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Hating on Lenovo Legion Go S, Poking at Reddit’s Paywall, and Healing with Duo’s Death |Tech Therapy

The Windows gaming experience is painful on Lenovo’s Legion Go S, but will Microsoft do anything to make it better? This week in our Tech Therapy session, Scott Stein doesn’t hold back his feelings about testing the handheld system. Also, Bridget Carey reflects on the content paywall circle of life and the death of the…

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The Windows gaming experience is painful on Lenovo’s Legion Go S, but will Microsoft do anything to make it better? This week in our Tech Therapy session, Scott Stein doesn’t hold back his feelings about testing the handheld system. Also, Bridget Carey reflects on the content paywall circle of life and the death of the Duolingo owl. But did Duo’s death save us all?

00:00 Intro
00:15 Scott has feelings about the Lenovo Legion Go S
01:04 The Problem is Windows
03:29 Laptops vs Handhelds
06:04 Valve or Microsoft?
08:14 Reddit Paywalls?
10:09 Who benefits from subscription models?
12:40 Does paying really encourage quality?
14:58 RIP Duolingo
16:10 Collective mourning for a mascot
18:57 Thanks, Duolingo

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37 Comments

  1. @playertwopoint0

    February 22, 2025 at 8:13 am

    Rant about Microsoft is very valid.

  2. @sharpvidtube

    February 22, 2025 at 8:28 am

    I hate subscriptions, I only have Amazon Prime and I’m thinking of ditching that one.

  3. @GeorgeFloyd2023

    February 22, 2025 at 8:38 am

    My reputation precedes me, enormously.

  4. @GeorgeFloyd2023

    February 22, 2025 at 8:48 am

    Content? In Wuhan and Between Two Ferns? Abu Ghraib, Benghazi, and Aleppo?

  5. @scyence

    February 22, 2025 at 8:48 am

    Bridget’s cardigan makes me fall in love with her even more.

  6. @RafSanIta

    February 22, 2025 at 8:54 am

    Legion go S does not satisfy min req for Indiana Jones…

  7. @ElectricVRoom

    February 22, 2025 at 8:54 am

    everything is fair game now even killing virtual pet for the laughs

  8. @zunedog31

    February 22, 2025 at 8:54 am

    Reddit was so good for so long. As soon as they went public, they became facebook.

    • @Zyphent

      February 22, 2025 at 11:57 am

      I kinda feel this way about the entire social internet. All sites feel like they’re on a steep downward trend in quality, and the whole Internet has become consolidated around like 6 big sites too, so there’s no real alternatives with traction.

  9. @GeorgeFloyd2023

    February 22, 2025 at 9:17 am

    Youngsters: No delete? Put it this way … in 2002, storage was cheaper than bandwidth. They can’t imagine the 56k modem days where it took an entire day to download a full-feature film. George S. Patton doesn’t like giving up ground that had already conquered.

  10. @PeterDarkman

    February 22, 2025 at 9:26 am

    Next time invite two real expert or specialist for tech analysis not these clowns

  11. @Radjammin

    February 22, 2025 at 9:30 am

    You can use Windows for everything, badly.

  12. @TURKWALIA

    February 22, 2025 at 10:21 am

    Looks beautiful in this dress, 🧐🤩

  13. @bshak

    February 22, 2025 at 11:03 am

    Tech therapy has become my favorite show from CNET. We need this every week to relieve our stress.

  14. @forchyforchy5456

    February 22, 2025 at 11:30 am

    every EA pc games run bad, that’s not a windows problem. i have a 4080 and my pc has issues with EA sports games.

    • @SoloCrimeWave

      February 23, 2025 at 11:31 am

      It’s even worse trying to delete the EA software from the computer. It’s like trying to cancel a gym membership 😅

  15. @SpudBazz

    February 22, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    Scott: Goooooossseeeeeefraaabaaaa…… remember that movie?

  16. @AH_1102

    February 22, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    Fake News: Reddits “paywall” is a community subscription for creators. Reddit is not going the paywall route.

    • @YuanLiuTheDoc

      February 22, 2025 at 1:51 pm

      Don’t be a hater. The two clarified said as much in the chat, and more.

  17. @YuanLiuTheDoc

    February 22, 2025 at 1:43 pm

    This is the best shrink show yet! Scott and Bridget bounce off each other so beautifully. Can we get an Apple Original series already? Or if we stick with letter C, there is CBS. (And rubber-faced Bridget playing the sane one in this episode? Priceless. I say this as someone quite into Harrison Ford’s Shrinking.) 😂😂😂

  18. @Internet_Hobo

    February 22, 2025 at 4:58 pm

    Microsoft’s focus is on shareholders, profit margins, and spyware and not quality products, innovation and customer satisfaction.

