The shitstorm of a fallout has pushed the community behind Billet Labs more than they ever would have gotten had they just gotten reviewed properly. It may have sucked what had happened but I think they will be better off in the long term now that people are aggressively supportive of them. Funny twist of fate in my opinion.
I still wish we would have gotten a proper benchmark of their prototype :-/
If it actually works well they could always release a cheaper mass produced version down the line.
Somewhere in my imagination the person who got the prototype sends it to Gamers Nexus and they make a proper review.
I mean, the kind of person who would get this thing is the kind of person that pays attention to the industry and to linus tech tips, I am sure they are aware about all of this.
One can only hope. Worst case the individual either works for the competition or got ten times their money back by selling it to a Chinese company.
Oh I am sure we will see a proper review by an eager reviewer soon. The chance to capitalize on the drama is far too enticing.
It has already been confirmed by Billet that they are working on a new one, and is highly implied that it will go to other youtubers to do a proper review. I expect Steve and Jay, at the very least, will end up getting their hands on it.