In 2024, he has been the center of a number of controversies. Here are the biggest controversies of 2024 that Marques was involved in.
1) Marques Brownlee Criticizes Humane AI Pin
On June 19, 2025, Marques shared a review of the Humane AI pin on his YouTube channel. The video, titled “The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed… For Now,” has garnered 8,406,153 views, backed by a lot of criticism for Marques. Eventually, this started a huge discussion on social media, where many people showed disagreement with his comments on the product.
In the video, Marques Brownlee said,
“It’s supposed to just answer questions, right? It can kind of do that sometimes, but one – it’s often slow because most of these requests go to the Cloud and come back, and there’s just a long wait. And two – it’s often wrong because AI can still hallucinate and there are still issues with it, just not understanding correctly or just saying the wrong thing.”
He further added,
“Speaking of battery life… really bad and inconsistent, which is annoying. So, it’s already kind of bad enough that you have another device that you also have to charge every single day. But with this, it’s actually more than that. You have to constantly babysit the battery and swap out boosters, and charge this thing and keep it charged multiple times per day.”
Moreover, Marques Brownlee also talked about the limited apps that can be used. He said,
“So there is no Uber access. There is no Spotify access. There is no WhatsApp. There is no calendar. No Gmail. None of that stuff. It’s just… I can’t book a flight, I can’t buy something on Amazon. It just will not do any of that stuff that I just do on my phone.”
Reacting to this, Daniel Vassallo blasted Brownlee on X saying,
2) MKBHD Speeding in Children’s Zone
Originally, it had shown him driving at a speed of 96 mph in a 35 mph zone, and he had ignored a sign warning drivers to slow down for children. However, when he realized that what he did was wrong, he took to X to apologize for the video.
Last video I did something pretty stupid. You might’ve already seen it, but maybe not so I’ll address it here. There was a clip with the action cam of me test driving a car and going way to fast. Absolutely inexcusable and dangerous.I’ve since cut it out of the video with…
3) Marques Brownlee’s $50 Wallpaper App
In October 2024, Marques again sparked online backlash for launching an app named “Panels.” It was a subscription-based app providing HD wallpapers for phones at a price of $50 for a year. He announced the launch of the app on Twitter and instantly received a ton of criticism.
And now – I’m so pumped to be launching this app! People have asked where I get wallpapers FOREVER, so this is the answer, now and forever: PANELS!@panels_artAvailable on iOS or Androidhttps://t.co/sl7fitBKDtpic.twitter.com/b0u9h9Py6p
Critics noted that the app was full of intrusive ads, overpriced, and was collecting a load of unnecessary data from the users.
There is zero reason to collect anyone’s data. Zero.Make it free with ad’s.Easy and simple.
Moreover, trolling Marques Brownlee, his followers also retweeted one of his older posts that said, “Golden rule #1 of the internet: Never attempt to charge for something that was already free.”
Wait a minute.pic.twitter.com/dwsVkEbB8R
However, Brownlee took the backlash positively and later uploaded a video on YouTube saying that he would be reducing the price of the subscription and bringing in a number of changes to the app, as there was room for improvement.
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