don't really have a great explanation for why I still own
this piece of technology or why I still have it
installed on my front door.
Mostly probably because I don't know how to take it off,
but moral of the story is if you want to keep your friends
and you don't want to be made fun of,
don't buy the August Smartphone Lock.
Don't waste your time.
- And while we're confessing things,
I have to get off my chest
that I am super jealous of the Apple Watch.
I wish there was an Android equivalent.
That thing does so much.
Anyway, that's it, don't tell anyone, talk to you later.
- As always, links to everyone's channel down below.
If you missed it, I dropped probably
what is my favorite setup to date.
It's this crazy color-changing TV media setup.
I'll link it next to my face
and also down in the description.
This is Jonathan and I'll catch you guys later.