Right to repair should include a solution for the very common scenario where you have a two year old Android phone that isn't supported anymore but can't flash custom software onto it to speed it up because the bootloader is locked. There is no warranty, the phone is discontinued and no longer in production, and there is no contractual obligation to a carrier when you purchase it. Why is the bootloader locked? And even on brand new phones. It's my phone. I own the hardware. Why am I being forced to have a carrier's bloatware on my phone? I paid for the device in full directly from the OEM, but the cell carrier told the OEM to lock the bootloader before they sell it to me. This should be illegal. If some computer company enacted a software lock that prevents you from downgrading Windows or installing a different OS there would be riots in the streets. So why are we allowing wireless carriers in the US to do it with our phones? It's ridiculous. And citing their "free software EULA" is not an appropriate response to this issue because I wouldn't need to abide by your EULA and deal with your bloatware if you didn't force me to do so by literally locking the phone onto your specific software and not letting me flash a different OS. The software is supposed to be open source, yet I'm unable to modify it in these devices because of carrier software locks that are applied to the hardware I paid for in full that persist even beyond the point where the carrier no longer supports the device. It's ridiculous. And it's not just Android phones either. Good luck trying to downgrade your iPhone. At least with an iPhone there's the valid argument that IOS is not open source and ios and the iPhone are sold together as one package. That doesn't hold true for Android phones. Wireless carriers are just being greedy.
Completely agree, no one is forcing Devs at gunpoint to include older phones into newer software suite, we just want the ability to use what we bought however we like. My windows omouter doesn't force me at gunpoint so that I won't download a virus by mistake, who the hell do these companies think they are to do the same
You're aware that Google owns Android, hence you have no choice but log into Chrome just to get set up. Also funnelled into getting apps from Play Store.
@@KOZMOuvBORG That isn't true at all. There are other app stores you can get your applications from, such as the Amazon app store, and you can sideload them whenever you want. Chrome is also not required to set up your phone and never has been. You can skip every single setup step on an Android phone if you wanted to and Chrome has never been one of them. This also has nothing to do with the bootloader being locked. There are other operating systems you can install on your phone, such as Lineage, that aren't Android if your bootloader wasn't locked. Lineage is Android-based but it isn't Android in the sense that IPadOS isn't iOS.
The answer to the medical device makers' "What if they repair it improperly?" They won't if the repair technicians have unfettered access to the parts, diagrams and schematics. And it is not even your liability if they screw up, so try a different lie.
Sorry, but in the public eye the manufacturer would ABSOLUTELY be at fault if there was a mistake made by a third party. Look at the morons who somehow claim Amazon is responsible for injuries that resulted from sales on their website by a third party. It wasn't manufactured or shipped by Amazon but somehow an exploding hoverboard is their fault(?) If they can't understand that then there is no way you could convince people that a third party screwed up a repair rather than the manufacturer.
Directly hiring politicians that were bought off is pretty rare. They usually hire family members or bureaucrats that have been empowered by politicians to rule on a topic, so the politicians can pretend to "not be bought off." This guy must be a novice.
Places like Australia already have this. Jesus. In Australia we get refunds if something breaks. No matter how long after purchase, if there was a fault. Basic stuff. Its only US citizens that allow themselves to get screwed. Who allow themselves to be brainwashed so easily. Amazon workers get paid more in every other country except yours. They even get 6 weeks paid leave in some countries. Only yours makes them need food stamps to live. You allow yourselves to be treated with contempt, they took away your healthcare ffs, while cheering for the corrupt taking all your cash. Its so fcking sad.
Those companies claim to be "carbon neutral" I say bullshit. Those are freaking hypocrites who try to influence how you should live but don't apply the rules to themselves. They are the worst because they are disingenuous, they fuck up the world while making you believe they are saving it and you should be thankful and feel ashamed for your actions.
Apple has already removed their charger so you can buy a new one from them with its own packaging. Cause the environment or something. They don't need you to fix your own device for the environment or something.
I do not want to make fun of your name, but I do wonder... Is that your real name, or is it just a portmanteau of "Asus" and their "Zen" line of products?
You do that to yourself by voting in retards that give government way more power that it has any right to have. This isn't the US either btw, but yeah keep thinking your governments are run by parasites that only take from you and produce almost nothing of value.
There was a time when "conflict of interest" had meaning but today it seems to be easily brushed off by simply denying there is any conflict even if it's obviously a blatant lie to all concerned.
Out of concern for the environment, I think easily replaceable batteries should be required to help keep electronics out of the landfill. I am okay with that being law.
That isn't necessarily true. Replaceable rechargeable batteries require an energy intensive process to properly disassemble and dispose of when they are worn out. And whether the device has a "glued in" battery or a replaceable doesn't matter-- the battery still must be disassembled before disposal. Ideally, devices wouldn't use batteries. And if they didn't they would be considerably more environmentally friendly. Of course, that's absurd-- devices need batteries. So, in my opinion, the best solution is to keep improving battery technology. Or find a way to power devices without batteries but without losing the mobility that batteries provide.
if i was able to change the batteries on my phone still i would keep the save phone for 6 to 8 years versus every 2 since it's cheaper almost for a new phone versus a new battery for now. Telus wanted something like 79 usd plus shipping for a replacement
@@RegularCupOfJoe How about not glued in batteries? User replaceable, eh. Screwed in and with a connector, and not glued and soldered in- that'd be nice. Personal preference as well though. I swear next time manufacturers will encase the entire inside of the phone in epoxy or something in the name of water resistance.
The big electronics companys are starting to get embarrassed as questions about repair parts and why they cannot get basic parts is being to show what Samsung Apple Sony , etc are doing.
Heh! 90% people still don't know why they need right to repair. They will happily waste their hard owned money on new sets but to learn something intelligent and grow awareness.
Most companies creating products do not have parts available, these companies are the norm. Why not support or create a company that makes easily repairable products?
We really need to clean up the system. If nothing else we need to have a lifetime ban on politicians participating in lobbying activities and a similar lifetime ban on lobbyists engaging in any political activities. #GetMoneyOutOfPolitics
The only reason we were free now is because our ancestors stood up and fought against corruption and tyranny. If we want to keep our freedom we need to stand up now.
This gives me a lot of hope. I find that single-issue movements are easier to get behind than "everything's broken justice for everyone I'm MAD" movements. Whose leaders turn around and spend everyone's money on houses and crap. BLM's failure, and the R2R movement's current success, taught me a lot. That's not something I feel comfortable saying to everyone.
@@knightdtd it's cuz the I international community can only do so much while people who are US citizens have the most power over their law & companies.
Shit on them back, buy used, and buy products built for life. Sure, not everyone will do this, but if even enough change their behaviors over this, they will notice. Loss of revenue is the only language these cretins understand. Stop buying new stuff from terrible companies that would kill you and take all your money and resources if they could, and laugh about it.
