Planned Obsolescence (ft. Louis Rossmann)

[@rossmanngroup]

I owe the editors free dinner at SP Steakhouse or Fogo de Chao for the nightmare I gave them, rambling into a camera for an hour and a half. God bless the people that edited this. They need it. Thank you for covering this issue. It means a lot to me!

[@modernhaze3]

Yea boi!

[@richaellr]

Fogo de Chão indeed!

[@benny4203]

Doing the lord's work!

[@APATHTC]

I subscribe to your content and love it! Thank you!

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Louis, you and Tech Jesus Steve strike fear into the hearts of these unscrupulous companies 😂 You guys should maybe get your own security detail too - it's just too easy to get a 20 year old on a roof or a Boeing exec moonlighting assassin on your tail these days 😂

[@zengeki23]

The "Right to Repair" is the ultimate expression of what it means to truly own your stuff. "If I am allowed to buy it, break it, fix it, and install DOOM on it, then the device is truly mine".

[@chrisalmighty]

Spot on.

[@JamieDunbar]

"Install DOOM on it" Lmao. This is now my new benchmark.

[@ChaohsiangChen]

The right to repair is the right to own.

[@oldhickory4686]

Like BMW not releasing service manuals anymore. "We only want qualified service professionals servicing our vehicles." Oh my mistake, I thought the motorcycle I paid for was mine. So sorry, thank you for leasing it to me.

[@vegasroller7026]

Amen my guy 💯

[@MegaGasek]

My mom had a blender that she used almost every day for 35 years. The engine finally died and replacing it would be very expensive, so she was told. She bought a new one that lasted 5 years (bosch?). She opted for a German built quality blender but ... Boohoo... It seems to me that nothing is like it used to be anymore. She's got another blender again and the big cup was plastic which broke in no time at all... Her original blender was all metal (aluminum?). We have long passed the age of disposable appliances. Now you can't even try to fix them, the cost to fix will be higher than what you initially paid.

[@juanchoresultay2704]

Its sucks that we live in a current society where repairing seems likely to be forbidden and very discrimiantory 😡🙄

[@dilsiam]

Mom used a brand named Osterizer, lasted for ages also the coffee makers branded Greca they weren't electric you used your stove to brew your coffee lasted a lifetime. But now all these brands are basically trash...

[@MegaGasek]

@THRMO-D Thank you for your suggestion. She bought a Kitchen Robot with a powerful engine, can even do flour from chick peas and other very hard vegetables, can go online (has a tablet embedded) and quickly cooks recipes. I hope this one lasts because it was my recommendation. Fing expensive, I bought one for me too. If you are curious, vorwerk is the brand.

[@TheSuperColonel]

My grandfather has a boot from World war 2 still works. Shoes I buy usually last for a few years sometimes even less.

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

The most horrible thing about that is that these trash products land all on the landfill. And these Companies praise there how good they now are doing products for the environment and how they save on energy and such bs.

[@hugochan2821]

I hate big company saying how much they care about the environment. They are generating tons of toxic e-waste every day, ripping small businesses apart, and making everyone to pay more for less. I really hate people defending the big company for this repairing right issue. We should stand together and show the big company that they can’t do this.

[@michaezell4607]

Part of the problem however lies with the consumer who simply follows the herd when making purchasing decisions regarding consumer electronics. They all want that latest iPhone just so they can continue to remain as a member of the herd otherwise they risk being labeled an outsider or especially in the case of teens an outcast.

[@michaezell4607]

Ever notice that during the reign of the ipod apple never labeled that product as the ipod 1,ipod 2 ipod infinity unlike the iPhone?

[@rickbase833]

Apple's 2030 Status l Mother Nature video takes the cake. A company that claims the are going green while opening more and more mines to collect metals and minerals so Apple can sell you another device every year.......while collecting every possible metric of your daily life.

[@whodfasku1913]

It's easier to divide than to bring them together.

[@eshine2001]

Yeah, they’re full of shit. Corporations just say things if they need to say to save their profits. That’s all they care about profits. Nothing else absolutely nothing else but profits.

[@IndyFlick]

Louis Rossmann repaired the MacBook I'm using to write this comment. Apple wouldn't touch my MacBook. They said the main board had failed and it wasn't repairable. Louis Rossmann is leading a movement!

[@himarei]

Everything is repairable. if it is buildable, it is repairable.

[@Robbie-sk6vc]

​@@himareiYep. Just depends on how much time and effort you want to put in it!

[@hacker1011000]

i love him soo much truly a hero and I stand behind him

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

@@himarei If you have the money. Some repairs don't make financially sense. Even with a good will made product where parts are replaceable.

[@NTJedi]

I've visited a few different apple stores when having trouble with iPhones or iPads. The technical team who work in the back only follow a specific flow chart of troubleshooting... they never dig deeper or think outside the box. If fixing your device is NOT inside their troubleshooting manual then your device is returned as something which can't be fixed, when in most cases a real technician could find and fix the problem.