  19. @crowdofone222

    February 22, 2025 at 5:24 pm

    Windows doesn’t make most of these handhelds… the companies use windows on their tech. It’s not Microsoft’s issue, it’s lenovo’s and other conpanies who throw the hardware together.

    The xbox runs well because it’s microsoft’s tech and microsoft’s software. Steam deck runs well because it’s Valve’s hardware and valve’s software.

    It’s like having a Ford tempo and complaining because you bought an RX7 and can’t work on the engine.

    You want simplicity get a switch or a steam deck.

    You want to customize your experience get a windows’ handsheld.

  20. @chelseajordan5752

    February 22, 2025 at 5:43 pm

    I literally asked my wife last night why tf Duolingo died. Like…what a 2025 question that makes no sense. lol Like literally I don’t understand. lol

  21. @mmageek

    February 22, 2025 at 5:45 pm

    10:09 get assertive with your subscriptions, cancel when you finish that series/movie, or aren’t reading the content

    • @rcvillapando

      February 23, 2025 at 4:02 pm

      Or sail to the high seas! Arrrrrrrrr!

  22. @TheMacdoug

    February 22, 2025 at 5:55 pm

    Solid Scott Rant, 10/10. It washed over us in waves and cleansed our psyches.

  23. @mauaraya141

    February 22, 2025 at 7:20 pm

    Watch the Telepathy Tapes, its so good

  24. @CellPhish

    February 22, 2025 at 7:22 pm

    Lenovo could have put the Z1 Extream from last year’s handheld and it would work better. Windows is a big fail but the Z Go chipset isnt very powerful

  25. @TrunkyGurden

    February 22, 2025 at 7:39 pm

    for the lenovo handheld: put bazzite on it!

  26. @steveandrade3477

    February 22, 2025 at 9:04 pm

    The Legion Go S looks like a kids toy. The track pad looks useless, the Z2 Go is underpowered, and the price is outrageous. Hopefully, the Steam OS version will be better, but it can’t fix those ugly ergonomics and that track pad. I like 32GB of RAM (imagine how much you could set aside for UMA frame buffer size) for resource heavy Windows and modern AAA games; which are becoming more demanding every few months that 16GB is barely enough to get by with some of them. Problem is 32GB of RAM is useless on an underperforming Z2 Go.

  27. @rosariodagosto6484

    February 22, 2025 at 9:14 pm

    hey Bridget your very boring 🪴

  28. @infochannel392

    February 22, 2025 at 10:29 pm

    Love these guys but had to stop watching because of the many filler words “like”. I would pay a lot of money if someone would come up with a filter to take out filler words in real time. You can cut them out in Adobe’s Premiere Pro with a little effort, how much harder could it be to just use ai to cut them out of anything we want to listen to from live to recordings?

  29. @sandk75

    February 22, 2025 at 11:06 pm

    I love this, thanks Scott and Bridget!

  30. @nathanjuan6042

    February 23, 2025 at 4:52 am

    Yeah, he’s just blaming Windows for no reason instead of looking at the actual hardware. The Legion Go S has an AMD Z2 Go, which is weaker than the Z1 Extreme in the original Legion Go and ROG Ally X. That alone explains why it’s underperforming—it’s not Windows, it’s the chip.

    People love to say, “Windows is bad for handheld gaming,” but in reality:

    Legion Go (Z1 Extreme) and ROG Ally X handle PC games just fine.
    The Z2 Go is weaker, so obviously, performance won’t be as good.
    Windows gives you full access to all PC games, unlike SteamOS, which has compatibility issues with anti-cheat and non-Steam games.
    Honestly, it sounds like the guy didn’t even test other Windows handhelds before complaining. If Windows were the issue, then the Ally X and Legion Go (Z1 Extreme) wouldn’t run games smoothly—but they do.

  31. @PartyUpLive

    February 23, 2025 at 11:06 am

    8mwas thinking about getting a Lenovo Go or S for the games that aren’t playable on the Steam Deck. Saw it in the store and it was HUGE for a portable. Not sure about the new Go S now, especially for the price.

  32. @DrwZacc

    February 23, 2025 at 1:54 pm

    I too had hopes for the Lenovo Legion Go S. After checking reviews at Best Buy from people who purchased it the main issue is that the entry level Ryzen Z2 Go at 4 CPUs is just not powerful enough for a modern device. Coming in at $730 US is way too much, I can see why they have limited specs on the Steam OS version to hit the $400 dollar price point. But reducing its memory and storage space is just going to result in a worse performing device and at that point, why not buy a Steam Deck. Lenovo Legion Go S should have come with the Ryzen Z2 for the base model and then an option for a flagship version using the Ryzen Z2 Extreme. It’s a shame that this device is DOA. If they don’t tweak the Steam OS version that one will be DOA as well.

  33. @rcvillapando

    February 23, 2025 at 4:02 pm

    We need more of these episodes. 👍 👍

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