"We believe consumers are entitled to repairs that are safe and effective" Whenever Manufacturers say sh!t like that, I think: "I can very much make that decision myself, thanks. I think as the owner of a device I'm entitled to chose who I trust to perform a safe and effective repair"
Even though old hifi machines expect you to be a veteran technician, but they give you every detail on every capacitor and even tell you exactly how you repair things. There are even arrows on the screws you need to take out first. And they mostly used standardized components, such as transistors, pinch rollers, phillips screws etc.
i sincerely hope this gets more attention, its such a crucial issue that needs to be addressed. Big companies, spinning lies, to protect their profits. And the sad part is; even if right to repair gets passed, they'll find some way to make that money back, and i bet it wont benefit the consumer.
At the next hearing, ask the lobbyist how they arrived at the hearing. If they flew, are they hypocrites? Boeing, and other plane manufacturers allow airline mechanics as well as certain 3rd party repair shops to repair engines to flight controls.
I didn't know that although in saying that the Avation Industry has always been standardised to set guides since the Second World War, also a lot of big companies like Airbus and Boeing will have smaller suppliers as it not really economical to try to make everything themselves unless it's a piece of pioneering tech that they need to fashion and even then after the prototype phase will most likely pass it on to someone who can do it cheeper.
@@PirateCat822 Something else I also remembered is that the bar for Avation Mantainmence is set high and requires strict guidelines for fixing stuff on aircraft such as having to keep logs of parts used and the model and part numbers. It's the same with the car industry, parts have to be logged as well. So people train in it and then they work in that sector and most of the time the Airliners will foot the bill for training because they will always need mechanics. It's a shame that not that much trust can be put into fixing phones even if we don't have to declare the parts used.
My grandpa told me about how auto manufacturers have to produce parts and sell them to the public for 10 years after the model is discontinued/upgraded. I think that would be a good rule to apply to tech companies.
Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act are federal laws. Many states have passed their own legislation regulating business entities. Right to repair is squashed by big corporations leaving consumers with corporations controlling the market and staging their own parts only with outside parts vendors being trampled and sued
Louis. An idea to make the process of updating the wiki with more information would be to create a site in which you can register as a professional, upload certifications of practice, such as evidence of having a repair shop, and linking that site to the wiki. The applications would have to be manually reviewed, but the requirements should filter out most of the spam. You can hire someone to manage applications, as well. This shouldn't be expensive, and in the long run, would help improve visibility to the cause.
Yep, they should, and I'm also imagining the US IRS forcefully deregistering and shutting down companies that were worth over $250k and don't pay taxes for 3 months in a row, assuming the tax filing process there were easy. From what I heard, the US tax filing process being difficult was a result of corporate lobbying by companies who wanted to force people to pay $$$$ for their proprietary software.
@Louis Rossmann NPR ran a right to repair story @7:15 am your time this morning. It was about John Deere and how farmers can not repair their tractors so the farmers are buying tractors from 1980s and before to be able to fix them.
I am sure we can all agree, that when their drivers can’t even read a big 3 on your home and deliver your package to the wrong place next door. They have no concern over anything but profits
The other day I told a co worker who came back after a few days that I tried my best to keep the areas he was in charge of replenished. I made a joke that it was a losing battle but I kept my head above water. He thanked me and said "Thanks! A losing battle is a battle worth fighting." That is what it feels like watching you fight right to repair. Supporting here in Ottawa loud and proud.
Imagine if they started doing this with your Car suddenly. Get a flat tire or cracked window? They'll charge you the whole price of a new car for the repairs for parts that aren't broken, Or tell you it's cheaper to replace the whole car. It's pretty darn bad.
That's going to happen. More and more electronics are integrated into cars every year. And every year more and more old used cars are sent to the scrapyard.
@@exemida Yeah. No thanks. It's a two hour walk to my job and the nearest grocery store. Double that to get into town proper. No sidewalks, no bike lanes, no buses, nothing but a dangerous narrow two lane road. I would like a place closer but this was all I can afford.
They already charge for parts that aren't broken, it's called "modules": "Your turn signal LED burned out? I'm sorry, but we'll need to replace the entire headlight unit!" 🤑🤑🤑
Thank you for this! There is a similar concept in the Independent Auto Repair industry, but it is hosted by a for profit company behind a pay wall. It's called Identifix, works very similar to your wiki with service information such as wiring diagrams and flow charts for diagnostics as well as encouraging users who search for a particular issue to respond with what the ultimate fix was. They track the number of times a particular issue was searched for and record what the reported fixes were. This allows the professional technician to not only find fixes for common issues, but to see what the most common fixes are and test those points first! Made my job SO much easier as a Tech who specializes in diagnostics!
They can digitally serialize every electronic part and mate it to its associated part requiring proprietary software to mate a new part. Farm tractors through toasters.
Imagine being the person who seriously thinks he's a good guy when he's opposing the *right* to repair How can anyone seriously say that having rights is bad?
The amount of $$$ is on the stake about this for these companies, to charge users extra, for their way or sell new devices, are so big that they will do a loot to not let it pass. You are doing excellent thing!
Laws are made to protect the rich and powerful not everyday people, which is why the lawmakers must be replaced and eliminated at the first sign of corruption.
People don't care because they don't hear about this or even understand the implications of this. Thank you for bringing attention and educating us on right to repair and privacy.
17:31 and the kids... Because when the budget for electronics is more than what people vote to pay for the schools increased budget then guess what happens-- less teachers, less quality teachers, larger classes, cuts in updated materials, etc. You get the idea.
@@fomori2 so true, it's almost a self fulfilling process at this point. As a little kid I tried to take apart everything I could to see how it worked and if I could put it back together....and have it still work 🤞😬🤞. Back then my gifts/presents were broken electronics and I loved it! We could never afford a computer but it was all that I wanted. So one year I received a non-working PC that was going to become corporate waste. If it wasn't for the ability to buy used parts or get hand downs from businesses (today they would be sent back since most companies lease PC's from the manufacturers) then I never could have had my own blazing fast 386 🤯🥳. The ability to find parts and figure out how to fix and build electronics all started with that little boys RIGHT TO REPAIR back in the '80s. True story- Back then you called the manufacturers of components and they answered the phone and GOT A HUGE KICK OUT OF GUIDING A 10yr. OLD through the inside of his PC case.