[@6thwilbury2331]

Totally feel Louis' comment at the very end. I remember having an errant volleyball hit my laptop during a match, completely making the screen look like what can only be described as a "poor Gerhard Richter knockoff." The computer itself was perfectly intact, and ran fine once I attached it to an external display. This allowed me to finish the volleyball match. The next day, I discovered that fixing it through any shop or dealer in the area would cost the same amount as replacing it. Instead, I jumped on eBay, found a replacement screen for $80, watched a few KZbin videos on how to fix it, and did the work myself. The way I figured it: I either screw it up - which for me is quite likely, as I'm the least handy person ever - in which case I'm buying a new computer anyway. Or I get it right, in which I save myself money and headaches. In the end, the nearly repaired little laptop continued to serve me for another five years or so. That "kick of dopamine" Louis cited is 100% correct. Somewhere on one of my social media accounts is a photo of my repaired screen, with the words "OH HELL YEAH, I FIXED THIS" written in large, bold type on a Notepad file. And when Right To Repair began heating up as a topic, the amount of money saved (and material waste reduced) remained at the front of my mind because of that one little goofy experience.

[@UziMusic]

Yep i just did the same with a galaxy phone, smashed screen, cheaper to buy new one than pay for screen repair, chucked it in the drawer last year and forgot about it, last week I thought what the heck ill give it a go, bought chassis and screen unit (oem part was bent) for $60aud and did it myself, took max 1 hour and was essentially a simple task. However, I messed up the speaker on the reinstall and it was loose or something, so in 10 mins i pulled it apart and made sure it was seated properly. Doing my girlfriends next and some others for fun. I feel if we could be informed to do this would save how much unnecessary waste.

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

My PSVITA i preordered back in 2012 stopped working for some weird reasons in like 2013-2014. It took it a part then and tried to find solutions on YT. I had it opened laying around for years because i couldn't fix it fully. In 2021 i decided to take a look up on it again and found tutorials about that problem. I had to find a replacement for my Joystick which was rare to get for the first generation PSVita and quite expensive for a Joystick. And it was used. And then i also had to replace the battery. Now i had that thing back to life that stucks in that time when it stopped working. Very satisfying. The only thing i miss now is finding the special type of glue that was used to fixate the trigger pad of my R Trigger button.

[@cabbarserif1229]

I just repaired my m1 macbook screen for 95$ dollars on my own one week ago and yes fu*K apple! they ask for 660$ to a screen replacement. but I won't buy any things from Apple whatever they don't deserve our money....

[@TheCod3r]

Yep. Companies love to claim a device is cheaper to replace rather than repair. This is why the world is going to crap

[@Feefa99]

Planned....something something

[@TheCod3r]

​@@Feefa99Couldn't agree more

[@scroopynooperz9051]

This video was inspired by our homeboy and self-repair crusader Louis "The Bear Jew" Rossman. My man's been keeping these companies on their toes.

[@TheCod3r]

​@@scroopynooperz9051Louis is the GOAT. A legend amongst men

[@scroopynooperz9051]

​@@Feefa99dont you find it peculiar that governments and higher ups can harp on the importance of the climate and environment.. yet allow companies to profiteer through a destructive "planned obsolescence" economic paradigm? Instead of chucking farmers off their land, maybe go after the big companies who unnecessarily fill landfills with devices that cannot be repaired?

[@thisisntsergio1352]

Louis Rossman is THE quintessential right to repair guy. Mf can fix anything. Legend has it he fixed marriages.

[@vividimaginer]

I was walking my dog and it got hit by a passing motorcycle, her leg was broken, I was heartbroken, but just then Louis Rossman walked by. He noticed my distress and pulled out a soldering kit and dog parts from god knows where. 10 minutes later my dog walked away, good as new. Thanks Louis!

[@inconsistencyon]

maybe his ppbus_g3h was damaged. who knows

[@stevengill1736]

I agree - thank you for covering this issue, and Louis is very appreciated by us old timers too! Cheers from Ecotopia Earth First, the heart of the Emerald Triangle...

[@rgw5991]

@@vividimaginer wow i am really touched by this amazing story. also username checks out.

[@nfg999]

I bet he can even fix the Boeing Starliner currently stuck in space, but Boeing said no as they have the right to repair.

