My problem is not the hoax itself, but that it somewhat diminishes the significant engineering achievements of Matt Bahner's 34x34, Yang Yongshun's 35x35, and Preston Alden's insane 49x49. For people not aware it was an obvious hoax.
My problem is not the hoax itself, but that it somewhat diminishes the significant engineering achievements of Matt Bahner's 34x34, Yang Yongshun's 35x35, and Preston Alden's insane 49x49. For people not aware it was an obvious hoax.
And you're exactly right. The problem isn't the hoax, per se. It's the stealing of views and money from real creators when people search "world's biggest Rubik's Cube" or whatever and get Tony's video instead of something legit.
And, yes, it was an incredibly obvious fake from day 1. I posted proof of that back when the video was first released.