@@jmk1727 I started using computers in 1st grade, back in 1981, at school. The school had BOTH Apple IIe's and IBM PC's. When we finally got a family computer in the early '90s it too was a 386SX by Tandy. The last computer I didnt build myself was in 1995, and even then it was custom components put together by a friend, whom owned a computer shop. I ended up working for a local computer store, 1999, that was also a Mac authorized sales and service location. Back them we had the schematics for fixing all the Mac products and had no problem getting components. Then the iMac came out and suddenly repairs were "send it back" instead of fixing on site. Eventually we found out the iMacs used lesser standards and the boards were DESIGNED, on purpose, to be replaced instead of fixed because of the components used on them. That was the beginning of the "disposable" generation of electronics devices in general. Electronics started to become "necessities" instead of luxuries. These companies also realized that their new customers were less educated, and less informed, so they didnt get upset when having to buy a new product, because it was cheaper than repairing the old one. These customer never questioned why and didnt know it was because they were being suckered. Lobbying against right to repair is 100% about greed for these companies that want the gravy train of building flaws into their products that cause them to fail sooner, to continue.
Thank you for helping bring this to the attention of regular users. It's impressive how far you've helped us move forward with repair legislation. They'd force us to buy new phones every year if they could get away with it. *"We're sorry but your annual subscription to your smartphone service has expired..."*
Didn't Microsoft seem like they were trying to make their laptops more repairable in the demo a couple years ago? Is it two silo'd departments withing the same company. They legal dept doesn't seem to be on the same page as the engineering dept.
Engineers are supposed to hold to a professional ethical standard where the welfare of society is the primary goal, engineers often fall short of that because of the introduction of money into the equation but it _should_ be the first thing in their mind as they sign off on designs. Legal doesn't care about welfare, they care about successfully spinning a story.
@@TheRetenor hes just thinking that the dems are liars who hide their corruption where repubs are honest monsters. They are the exact same asshole they just present different.
I am a certified repair technician, the other thing that happens is we are told to diagnose problems and then told that if we diagnose that there is not a problem to replace the parts anyway...
It's astounding to me that anyone believes the expression that the power of the government is derived from the people, when repeatedly the people are crying out for something and the opposite happens. The system is broken and you're a good man for not only informing others, but stepping in to do the work yourself as well. Keep fighting the good fight, and thank you for your efforts.
Imagine having to be authorized to repair a guitar? Which is not to far away. Guitar parts are slowly becoming plug n play. That stuff might not be as sophisticated as a computer but inching closer. Also imagine a Tube Screamer inside your Ibanez RG. Not being able to fix it after it breaks would be total drag.
Seeing how some of the schools operate with their apple products. A student sent their Ipad to get fixed about ~2 months into the school year. It is now the end of the school year, and he still didn't get the ipad back. Some students get lucky and get a new one in a few weeks, but others get lost in apple limbo. (for those wondering, students do get loaner ipads where there data is saved to the clowd and all. However, there were multiple weeks where the school didn't have enough loaner ipads for all the students who need them (in part because of how long it takes to get them repaired))
12:23 actually, they are quite progressive. Extremely progressive. They're one of the leaders in the nation for progressing towards discrimination based on sex, race, and sexuality!
Happens all the time. If you see a State Senator advocating for expanded gambling, you are looking at a future executive at a Casino. Even if his bills fail.
And clean up corruption. The amount of cleaning up he did was incredible, and both parties hated him for it-the Republicans so much that they refused to nominate him when he returned to run, KNOWING that it would cost them the election. They chose to lose rather than have him president again.
i took a mackie audio interface board to a mackie certified repair shop 45 minutes away only for him to tell me my only option was to buy a new one as they would not provide schematics, diagrams, or parts (other than full assembly). killed one of the preamp chips and i did actually find it on digikey but i havent tried ordering and replacing it yet, since i no longer use it for what i did.
Putting up the information about board repair is such a good idea. Great progress can happen when knowledge is shared freely instead of being guarded. It could even increase your business I think, if more people know about board repair (more candidates to hire who learned from the website, and more customers that you're capable of helping in a speedy and cost effective manner).
Why does amazon even care? I thought most of their devices were sold at a loss or at cost to push sales and services. Yes, I'm aware they have some partnerships with phone makers such as Lenevo but still, they aren't making their own phones.
That smartphone waste fact in the beginning also has a lot to do with the budget smartphone market. Some budget phones are impossible to repair and the $100 $200 phones aren't worth taking to a shop because you can just buy a new one for two to three times of the price to fix
Australia has this in consumer law so the live warranty period is the extend warranty period plus as the minimum Statutory warranty. So all extended warranties are bogus. I had to go through the act for this - enforcing it is not hard, but you have to know the EXACT language to use. You ONLY claim under statutory warranty - not the "bull" in the written warranty - to avoid invalid contact claims.
Actually you're fine with "me" rather thank "I" in this case but the main thing here is that *I* learned something, as I always do with your videos. Many thanks.
Keep up the good work Louis! Great take: Your business is not worse off if a shop in California or Georgia or Arkansas can use your schematics etc. It's not a zero sum game. Even if the repair shop next door is good, you both attract more people who seek repairs, and people will be more confident that one of you two can get the job done, and quickly too. Fashion stores are next to each other. restaurants are close to each other. It's not zero sum. (Economies of agglomeration)
It's called regulatory capture. The FCC is a brilliant example. The last four heads of the FCC gave benefits to the companies they were supposed be regulating then were hired by those companies when they left the FCC. It is a revolving door regulator body --> boardroom --> regulator body --> boardroom.
This lease vs own mentality is insane. Look at the PS4 CMOS battery issue when they finally shut their servers down. It wont even play a bluray owned game until it logs into the server.
@@Marek-gn9jn Once the CMOS battery inside the console dies, no. The battery should have a lifespan of up to 20 years, but once Sony shut the clock server down and that battery dies your PS4 has no way to verify the date and time, so it prevents you from launching games. It's a measure Sony probably put in place to combat piracy, but ironically hacked consoles can get around it so it actually only affects normal users. The reason this came up recently is that Sony were planning to shut down the PSN servers for PS3, and that console has a similar issue with its CMOS. With PS3 it only affects digital games though, you can still play disc based games on PS3 offline with a dead CMOS. Apparently on PS4 you can't play anything.
@@Marek-gn9jn when your CMOS battery dies, (its basically a watch battery in the board of the console, its there to keep track of the date and time internally), normally you can just put a new battery and then the console will tell you to set the current date and time BUT afterwards it will connect online to sync properly. When the online servers for PS4 die, and your battery also dies, your physical games will be unplayable, because you need to connect to the online servers to sync the date and time, EVEN if you replace the battery with a new one because the server is unreachable the console becomes a brick basically.
Time for “boycott anti-right to repair company” day. On this day, just make no purchases from these companies. Perhaps on Louis’s birthday? It would be a statement if shops were empty and telesales lines silent, online purchases at record lows! all on the same day.