[@ripper12322]

My father was born in early 60's and he was a brilliant man. Working in a laboratory, building his own circuit boards and also being a electronic specialist. Becoming part of the PC boom late 80's early 90's and to say my father could fix most things is a under statement. Back then I remember whatever broke he would fix it and throwing something away and replacing it as we do with todays mindset was just NOT a thing. There use to be circuitry/electronic shops all over the place. I live in a small city and yet we had dozens of them. Now lets move to today... I think we have 1 electronic shop remaining and its in the dodgy part of the city. People mostly do not repair anything anymore and things do not last like they used to. If it makes it just part warranty phase its a success because then it means replacement. Parts are mostly not available at all and IF by chance they are then it is at a manufacturers repair/warranty shop. And even IF then the part is available it is almost deemed better to replace than repair. We are moved to replace instead of repair. Nothing is long term anymore. What is worst is these companies like Apple etc PROCLAIM from the rooftops "We need tro live green" "Its for the betterment of the planet" "eco friendly" - ALL of this rhetoric is utter nonsense when you take into consideration that all these "save the planet'" taglines are ONLY there to make them more money. Quick and easy example is that of not selling chargers for phones anymore? Its safe for the planet they say,, however we have to pay money to drive our vehicle to pay for another box and MORE plastic used for another product that should have been with the phone in the first place. But this is safer for the planet right? Along with another dollar charge added to the company. Its all bs.

[@catmando268]

REJECT APPLE products.

[@stoneysscapes7544]

​@@catmando268and a $200 dishwasher WtF

[@jonnytap]

Then when complaining about it, someone says “imagine not being able to afford a new *insert apple product*”

[@gosselinkfinecarpentry9786]

I’m a carpenter. I tried two cordless nail guns. One by Milwaukee and one by senco. Senco leases out the nail gun tech to milwaukee. The senco gun is 100% site repairable and monetarily worth it. The Milwaukee that’s the same tool just different branding is not repairable. They have encased with glued the motor, motherboard, trigger and battery terminals together. You have to buy the whole assembly to fix it which is the cost of a new tool. Milwaukee is known for this as is dewalt. Makita and metabo HTP are 100% repairable. When black and decker bought out porter cable and 8 other companies in the mid 2000’s they tripled the price of parts that broke under normal wear or stopped producing them altogether so you had to buy new. After I got off the phone with them I took my biscuit jointed by the cord and bashed it against a tree. For a 60 cent plastic part that I would buy 10 at a time I had to pay $66 each because it included the whole aluminum face plate and they wouldn’t sell it separately. It’s everywhere in tech not just phones and computers.

[@banest0]

What about Bosch or DeWalt?

[@swell07_]

ANYTHING IS repairable but dont say makita is repairable while complaining about milwaukee doing the same thing makita does. i have their electric ratchet and need a miniature select lever but the only sell the whole head assy for a price that just motivate me to buy a new one. for a part that must cost less than a dollar, they just dont sell it, also its a quick wear item, its worn every time you go from right to left or vice versa..

[@gosselinkfinecarpentry9786]

@@banest0 Bosch is really good but dewalt isn’t they were part of the buyout with black and decker

[@gosselinkfinecarpentry9786]

@@swell07_ mommy example was the nail gun where Milwaukee has the same exact tech, because the lease it from senco, and a lot of the parts are interchangeable but Milwaukee decided to make it so it isn’t worth it to repair economically. Makita tools are mainly easily repairable. They also have free weeks for repair where they will send you a shipping label and you just have to send your tools in and it’s all free. Milwaukee makes some great tools, many better than Makita but they also make it economically irresponsible to fix. I mean look at their trigger issues. They haven’t made a new trigger for their tools even though they know they burn out faster since the HO batteries came out.

[@gosselinkfinecarpentry9786]

@@banest0 also if you buy dewalt know that their batteries have an internal fuse. The battery may still work it may just be the fuse is blown

[@CausticLemons7]

I just can't imagine the US ever becoming the powerhouse it is today if these restrictions had been in place early on. Imagine trying to get into shipbuilding, cars, aircraft, or anything else when you're not even allowed to touch them without corporate approval. Disgusting and really shows have far down the path of greed our economy has gone.

[@michaezell4607]

All the more reason to get rid of the evil concept of money and an economy to begin with.

[@alphagiga4878]

You have no idea it doesnt just effect tech, it effects health and freedom

[@CrossCultural-c7f]

It is this subscription model that has kept me away from even buying anything adobe.

[@YouGotServed835]

​@@michaezell4607 ... I guess we just get rid of people too, since it's that 'easy'

[@MrGamelover23]

This is why curtailing the ability of a company to grow to a certain point is actually a good thing. People claim it would hurt the economy, but notice how none of the companies were complaining about started in places like Europe.

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

I was fortunate to become involved with Right to repair a few years ago, Some of us still remember years ago whenn you purchased an electronic device( Radio, TV etc..) it came with the circuit diagram stuck inside on a piece of paper and the parts and componants were listed in some instances, making repair possible at any stage through the life of a device. Is good to see you follow up on Right to repair , we all need to fight for our purchases as owners.

[@goodun2974]

As the transition was being made from vacuum tube electronics to solid state electronics, manufacturers were far less likely to put the schematic inside the unit; indeed, most devices would be marked on the rear or bottom panel "no user serviceable parts inside; refer to qualified servicing personnel". As a retired electronics technician who has endured 3 heart surgeries, I'd like to get that printed on a T-shirt!

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

Even Tractors have the same problem, but they are not worth 500$, they are worth 300 000$ to 2 millions.

