Mrwhosetheboss

YouTube Channel Review

Who’s the boss? When it comes to technology, it might just be Mrwhosetheboss.

The channel is run by Arun Maini, an English YouTuber with a love of all things tech focused. From product reviews to explainer videos to tech tests, Maini’s channel educates (and entertains) audiences about all things technological.

And while technological may mean a video about a phone or computer, that term may also apply to, say, an explainer piece on how cryptocurrency works or even a gadget that makes shaving corn easier.

As the corn shaver might indicate, not every item on the channel needs wires to get a review. But with nearly 2,000 videos to watch, it’s evident that the channel just may wire avid viewers into a better understanding of technology.

POSITIVE CONTENT

Like Marques Brownlee, Maini posts reviews of various products that are informative and fair, judging the technology based on similar products on the market and addressing the positive or negative aspects with each one. Maini will explain not only how something compares to a similar model but how that comparison will impact the user’s experience, too. Likewise, in other videos, Maini will order a wide variety of products and rate his user experience with them in rapid-fire succession.

Mrwhosetheboss breaks concepts down further, too. He’ll explain how complex technology works and why certain features help it accomplish its intended design goal. For instance, in one video, Maini explains how the focal length of a camera lens impacts the type of photo or video a user can take. On a similar note, Maini posts explainer pieces, such as a video that breaks down how cryptocurrency works or how the graphic-card company NVIDIA grew so important in recent years.

Furthermore, a couple of his videos warn users about a wallpaper or an Instagram story that can break their phone if sought out. He also informs viewers about tech-based companies that have engaged in less-than-savory business tactics, such as dark patterns and fraud.

CONTENT CONCERNS

The biggest content concern here is language. Though infrequent, we did occasionally hear words such as “d–n,” “h—” and “p-ss.” God’s name and Jesus’ name are both used in vain in some videos as well. Though censored, he quotes a vulgar tech term which contains the s-word in it.

Other concerns are minor, such as Maini referencing a painting of a censored naked woman or a tour of MrBeast’s YouTube studio where Maini points out one conference room’s name which references breasts.

CHANNEL SUMMARY

In one video, Maini makes a time-lapse video of various models of iPhone to discover which one has the longest battery life (a video he repeats for other brands of phone, too). In another, he buys and tests an assortment of technology he finds online, qualified with a single adjective to describe them in his Google search: “satisfying, or useless, or futuristic,” for instance.

The former video was more informative from a product perspective. The latter, while still somewhat educational, was more entertaining.

And I think that’s what makes Mrwhosetheboss a rather enjoyable channel to review: it isn’t purely focused on one type of content, whether that be product review, an explainer piece or something just  for fun. Maini covers a wide assortment of ideas, each of which will appeal to different viewers.

The channel isn’t entirely free of bugs: light crude language as well as misuses of God’s name may constitute critical errors for some users. That said, Mrwhosetheboss is still a software upgrade compared to many other YouTube channels with more language and content concerns than this one.