@@admiralmyxtar3702 There are some key companies that would not be grossly affected by this financially that I’d add to a list to boycott for a day. This is about making this newsworthy, making a financial statement. We rarely get opportunities to vote people into power, but we can vote daily with our wallets. I don’t want this to become a huge burden on small companies who have staff (who have bills to pay), but if this gets enough traction, it’s a vote of disapproval that can be measured and may nudge companies in the right direction.
can you imagine if right to repair gets "passed" and manufacturers adapt by making devices absolutely ludicrous to open up? be prepared for glued-in crap and 1 billion screws with different heads.
iPhone 7 and newer are already like that... Screen seal, pentalobe screws on screen, tripoint on battery/screen shields, philips everywhere else and some stand-off screws as well Samsung has tough adhesive on the back glass and screen, and lots of screws (although at least they are identical)
When Bill writes about the climate crisis, it's always not his fault. When Elon wants to be a tree hugger, his e-waste is exempted. We could go on and on, but it's beyond annoying at this point.
Keep it up Louis! Bad news is still good publicity boost which will help RTR to reach more eyes and ears and that will only mean more support and funding.
An assistant of his emailed me 15 months ago. I said I'd be happy to speak to someone from mainstream media, all I ask is that it not be deceptively edited like a lot of short form clips. I never heard back. I think I worded it nicely. I guess not.
@@rossmanngroup That's a real shame, hopefully it just got lost along the way and they'll contact you once they realise the discussion around Right to Repair has grown of late. Seems odd as well, because he regularly posts the full unedited versions of his interviews along with the shorter format reports.
Thanks Louis, great idea to create a repair wikipedia, and make it open+free. I'm sure you have taken steps to make it secure. Also, to help offset the cost of the Repair wikipedia, you could allow *relevant ads from *reliable and *reputable vendors + *repair shops; which could be ranked by customer ratings/reviews.
actually that gives them more ammo against you, in the US lots of people would rather nuke the amazon rainforest than let people see their browser history
I think you are responsible for your own security and take actions at your own risk, that's just emotional corporate bullshit. It's your shit, you do the fuck you want with it. Besides when was fixing stuff considered dangerous? It doesn't make any sense.
They just bring up how it would make it easier to circumvent EPA regulations on emissions with things like tractors. It's the edge-case where RtR leads to potentially more pollution.
Keep up the good work. You have followers and ability to influence people who are not aware of this problem. The right tool to cripple corporation who have ability to pull strings.
There's power in people and Louis is right when he says more people are becoming aware of the problems with repair. I think even more so with the pandemic where many people don't have $1000+ to spend on a new flagship phone and have tried to get a phone repaired, instead of buying a new one, and found repair costs are almost as much as a new phone (Apple).
I'm wondering how much help it would be for you to start focusing more on the environment aspect of it. Looking at what's happening in other fields like crypto and whatnot, and how big of an impact that can have on them(and i suspect will continue to have bigger impacts), a partial shift on that might help push things forward faster.
Right to repair should include a solution for the very common scenario where you have a two year old Android phone that isn't supported anymore but can't flash custom software onto it to speed it up because the bootloader is locked. There is no warranty, the phone is discontinued and no longer in production, and there is no contractual obligation to a carrier when you purchase it. Why is the bootloader locked? And even on brand new phones. It's my phone. I own the hardware. Why am I being forced to have a carrier's bloatware on my phone? I paid for the device in full directly from the OEM, but the cell carrier told the OEM to lock the bootloader before they sell it to me.
This should be illegal. If some computer company enacted a software lock that prevents you from downgrading Windows or installing a different OS there would be riots in the streets. So why are we allowing wireless carriers in the US to do it with our phones? It's ridiculous. And citing their "free software EULA" is not an appropriate response to this issue because I wouldn't need to abide by your EULA and deal with your bloatware if you didn't force me to do so by literally locking the phone onto your specific software and not letting me flash a different OS. The software is supposed to be open source, yet I'm unable to modify it in these devices because of carrier software locks that are applied to the hardware I paid for in full that persist even beyond the point where the carrier no longer supports the device. It's ridiculous. And it's not just Android phones either. Good luck trying to downgrade your iPhone. At least with an iPhone there's the valid argument that IOS is not open source and ios and the iPhone are sold together as one package. That doesn't hold true for Android phones. Wireless carriers are just being greedy.
Completely agree, no one is forcing Devs at gunpoint to include older phones into newer software suite, we just want the ability to use what we bought however we like. My windows omouter doesn't force me at gunpoint so that I won't download a virus by mistake, who the hell do these companies think they are to do the same
You're aware that Google owns Android, hence you have no choice but log into Chrome just to get set up.
Also funnelled into getting apps from Play Store.
@@KOZMOuvBORG That isn't true at all. There are other app stores you can get your applications from, such as the Amazon app store, and you can sideload them whenever you want. Chrome is also not required to set up your phone and never has been. You can skip every single setup step on an Android phone if you wanted to and Chrome has never been one of them. This also has nothing to do with the bootloader being locked. There are other operating systems you can install on your phone, such as Lineage, that aren't Android if your bootloader wasn't locked. Lineage is Android-based but it isn't Android in the sense that IPadOS isn't iOS.
Only tiny minority knows this and it is easy for companies to convince everyone else that this is dangerous for their data.
@@MeowThingy You cant install lineage on a locked bootloader
The answer to the medical device makers' "What if they repair it improperly?"
They won't if the repair technicians have unfettered access to the parts, diagrams and schematics. And it is not even your liability if they screw up, so try a different lie.
Maybe we should change our slogan to 'Right to Meddle'.
As a field service engineer that work on lab and medical equipment I can confirm.
Sorry, but in the public eye the manufacturer would ABSOLUTELY be at fault if there was a mistake made by a third party.
Look at the morons who somehow claim Amazon is responsible for injuries that resulted from sales on their website by a third party.
It wasn't manufactured or shipped by Amazon but somehow an exploding hoverboard is their fault(?)
If they can't understand that then there is no way you could convince people that a third party screwed up a repair rather than the manufacturer.
@@tim3172 It is true that you can't fix stupid.
But we should stop making a world to coddle the stupid.
Directly hiring politicians that were bought off is pretty rare. They usually hire family members or bureaucrats that have been empowered by politicians to rule on a topic, so the politicians can pretend to "not be bought off." This guy must be a novice.
This needs to pass World wide, the right to repair helps the environment!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!
The only entities who don't like Right to Repair are companies that only care about their own bank accounts!!!!!!!!
Places like Australia already have this. Jesus. In Australia we get refunds if something breaks. No matter how long after purchase, if there was a fault. Basic stuff. Its only US citizens that allow themselves to get screwed. Who allow themselves to be brainwashed so easily. Amazon workers get paid more in every other country except yours. They even get 6 weeks paid leave in some countries. Only yours makes them need food stamps to live. You allow yourselves to be treated with contempt, they took away your healthcare ffs, while cheering for the corrupt taking all your cash. Its so fcking sad.