[@austinhernandez2716]

Louis covered that many times.

[@buriedpet]

Dude, the John Deere DRM is insane. If you try doing ANY repair on it yourself, the software bricks it until you pay JD to fix it. It blows my mind how companies can get away with being so blatantly anti-consumer.

[@BigBoyJay_69]

Next time watch the video before commenting.

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

@@buriedpet Often they put you on a waiting list, I saw farmers waiting two weeks.

[@tripplefives1402]

$300,000 is a smaller tractor. A full size cotton harvester for example starts at $2M

[@MegaKrustyman]

I fixed a leaky tap (faucet) yesterday. It was a simple repair, but now I feel a sense of satisfaction every time I use it. It feels good to be more than just a consumer!

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Excellent repair; Was happy with my repair I did to my Renault Hatch back - replace tail light. May sound simple but wasn't in that.... Renault not helpful in telling me / selling part or telling me how to do it; had to find spare on Ebay - (sellers mostly sell the complete unit); Plastic housing + bulb and manage to fit it in / after finding useful video on KZbin. Cost to me was $10, if I got garage to do it with Labour quotes arranged from $70 - $100.

[@clydedoris5002]

That never goes away unfortunately things to fix woth all the tools and parts on hand is pretty rare

[@iddqds]

same here. i replaced the flusher in my toilet. it took 5 hours as it needed rust and lime builtup scraped and cleaned. now the iinternals are new, button is new, all bits and pieces are properly silicone sealed,, rusted screws replaced. it feels military class strong and durable. what a feeling.

[@larryk187]

I don't think this applies to faucets but more for electronics.

[@djredshow]

​@larryk187 same principle though. Just like checking engine fluids in a dodge nitro suv. Good luck.

[@jibrilamvs]

The digital age is full of none ownership. Everything is streamed these days; music, shows, movies, etc. where a monthly fee is attached in order to view these things. Guess what; the content is digital, meaning, if the company wants to pull the content from their digital library and make it unavailable; regardless of how popular it is with the consumer; they can remove it and there’s literally nothing the consumer can do about it. It’s gone. We don’t have it anymore.

[@iranoutofusernameideas7438]

I guess you have never heard of file downloads then.

[@shadowdragon3521]

On the software side of things, this is why FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is so important. Community driven updates that improve the user experience rather than having Microsoft and Adobe force updates that just collect more of your data and make the product worse. On the hardware side of things, we should support companies that intentionally make their product easily repairable such as Framework Computer, Shiftphone, Fairphone, etc. The way to escape big tech is to support the Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware movement.

[@JH-pt6ih]

And people need to know - you DO NOT need Linux to run FOSS programs. Linux is Microsoft's best friend.

[@Elemblue2]

@@JH-pt6ih So if Linux is microsofts best friend where do you go to escape microsoft.

[@SEF84]

@@Elemblue2 By not making Linux the escape backup, but the actual destination more so than Windows.

[@_orbitaldrop3673]

@@JH-pt6ih The Halloween Documents beg to differ

[@User4-4-5]

​@@JH-pt6ihMaybe company-owned distros like "Ubuntu" or "Fedora" but community made distros like "Debian", "Arch", "Gentoo", "Mint" etc. really aren't Micro$oft's friend

[@iamisandisnt]

Louis Rossmann once fixed a macbook screen for me in a Hoboken parking garage office lobby, like some sort of Robert De Niro-in-Brazil utility repairman superhero and it was the best celebrity (before he was famous) encounter I ever had. And I even met Hasselhoff once.

[@rossmanngroup]

This must have been some time between 2008-2009 before I had an office. I'll be honest that was the best year of my life. The feeling of starting something new from nothing, having nothing but $200 and an apartment filled with termites I paid $400/mo for, no idea what the future would hold, no idea if I had a future, exploring every single part of the city from scratch. Those days were something else and I'll never forget that first year of having my own place when I was 19 and starting something from scratch. I didn't have an office so I had a bag filled with parents and traveled around the NYC metro area to meet people wherever(in this case, literally, wherever). I got to see new environments and meet new people every day. No one day was like the last and I never knew where I'd be going or what I'd be doing. One moment I'd be in a $20,000,000 condo talking to the CEO of a publicly traded company, the next in the projects of east new york. Every day was an adventure. Every day had a different sense of purpose to it, and it was all new. That was such an amazing feeling. I want everyone who wants to get into repair, or a new business to have that feeling, at least once in their lives. Thank you very much for trusting a random 19 year old kid with no _"verifiable"_ credentials and a website made in ebay's html editor with your property. It truly meant the world to me at the time. and thank you for remembering!!!

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

@@rossmanngroupI’m surprised Vice hasn’t done something on you.

[@product_of_august]

@@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish. He' for the people Vice lost their way years ago

[@michaelm.1947]

Great story as well as having a fantastic movie reference in it (that I assume many of the youngsters here won't understand).

[@LuisLopez2]

Love the Brazil reference

[@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour]

Louis' channel is one of KZbin's hidden gems. Not sure I've ever clicked a collab video faster 😂

[@shrimpofdeath5199]

There was a true cyberpunk case when a company making "Argus" ocular implants (they helped totally blind people see some light and dark spots and thus navigate in space - better than nothing) went out of business. People with these devices weren't notified about the bankruptcy and were basically hung out to dry. A faulty implant can cause severe health complications, there are no more authorized places to fix it, it can interfere with MRI and other procedures, and removing it is costly and/or painful.

[@Blex_040]

Because you wrote cyberpunk my gamer brain thought at first you're talking about a side story in Cyberpunk 2077 🤦‍♂ But then I realized that it's unfortunately reality...

[@nperegri]

Welcome to the cyberpunk dystopia. As much as I love the aesthetic of cybernetic parts, the reality of it is far more grim. It's the reason I'm not not going to be among the first to get a brain implant when those become available, no matter how long I've fantasized about it.

[@dadrising6464]

​@@nperegri Considering how Tesla "patched" their cars, or Opel asking for a subscription to keep your seat heater operational gives a prospect how things will turn out

[@varnix1006]

​​@@nperegri I'm following the one Night City ripperdoc's tenets. Chrome guarantees you are one EMP away from unalive.

[@AngelaMerici12]

If I'm not wrong, there was a similar case with chip implants that notified people when they would suffer a seizure. Now the chip doesn't work and is still on their brains.

[@nanorider426]

I'm a retired it-worker. I have built and repaired many computers over the years and I fully support the right to repair. It's stupid that we have to stomach the big corps refusal to repair our own devices.

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Agreed. Also, it's making us dumber as a society.

[@mmoren3]

I kept an iPhone 5s running for over ten years. Finally upgraded to an 11 last year, specifically not springing for a newer version due to parts pairing. Happy to hear that common sense is returning to the marketplace.

[@mimiayako]

Saw 'ft Louis Rossman' and I couldn't have clicked faster!!! What a collab!!! The masses MUST push back on "profits above all" companies. Not owning anything and leaving the garbage to the people to dispose of their own obsolete products is one of the biggest scams (amongst many other things as consumers' rights). Anyway, as usual awesome video CF!!! I'll need that full interview with Louis pretty please~

[@austinhernandez2716]

Profits above all? That's literally what capitalism is.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Louis "The Bear Jew" Rossman is the real deal and a prominent consumer activist. His inputs in the right-to-repair movement has been invaluable

[@hiddendrifts]

>the masses must push back< the problem is when those companies are so dominant that they're basically the only available option. the next best choice, and probably what most people already do, is to hold on to your phone for as long as possible, instead of buying the new one every year

[@Ben-Ken]

​@@austinhernandez2716what should happen in capitalism is that the consumer pushes back by not buying The products. The perversion here is that the government in the US is helping corporations more than people. Unfortunately, not enough people care about these issues to pressure the government.

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@hiddendrifts You need government to push back. Too bad the government's already bought and owned.

[@MrSociofobs]

Happy to see Rossmann featured on more large channels. That man has single-handedly done more for the society, than many, supposedly pro-consumer organizations combined.

[@CrimsonA1]

Bought and built a custom PC tower for myself back in 2011. About once or twice a year, I'll unplug and drain remaining static by holding the power button, use compressed air on the circuits, a duster for the rest, close up the metal case and boom. I'm still able to use it to game, write, and type out this comment :)

[@sushilskolia]

i am currently filing a case in consumer court against apple for not repairing my iphone under warranty

[@yensteel]

Their humidity sensor (Not water sensor) is unusually sensitive.

[@shapelessed]

​@@yensteel Funny isn't it? Especially in the "Pro" MacBooks. They have openings for ventilation, and eventually moisture from the air will turn the water indicators red, simply due to air moisture. This can take up a few years, but also happen within a couple months before your warranty even expires which would "technically" void it - Except it would not, since they have to prove the customer damaged the laptop, such as by finding rust or a short that could only happen if something was wet, but they would deny it anyways...

[@navneetyadav5275]

In India will this work?

[@shapelessed]

@@navneetyadav5275 I don't know. If you live there, aren't you supposed to know your laws...?

[@JH-pt6ih]

@@shapelessed Why do you have to be such a jerk? Seriously?

[@nietniet435]

I was a "life long" Apple advocate, for at least 20 years now. I recommended Apple products to ALL family and friends. Until last year my relatively new (2 year old) M1 MacBook Pro suddenly acted strange and eventually broke down completely. Nobody, not even an Apple authorized service partner could tell me, what the exact problem is. So they just said, that I would have to replace basically the whole of all inner parts which would lead to costs for a brand new one. That experience opened my eyes so much. I don't want to own nor recommend anything any longer that gives up on its life if a small $2 part is broken. I watched so many videos of Louis and he is a very good guy! I felt like a trapped monkey until I realized what Apple had pushed me into (slowly). So, thank you for making this video. I hope more people will wake up from this anti-consumer-nightmare.