Those companies claim to be "carbon neutral" I say bullshit. Those are freaking hypocrites who try to influence how you should live but don't apply the rules to themselves. They are the worst because they are disingenuous, they fuck up the world while making you believe they are saving it and you should be thankful and feel ashamed for your actions.
Apple has already removed their charger so you can buy a new one from them with its own packaging. Cause the environment or something. They don't need you to fix your own device for the environment or something.
@@Rasputin.Bogard "lalalala america #1... highest gdp"
I repaired over 200 Chromebook for our local school district this year alone !
I am so glad that there are people who are aware of what is happening. Thank you Louis.
I do not want to make fun of your name, but I do wonder... Is that your real name, or is it just a portmanteau of "Asus" and their "Zen" line of products?
Higher school taxes for the public, to pay more money to the companies that don't pay taxes at all. God Bless America
Not only do they not pay taxes, but they get corporate welfare. You give them money whether you purchase their products or not.
You do that to yourself by voting in retards that give government way more power that it has any right to have. This isn't the US either btw, but yeah keep thinking your governments are run by parasites that only take from you and produce almost nothing of value.
There was a time when "conflict of interest" had meaning but today it seems to be easily brushed off by simply denying there is any conflict even if it's obviously a blatant lie to all concerned.
Getting certified just means you get to say this device is unfixable in behalf of the company
they literally pass over honest and qualified technicians for sleazy salesmen that don't know as much and don't have a problem lying to customers.
Most people flip out when their phone repair takes a few days, now image how it is to wait over a month for your wheelchair? This is just insane.
Out of concern for the environment, I think easily replaceable batteries should be required to help keep electronics out of the landfill. I am okay with that being law.
A functional free market will take care of that, if we just break up the monopolies
That isn't necessarily true. Replaceable rechargeable batteries require an energy intensive process to properly disassemble and dispose of when they are worn out. And whether the device has a "glued in" battery or a replaceable doesn't matter-- the battery still must be disassembled before disposal. Ideally, devices wouldn't use batteries. And if they didn't they would be considerably more environmentally friendly. Of course, that's absurd-- devices need batteries. So, in my opinion, the best solution is to keep improving battery technology. Or find a way to power devices without batteries but without losing the mobility that batteries provide.
if i was able to change the batteries on my phone still i would keep the save phone for 6 to 8 years versus every 2 since it's cheaper almost for a new phone versus a new battery for now. Telus wanted something like 79 usd plus shipping for a replacement
@@YounesLayachi Phew! 😢
@@RegularCupOfJoe How about not glued in batteries? User replaceable, eh. Screwed in and with a connector, and not glued and soldered in- that'd be nice.
Personal preference as well though.
I swear next time manufacturers will encase the entire inside of the phone in epoxy or something in the name of water resistance.
The big electronics companys are starting to get embarrassed as questions about repair parts and why they cannot get basic parts is being to show what Samsung Apple Sony , etc are doing.
Good.
You talk as if these companies have a sense of shame that would lead to them getting embarrassed.
@@buckbucker8020 Their paycheck says they are perfectly fine.
Heh! 90% people still don't know why they need right to repair. They will happily waste their hard owned money on new sets but to learn something intelligent and grow awareness.
Most companies creating products do not have parts available, these companies are the norm. Why not support or create a company that makes easily repairable products?
We really need to clean up the system. If nothing else we need to have a lifetime ban on politicians participating in lobbying activities and a similar lifetime ban on lobbyists engaging in any political activities.
#GetMoneyOutOfPolitics
The only reason we were free now is because our ancestors stood up and fought against corruption and tyranny. If we want to keep our freedom we need to stand up now.
Time to lobby for our rights, let's make private funding for political ads illegal, no more superfunds
This is quite an amazing feat, an open souce encyclopedia of hardware repair and troubleshooting, very honorable.
*sigh* I just truly hope you guys can get this done eventually. I truly hate these large companies just shitting on the little guy constantly.
Pretty sure when capital is perpetual and holds all levers of power, it's over. We're on the edge as described by Piketty.
This gives me a lot of hope. I find that single-issue movements are easier to get behind than "everything's broken justice for everyone I'm MAD" movements.
Whose leaders turn around and spend everyone's money on houses and crap.
BLM's failure, and the R2R movement's current success, taught me a lot. That's not something I feel comfortable saying to everyone.
How about joining the fight, instead of "you guys" you can say "we". I believe this battle concern all of us
@@knightdtd it's cuz the I international community can only do so much while people who are US citizens have the most power over their law & companies.
Shit on them back, buy used, and buy products built for life.
Sure, not everyone will do this, but if even enough change their behaviors over this, they will notice. Loss of revenue is the only language these cretins understand.
Stop buying new stuff from terrible companies that would kill you and take all your money and resources if they could, and laugh about it.
"We believe consumers are entitled to repairs that are safe and effective"
Whenever Manufacturers say sh!t like that, I think:
"I can very much make that decision myself, thanks.
I think as the owner of a device I'm entitled to chose who I trust to perform a safe and effective repair"
Even though old hifi machines expect you to be a veteran technician, but they give you every detail on every capacitor and even tell you exactly how you repair things. There are even arrows on the screws you need to take out first. And they mostly used standardized components, such as transistors, pinch rollers, phillips screws etc.
This shows how much this companies care about the environment
Apple cares about the enviroment, unlike samshit etc etc
i sincerely hope this gets more attention, its such a crucial issue that needs to be addressed. Big companies, spinning lies, to protect their profits. And the sad part is; even if right to repair gets passed, they'll find some way to make that money back, and i bet it wont benefit the consumer.
And Now you see How THEY WORK ! They work together TO KEEP THEIR CORRUPTION VIABLE !
At the next hearing, ask the lobbyist how they arrived at the hearing. If they flew, are they hypocrites? Boeing, and other plane manufacturers allow airline mechanics as well as certain 3rd party repair shops to repair engines to flight controls.
I didn't know that although in saying that the Avation Industry has always been standardised to set guides since the Second World War, also a lot of big companies like Airbus and Boeing will have smaller suppliers as it not really economical to try to make everything themselves unless it's a piece of pioneering tech that they need to fashion and even then after the prototype phase will most likely pass it on to someone who can do it cheeper.
@@REDARROW_A_Personal looks like the most consumer friendly company is an airline company
@@PirateCat822 Something else I also remembered is that the bar for Avation Mantainmence is set high and requires strict guidelines for fixing stuff on aircraft such as having to keep logs of parts used and the model and part numbers. It's the same with the car industry, parts have to be logged as well. So people train in it and then they work in that sector and most of the time the Airliners will foot the bill for training because they will always need mechanics. It's a shame that not that much trust can be put into fixing phones even if we don't have to declare the parts used.