[@cfett198]

Back in 2012 I had an iPhone 3GS that got wet in a backpack during a very rainy day and the battery died. I tried about 4 different iPhone 3GS batteries and all wouldn't work because it wasn't the exact right part bumbered enabled by the firmware and the required one wasn't on the open market if I recall correctly. I'd already fixed this iPhone on my own when the screen broke so it was annoying that I can't do a remove and replace for a completely artificial reason, all 4 batteries had identical specs to the original outside of the part number. I swore off of Apple essentially ever since. I've had a Galaxy S8 from 2020 to near present and the only reason I "upgraded" is becuase it was no longer compatible with US or Japan mobile networks. I changed the battery twice on my own though each time I fretted that Samsung would do the same trick.

[@POVShotgun]

Man I am scared to leave my 2014 MacBook. It feels like the last good one. It’s so easily repairable. I swapped out the battery, charger port, ram, screen.

[@snells-window]

Fortunately here in Australia we have good consumer protection laws, so products have to be fit for service, and the Australian Consumer Guarantee extends well beyond what is offered by the manufacturer, so as an example, an Apple Macbook you should be able to expect at least 5 years out of it, and it not, then apple are required to repair or replace it.

[@cfett198]

@@snells-window I have to say though, 5 years is still a seemingly short service life for a laptop. I have a Lenovo Z710 ThinkPad that I got back in 2014 that it still running well and serves as my 3D printer workstation; 4 ender 3 pros are connected to it. It has only be relegated to this role because I got an ASUS, and only because my toddler broke the Lenovos screen and the ASUS would arrive before the replacement screen. On that though, I had to do a circuitous shipment on the screen to family in the US first because it wouldn't ship to Japan directly. Outside of gaming, most laptops, or computers in general should keep for decades but then there's things like artificially high computing demands for mundane software, not to mention slowing of older hardware seen in mobile phones where they all but force you to upgrade. I do a fair bit of 3D modeling work since I make all my own .stl for my 3D printing business and my Lenovo always worked well for it. To think that a consumer expectation for a computer should only be 5 years in itself seems like planned obsolescence for the level of the typical private consumer that will reasonably only use their computer for routine home office work (word processor, spreadsheets, presentations)

[@codyrap95]

Better later than never. Good to have you on the non-brainwashed side

[@svjeller1]

Farmers have been dealing with this for years. A 500K combine needs to be fixed at an authorized repair shop cause if you do it at the shop like the good old days. The combine will not work.

[@Bigboss-xe6lm]

This practice should be illegal

[@pogchamp2330]

I have a dryer built in the earlier 2000s. Its made that if something goes wrong the parts can be easily replaced so the dryer can still work. Because of that, this dryer has outlasted most of the modern electronics we get for years. Anything new cant be fixed like it, so we have to buy a (cheap) new one. That dryer is a gem

[@zconiglietti]

You literally explained why they build stuff shitty today. It's not rocket science. You bought 1 dryer in 30 years

[@scroopynooperz9051]

This is simply a function of the particular economic system we find ourselves in - companies chase profit to expand and survive, so great longevity and easy fixability will eat into their margins. This schizophrenia also extends to our policies as related to climate change and the environment - governments and VIPs harp on the importance of the aforementioned while doing nothing to stop these companies (which in many cases, are funding them politically) Unless we come up with better economic systems, these dualities and contradictions will continue to be present

[@scroopynooperz9051]

@@zconiglietti how do we balance environmental protection and climate targets, consumer ability to reasonably repair their own purchased items with a healthy ability for a company to sustain itself? These are not easy questions

[@jankoodziej877]

The funny thing is I remember 2000 and people were saying the exact same things back then. I'm not denying companies are trying to sell us cheap things, but it's not as bad as people claim it is. There are still a lot of well built home appliances available. But they are not among the cheapest models. Though of course expensive did not have to mean high quality.

[@FirstLast-vr7es]

@@zconiglietti Everything used to be made that way, and companies thrived. They got greedy though, and will fight to not have to give up those new profit margins.

[@DJAtomic5]

This is why I hate the Hypocrisy these tech companies are telling, especially Apple. They claim they care about the environment and yet here they are making it nearly impossible to repair their devices. One big part of "saving the environment" is being able to repair our current devices if needed and extend its lifetime and not having to throw them away and create more waste.

[@NightmareRex6]

they are saving the envirement THE ELITES ENVIREMENT our envirement they coudl care less!, like a squirrel in a cage will clean his area in cost of trashing your house.

[@chazzmccloud36]

I recently started working for a certified Bobcat sales/service shop, and I've been stunned at how many parts have been made unrepairable. The seasoned techs tell me that probably 90% of the parts that were repairable are now built only to be replaced. We're talking about parts that would've cost hundreds of dollars to repair, now cost thousands to replace. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

That’s insane 😅😮

[@qwertyazerty2137]

I've heard that automotive lobby is pushing EU to pass a regulation that says if a gearbox or an engine fails in your car to the point it's unrepairable and needs replacement, you will not be allowed to do so. Instead the car will rendered a wreck and you will have to scrap it. I hope this will never pass.

[@Harpoika]

I doubt that.

[@colynw64]

I work on cars for a living and pay attention to technology aswell which noone does in my industry. Cars are a bigger problem when is comes to waste and repairs than tech but doesnt get as much attention. The amount of electronics in 1 car would be the same as hundreds of iphones but no one looks at it like that. plus all the rest of the car

[@saeedhossain6099]

whether they have stated it openly or not, by their engineering designs, no dipstick, sealed for life parts, etc, that is exactly what they are doing.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

This sounds very likely but not just to the EU; probably UK, US and Asia.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

@@colynw64 Agree; even a simple part of Brake Cylinder for my Renault the original part wasn't made anymore and my garage had to shop around to get an alternative non-renault part to fit; over 3 day wait before they could fit it in

[@MsMRkv]

Wow, you brought the legend himself, Louis Rossmann.

[@iampixelle]

Louis Rossman is that one antagonist in the start of the series, and later on realize you side with him more than the protagonists the story wants you to believe.

[@lt3880]

What does this mean, how could louis be mistaken for the antagonist?

[@平和-v1z]

Thank you so much, Dagogo! After requesting a Right to Repair Video with an interview featuring Louis Rossmann a couple of times, I'm so incredibly glad that you've actually made one! Laws which would allow disabled people to fix their medical equipment should to pass immediately. Products need to become more modular again, thank you for clearly pointing out that water resistance wouldn't be compromised. I also hope we'll get back environmental/consumer-friendly features like the user removable battery, expandable storage and the headphone jack! Incredibly thankful for rising awareness about these important topics!

[@ColdFusion]

Remember your request from a few years ago! Thanks for the support.

[@平和-v1z]

@@ColdFusion Thank you for your brilliant content!

[@dragonfalcon8474]

Big tech just seems corrupt at this point. No regard for consumer ethics or privacy. Just profits, the worst aspects of capitalism.

[@adamcheklat7387]

Meaning a new Gilded Age.

[@PatrickKellyLoneCoder]

Always was. Look at even the old ELLA's. They never stood by their products. You signed away they weren't responsible for anything while at the same time you couldn't do anything with the product except the most basic stuff. Nothing has changed. They just kept down the road they were always on. This is the logical conclusion of letting an industry be run by the same people who politically refuse to ever be responsible for anything.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Capitalism as a whole! Not just big tech

[@hansklok3564]

And if only the US gouvernement wouldn’t be so corrupt, something would be done.

[@pajeetsingh]

Big tech, Banks, Fed all three of these are corrupt right now. Voting is not the solution anymore.

[@petar.stoyanov]

I've been following Louis Rossman for a very long time and he's the only YT content creator that had NEVER dissapointed me, and my respect for him has been steadily increasing over the years. Thanks for covering this topic - it needs all the attention it can get.

[@Tass...]

More "influencers" with large subscriber numbers need to be making videos like this. It would be the fastest and most effective route to progress for right to repair.

[@NightridingDoom]

time to talk with pewdiepie and mrbeast. maybe also Simon Whistler.

[@PramodhRachuri]

Meanwhile, we have mkbhd

[@Stilo95]

They are bribed not to do it.

[@k26295]

Yep mkb does have the power to go all out on this, but he'll just mint his money and buy some more teslas.

[@kapoioBCS]

@@PramodhRachurimkhb 🤮

It stuns me that military and hospital equipment isn't mentioned. Imagine you can't swap out a part in a warzone or a vital hospital equipment breaks and they need to wait so long for a "repair". Let alone for the wait for replacing the whole equipment.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

This video could be 2 hours long and not cover all the potential examples, which is why it's so important.

[@arvishalsharma]

Talk about iPhone and farm sufficient views.

[@CnutLongsword]

@@arvishalsharmastfu and actually watch the video

[@ThurstanHethorn]

There was a mention at the end of a kid in a wheelchair waiting something like 65 days just to replace a battery

[@zawarudo1041]

Because Apple is major trendsetter in this social cancer?

[@LilannB]

I have noticed that retro tech lasts and can be repaired fairly easily. Recently I decided to use a portable cassette player purchased in the 1990s. The player had batteries that had corroded in it. Once I got the batteries out they had an expiration date of 2015. I went on YT to find how to clean the corrosion in the player. I used a Q-tip and white vinegar about 5-10 cents in products. Once I cleaned the corrosion and inserted new batteries. Viola a working 30 year old portable cassette player.

[@KazrBrekker]

He's the guy who's been advocating consumer rights everywhere. I started following his channel after the court case back 1 or 2 years ago and he's a true hero of consumers' rights.