My grandpa told me about how auto manufacturers have to produce parts and sell them to the public for 10 years after the model is discontinued/upgraded. I think that would be a good rule to apply to tech companies.
Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act are federal laws. Many states have passed their own legislation regulating business entities. Right to repair is squashed by big corporations leaving consumers with corporations controlling the market and staging their own parts only with outside parts vendors being trampled and sued
Louis. An idea to make the process of updating the wiki with more information would be to create a site in which you can register as a professional, upload certifications of practice, such as evidence of having a repair shop, and linking that site to the wiki. The applications would have to be manually reviewed, but the requirements should filter out most of the spam. You can hire someone to manage applications, as well. This shouldn't be expensive, and in the long run, would help improve visibility to the cause.
"I should have left you soldered on the board I found you"
"But ya didn't!"
I see your daddy taught you well.
my fiend suggested to tax manufactureres like 200% only on new parts used in devices to force reusability.
Yep, they should, and I'm also imagining the US IRS forcefully deregistering and shutting down companies that were worth over $250k and don't pay taxes for 3 months in a row, assuming the tax filing process there were easy.
From what I heard, the US tax filing process being difficult was a result of corporate lobbying by companies who wanted to force people to pay $$$$ for their proprietary software.
@@kbhasi so, they made it difficult to give tax software a reason to exist?
@@lyokianhitchhiker
I'm not exactly sure, since I recalled the info from memory.
@Louis Rossmann
NPR ran a right to repair story @7:15 am your time this morning.
It was about John Deere and how farmers can not repair their tractors so the farmers are buying tractors from 1980s and before to be able to fix them.
I am sure we can all agree, that when their drivers can’t even read a big 3 on your home and deliver your package to the wrong place next door. They have no concern over anything but profits
The other day I told a co worker who came back after a few days that I tried my best to keep the areas he was in charge of replenished. I made a joke that it was a losing battle but I kept my head above water. He thanked me and said "Thanks! A losing battle is a battle worth fighting." That is what it feels like watching you fight right to repair. Supporting here in Ottawa loud and proud.
Imagine if they started doing this with your Car suddenly. Get a flat tire or cracked window? They'll charge you the whole price of a new car for the repairs for parts that aren't broken, Or tell you it's cheaper to replace the whole car. It's pretty darn bad.
Ugh, as I can already imagine Tesla doing that if their executives had things their money-faced way.
That's going to happen. More and more electronics are integrated into cars every year. And every year more and more old used cars are sent to the scrapyard.
@@exemida Yeah. No thanks. It's a two hour walk to my job and the nearest grocery store. Double that to get into town proper. No sidewalks, no bike lanes, no buses, nothing but a dangerous narrow two lane road. I would like a place closer but this was all I can afford.
They already charge for parts that aren't broken, it's called "modules":
"Your turn signal LED burned out? I'm sorry, but we'll need to replace the entire headlight unit!" 🤑🤑🤑
They have been doing it for decades. Engines often have coverings and use non-standard screws. Its all designed to make casual repairs much harder.
Thank you for this!
There is a similar concept in the Independent Auto Repair industry, but it is hosted by a for profit company behind a pay wall. It's called Identifix, works very similar to your wiki with service information such as wiring diagrams and flow charts for diagnostics as well as encouraging users who search for a particular issue to respond with what the ultimate fix was.
They track the number of times a particular issue was searched for and record what the reported fixes were. This allows the professional technician to not only find fixes for common issues, but to see what the most common fixes are and test those points first! Made my job SO much easier as a Tech who specializes in diagnostics!
They can digitally serialize every electronic part and mate it to its associated part requiring proprietary software to mate a new part. Farm tractors through toasters.
Thank you once again for being a commander in the fight for our freedom to have the choice! 🙏
School districts need to ensure that their RFPs for purchasing equipment includes a requirement that parts be made available for repairs.
Wow.. I didn't think about that,.. You know who pays the most for the repairs to fix these devices... These schools.. 💯 spot on Louis
Imagine being the person who seriously thinks he's a good guy when he's opposing the *right* to repair
How can anyone seriously say that having rights is bad?
I mean... if you gain the right to kill anyone you want for no reason would probably be a bad thing
Just imagine how many companies do this with other shady stuff we dont even know about.
I don't quite understand why Amazon is against right to repair. They're making killing on selling/shipping replacement parts right now.
The amount of $$$ is on the stake about this for these companies, to charge users extra, for their way or sell new devices, are so big that they will do a loot to not let it pass. You are doing excellent thing!
Blackberry: "While you're recording, I can either bite the microphone, or lick the skin off of your hand. Your choice."
Laws are made to protect the rich and powerful not everyday people, which is why the lawmakers must be replaced and eliminated at the first sign of corruption.
''I am shocked!
Shocked!
Well not that shocked'' - Fry
People don't care because they don't hear about this or even understand the implications of this. Thank you for bringing attention and educating us on right to repair and privacy.
17:31 and the kids...
Because when the budget for electronics is more than what people vote to pay for the schools increased budget then guess what happens--
less teachers, less quality teachers, larger classes, cuts in updated materials, etc. You get the idea.
The tech companies want that to happen though, because worse education leads to more ignorant adults.
@@fomori2 so true, it's almost a self fulfilling process at this point. As a little kid I tried to take apart everything I could to see how it worked and if I could put it back together....and have it still work 🤞😬🤞. Back then my gifts/presents were broken electronics and I loved it!
We could never afford a computer but it was all that I wanted. So one year I received a non-working PC that was going to become corporate waste. If it wasn't for the ability to buy used parts or get hand downs from businesses (today they would be sent back since most companies lease PC's from the manufacturers) then I never could have had my own blazing fast 386 🤯🥳.
The ability to find parts and figure out how to fix and build electronics all started with that little boys RIGHT TO REPAIR back in the '80s.
True story-
Back then you called the manufacturers of components and they answered the phone and GOT A HUGE KICK OUT OF GUIDING A 10yr. OLD through the inside of his PC case.
@@jmk1727 I started using computers in 1st grade, back in 1981, at school. The school had BOTH Apple IIe's and IBM PC's.
When we finally got a family computer in the early '90s it too was a 386SX by Tandy.
The last computer I didnt build myself was in 1995, and even then it was custom components put together by a friend, whom owned a computer shop.
I ended up working for a local computer store, 1999, that was also a Mac authorized sales and service location. Back them we had the schematics for fixing all the Mac products and had no problem getting components.
Then the iMac came out and suddenly repairs were "send it back" instead of fixing on site. Eventually we found out the iMacs used lesser standards and the boards were DESIGNED, on purpose, to be replaced instead of fixed because of the components used on them.
That was the beginning of the "disposable" generation of electronics devices in general. Electronics started to become "necessities" instead of luxuries.
These companies also realized that their new customers were less educated, and less informed, so they didnt get upset when having to buy a new product, because it was cheaper than repairing the old one. These customer never questioned why and didnt know it was because they were being suckered.
Lobbying against right to repair is 100% about greed for these companies that want the gravy train of building flaws into their products that cause them to fail sooner, to continue.
Thank you for helping bring this to the attention of regular users. It's impressive how far you've helped us move forward with repair legislation.
They'd force us to buy new phones every year if they could get away with it.
*"We're sorry but your annual subscription to your smartphone service has expired..."*
Didn't Microsoft seem like they were trying to make their laptops more repairable in the demo a couple years ago? Is it two silo'd departments withing the same company. They legal dept doesn't seem to be on the same page as the engineering dept.
Double faced... Like all Democrats.
Engineers are supposed to hold to a professional ethical standard where the welfare of society is the primary goal, engineers often fall short of that because of the introduction of money into the equation but it _should_ be the first thing in their mind as they sign off on designs. Legal doesn't care about welfare, they care about successfully spinning a story.
I heard Microsoft has many internal departments that actually compete and go against each other, not all working together hand-in-hand.
@@hyoenmadan That's got nothing to do with democrats though.
This isn't a party issue. This is a corruption and people issue.
@@TheRetenor hes just thinking that the dems are liars who hide their corruption where repubs are honest monsters.
They are the exact same asshole they just present different.
I am a certified repair technician, the other thing that happens is we are told to diagnose problems and then told that if we diagnose that there is not a problem to replace the parts anyway...
Your Repair-Wiki is a great idea, its used with success at Car-Repair shops!
It's astounding to me that anyone believes the expression that the power of the government is derived from the people, when repeatedly the people are crying out for something and the opposite happens. The system is broken and you're a good man for not only informing others, but stepping in to do the work yourself as well. Keep fighting the good fight, and thank you for your efforts.
the new slogan : when you have a apple product it owns you.
Louis, i really appreciate ALL that u contribute into right to repair. U never lie, u dont talk s**t, u just say it like it is. Thank u, sir.
Imagine having to be authorized to repair a guitar? Which is not to far away. Guitar parts are slowly becoming plug n play. That stuff might not be as sophisticated as a computer but inching closer. Also imagine a Tube Screamer inside your Ibanez RG. Not being able to fix it after it breaks would be total drag.
Seeing how some of the schools operate with their apple products. A student sent their Ipad to get fixed about ~2 months into the school year. It is now the end of the school year, and he still didn't get the ipad back. Some students get lucky and get a new one in a few weeks, but others get lost in apple limbo.
(for those wondering, students do get loaner ipads where there data is saved to the clowd and all. However, there were multiple weeks where the school didn't have enough loaner ipads for all the students who need them (in part because of how long it takes to get them repaired))
12:23 actually, they are quite progressive. Extremely progressive. They're one of the leaders in the nation for progressing towards discrimination based on sex, race, and sexuality!
And genocide of the elderly. Aren't you feeling Cuomo-sexual today!
Happens all the time. If you see a State Senator advocating for expanded gambling, you are looking at a future executive at a Casino. Even if his bills fail.
Just pay the politicians to pass your legislation, the USA literally made this practice legal.
The problem is it’s never the sorts who would do that for ethical reasons who can afford it.
I am a technician and I too get annoyed , if you buy a product you should be able to do what you like and get parts
Until we get another Teddy Roosevelt in office to smash monopolies, this will only get worse.
And clean up corruption. The amount of cleaning up he did was incredible, and both parties hated him for it-the Republicans so much that they refused to nominate him when he returned to run, KNOWING that it would cost them the election. They chose to lose rather than have him president again.
i took a mackie audio interface board to a mackie certified repair shop 45 minutes away only for him to tell me my only option was to buy a new one as they would not provide schematics, diagrams, or parts (other than full assembly). killed one of the preamp chips and i did actually find it on digikey but i havent tried ordering and replacing it yet, since i no longer use it for what i did.
Remember, Google removed "Don't Be Evil" from their lobby. Coincidence?
@@exemida Bill gates retired from Windows a while back
Putting up the information about board repair is such a good idea. Great progress can happen when knowledge is shared freely instead of being guarded. It could even increase your business I think, if more people know about board repair (more candidates to hire who learned from the website, and more customers that you're capable of helping in a speedy and cost effective manner).
Why does amazon even care? I thought most of their devices were sold at a loss or at cost to push sales and services. Yes, I'm aware they have some partnerships with phone makers such as Lenevo but still, they aren't making their own phones.
There devices definitely aren't sold at a loss
@@killertigergaming6762 Even so, most of them don't come close to apple or samsung.
That smartphone waste fact in the beginning also has a lot to do with the budget smartphone market. Some budget phones are impossible to repair and the $100 $200 phones aren't worth taking to a shop because you can just buy a new one for two to three times of the price to fix
Non negotiable life time warranty for every One lobby for this
Have to be very specific cause they will read between the lines and add "product life time" cya in a year when ya buy a new 1...
Australia has this in consumer law so the live warranty period is the extend warranty period plus as the minimum Statutory warranty. So all extended warranties are bogus. I had to go through the act for this - enforcing it is not hard, but you have to know the EXACT language to use. You ONLY claim under statutory warranty - not the "bull" in the written warranty - to avoid invalid contact claims.
Actually you're fine with "me" rather thank "I" in this case but the main thing here is that *I* learned something, as I always do with your videos. Many thanks.
This is good English lesson you are providing, Louis.
Keep up the good work Louis!
Great take: Your business is not worse off if a shop in California or Georgia or Arkansas can use your schematics etc. It's not a zero sum game.
Even if the repair shop next door is good, you both attract more people who seek repairs, and people will be more confident that one of you two can get the job done, and quickly too. Fashion stores are next to each other. restaurants are close to each other. It's not zero sum. (Economies of agglomeration)
This isn't something that ends, it's ongoing. There's always idiots that want to control the world.
Yep. Idiots who only care about money.
No, it's all on you America. You are The cancer of The World.
@@perunasade4586 Nope, everyone is doing it, look at China.
This is so easy to understand yet attempting to get some people to grasp the significance seems close to impossible. Thanks for your time again.
i thought this gonna be a boring video
but then
BAM 0:37
quality content
It's called regulatory capture. The FCC is a brilliant example. The last four heads of the FCC gave benefits to the companies they were supposed be regulating then were hired by those companies when they left the FCC. It is a revolving door regulator body --> boardroom --> regulator body --> boardroom.
This lease vs own mentality is insane.
Look at the PS4 CMOS battery issue when they finally shut their servers down.
It wont even play a bluray owned game until it logs into the server.
what? you can't play ps4 games offline?
@@Marek-gn9jn you need to be online to start games, you can try it, just unplug your device from internet you will see
@@Marek-gn9jn Once the CMOS battery inside the console dies, no. The battery should have a lifespan of up to 20 years, but once Sony shut the clock server down and that battery dies your PS4 has no way to verify the date and time, so it prevents you from launching games. It's a measure Sony probably put in place to combat piracy, but ironically hacked consoles can get around it so it actually only affects normal users.
The reason this came up recently is that Sony were planning to shut down the PSN servers for PS3, and that console has a similar issue with its CMOS. With PS3 it only affects digital games though, you can still play disc based games on PS3 offline with a dead CMOS. Apparently on PS4 you can't play anything.
@@Marek-gn9jn when your CMOS battery dies, (its basically a watch battery in the board of the console, its there to keep track of the date and time internally), normally you can just put a new battery and then the console will tell you to set the current date and time BUT afterwards it will connect online to sync properly.
When the online servers for PS4 die, and your battery also dies, your physical games will be unplayable, because you need to connect to the online servers to sync the date and time, EVEN if you replace the battery with a new one because the server is unreachable the console becomes a brick basically.
@@arashitempesta time to learn how to mirror a server and route it to 127.0.0.1 so it gets the impression of being sync'ed
We are stronger as information is readily and easily available. I think this sums up a lot of what we see globally.
Time for “boycott anti-right to repair company” day. On this day, just make no purchases from these companies. Perhaps on Louis’s birthday? It would be a statement if shops were empty and telesales lines silent, online purchases at record lows! all on the same day.
Yes!!!!!
That’s a good idea
I guess you will have to boycott everything, since literally every big company is anti-repair
@@admiralmyxtar3702 that's fine
@@admiralmyxtar3702 There are some key companies that would not be grossly affected by this financially that I’d add to a list to boycott for a day. This is about making this newsworthy, making a financial statement. We rarely get opportunities to vote people into power, but we can vote daily with our wallets. I don’t want this to become a huge burden on small companies who have staff (who have bills to pay), but if this gets enough traction, it’s a vote of disapproval that can be measured and may nudge companies in the right direction.
Keep grinding Louis. We believe in you and the cause.
Company towns have existed for a long time.
Disney still owns two cities in Florida.
Creating a monopoly is illegal,even with devices. 📱💻
All we want is to fix our device's and to get that quote Jacket.
can you imagine if right to repair gets "passed" and manufacturers adapt by making devices absolutely ludicrous to open up? be prepared for glued-in crap and 1 billion screws with different heads.
iPhone 7 and newer are already like that... Screen seal, pentalobe screws on screen, tripoint on battery/screen shields, philips everywhere else and some stand-off screws as well
Samsung has tough adhesive on the back glass and screen, and lots of screws (although at least they are identical)
When Bill writes about the climate crisis, it's always not his fault.
When Elon wants to be a tree hugger, his e-waste is exempted.
We could go on and on, but it's beyond annoying at this point.
Keep it up Louis! Bad news is still good publicity boost which will help RTR to reach more eyes and ears and that will only mean more support and funding.
Louis have you contacted John Stossel? This seems like the exact kind of thing he'd enjoy investigating.
I'd like to see him cover this!
That's a good idea
An assistant of his emailed me 15 months ago. I said I'd be happy to speak to someone from mainstream media, all I ask is that it not be deceptively edited like a lot of short form clips. I never heard back.
I think I worded it nicely. I guess not.
@@rossmanngroup That's a real shame, hopefully it just got lost along the way and they'll contact you once they realise the discussion around Right to Repair has grown of late. Seems odd as well, because he regularly posts the full unedited versions of his interviews along with the shorter format reports.
@@rossmanngroup I would try to contact. TalkRadio and LBC here in the UK as well as Sky News Australia.
Thanks Louis, great idea to create a repair wikipedia, and make it open+free. I'm sure you have taken steps to make it secure. Also, to help offset the cost of the Repair wikipedia, you could allow *relevant ads from *reliable and *reputable vendors + *repair shops; which could be ranked by customer ratings/reviews.
I think a good argument is "so you're saying that the 'security' of the user outweighs the negative effects on the planet?"
actually that gives them more ammo against you, in the US lots of people would rather nuke the amazon rainforest than let people see their browser history
I think you are responsible for your own security and take actions at your own risk, that's just emotional corporate bullshit. It's your shit, you do the fuck you want with it. Besides when was fixing stuff considered dangerous? It doesn't make any sense.
They just bring up how it would make it easier to circumvent EPA regulations on emissions with things like tractors. It's the edge-case where RtR leads to potentially more pollution.
@@jo-flowbmoonsmell8564 farmers don't want to bypass those emissions systems though, they save them money on fuel
Keep up the good work. You have followers and ability to influence people who are not aware of this problem. The right tool to cripple corporation who have ability to pull strings.
All of this is just the first step for the upcoming Right to Repair Humans Law 😎 You can't simply buy body parts from third party manufacturers
😂😂😂😂
@@isalexxtv you are laughing now brain interfaces are a thing and this will happen
@@cin2110 That's just what they are preparing for, robotics and more artificial parts in humans. I was just laughing about OP's comment
You hit the nail on the head, Louis; these bastards are doing this, right in front of our eyes, yet there is no pushback from us!
19:25 discord link missing
repair.wiki
discord.gg/ZrC43grpuv
There's power in people and Louis is right when he says more people are becoming aware of the problems with repair. I think even more so with the pandemic where many people don't have $1000+ to spend on a new flagship phone and have tried to get a phone repaired, instead of buying a new one, and found repair costs are almost as much as a new phone (Apple).
Many robust conversations were had methinks
Yes, they are actively considering it, yeah right. Please Louis do not allow them to get away with this B/S.
BlackBerry : Do not bite the microphone.... (luis should do a cat channel :D)
Blackberry is best cat don't @ me
Lobbyists: I’m not corrupt because the system just works that way. All other thought processes are therefore corrupt.
I believe "me and Blackberry" would be more correct in that sentence, just fyi
Pure corruption, complete disgrace
*Hurrah for blessed small biz owners such a you! Boo to planned obsolescence and voracious vampyre capitalists!* 🐾
This is so important to talk about. I will always comment to help bring this to more people's recommended section. Thank you again Louis!
I'm wondering how much help it would be for you to start focusing more on the environment aspect of it. Looking at what's happening in other fields like crypto and whatnot, and how big of an impact that can have on them(and i suspect will continue to have bigger impacts), a partial shift on that might help push things forward faster.
You seem to have serious delusions, nothing has anything to do with enviroment. It's all about The money and Power.
@@perunasade4586 He literally mentions the environment in the video. It's already objectively part of the conversation.