[@jpalmz1978]

A lot of people out there do not realise this is the most important consumer movement in history. Mobile phones and small devices are important but cars are going to be a nightmare doing the most basic services and repairs.

[@mahedirakibsonny]

My iPhone 12 just died out of nowhere and after much research and conversations at the Apple Store the only option they provided was buying a newer model iPhone. Fixing the old one would be just as expensive as buying a new one.

[@edneddy2]

I remember over covid, printer companies couldn't get enough microchips to detect the credibility of printer ink so a ton of 1st party ink was detected as fake. HP had to tell people how to hack their printers to get the ink working.

[@CallumRepairs]

Is there a link to an article or anything you could share? I'd like to read about that.

[@edneddy2]

@@CallumRepairs I can’t find an exact article because it was more of a quick blurb on the topic of chip shortage during that time. But if you look up “Canon printers read ink as fake 2022”, it should pop up.

[@Hesthegreatest1]

This problem goes deeper than just not being able to repair something that is broken. Its about allowing people to fix things that are broken so we can learn how to fix things again. People need that! Thats how people become inspired to create better products that benefit us all! Look at Woz and Steve. They thought they could create a better computer and now look at APPLE.

[@clydedoris5002]

Parts need to be available and affordable too

[@ajb7530]

Now you know why I will never purchase Apple products for myself, for my family. Never will.

[@Gaunerchen]

17:08 My parents were buying a new tv, because the old one had a problem where it randomly switched off an on again while clicking (it was outdated at that point anyway). I found a youtube video how to fix it and tried soldering my first time to repair the tv. The feeling when I turned on the tv for the first time and it didn't switch off. I was so proud and happy. I basically bought myself a tv with that repair. It stopped working half a year later 😅

[@lovesiriusblack]

I've been fuming about anti-consumer mechanism for a decade.. Kept pushing "install later" on my phone for over 2 years because my partner updated his phone and there was a significant decrease in battery life... Woke up one morning to it dead and after starting it up it suddenly updated... Have no recollection of choosing to update. Hope this movement grows bigger and bigger!

[@CallumRepairs]

I did the same to my old Samsung Galaxy S10. I connected it to a computer with ADB and manually removed the module which downloads the updates. Even if I wanted to, I COULDN'T update the phone without re-installing the factory firmware. No issues for the 3 years I had the phone. I updated the software to sell it on and man was it slow after all those "updates"!

[@michalsvihla1403]

Well, it's pretty irresponsible to not update for 2 years? The updates also contain security patches... Did your battery life actually decrease with it or was it just a feeling?

[@michaelm.1947]

​@@michalsvihla1403 "...it's pretty irresponsible to not update for 2 years" So it's ok to accept depreciated performance in lieu of receiving 'better' security?

[@michalsvihla1403]

@@michaelm.1947 Well, if we look at exploits like Spectre and Meltdown (not applicable to mobile chips, but a fine example), then yes.

[@shandude4064]

@@michalsvihla1403 Ah, so we should continue to accept "security" as a reason for subpar performance in a device that could otherwise function flawlessly. Can't we choose between software, os or security updates, why do they all have to be packaged together? Also, couldn't tell you the amount of times I've updated a phone just for it to become unusable in regards to how slow it is. I buy the cheapest smartphone I have available to me and it's starts off slow, But usable until the first set of updates and...nah. nonfunctional sorta slow....20 mins for Google maps slow. even though a 4G smartBrick(Not even a touchphone) had better success with similar tasks, like maps or KZbin some...10 years ago? I understand that apps and compatibility tends to change but...A smartphone made or bought in 2023/2024 of any caliber shouldn't be less capable of performance than a brick phone of ten years ago with online features simply because of a F***ing update!

[@Iron-and-strings]

The John Deere issue was/is absolutely deplorable. This video touches briefly on it but the true implications of this evil corporate action is so massive.

[@ilya.b]

15:45 I had a Sony Xperia ZR in 2013 which was waterproof and had easily detachable rear panel with replacable battery. I literally washed it under a runnig tap after I accidentaly spilled a glass of whiskey cola all over it. 🥃😂 In 2015, when the battery was becomming noticably worse and held charge for significantly less time, I just baught a new original battery, opened the back with my fingernail, pulled the old one, put the new one in and closed the back panel and that was it. The battery life drastically increased and the phone STILL was waterproof.

[@MrGrumpyGills]

I own two of those super old indestructable Nokias and am using one of these as my regular phone :) Replacing batteries was completely normal 20+ years ago. No one would've bought a new cell phone if the battery died.

[@rampel1]

aaah right to repair - I had a Samsung washing machine that had to be scrapped "just" cause the main board had some issue. The board is a one piece in epoxy. No repair, no diagnosis is offered where I live. It was cheaper to use a cash-back for returning the old and buy a new machine. Such a waste

[@ray_donovan_v4]

Notice how cellphones and portable devices had removable/replacable batteries? Now everything is hard wired... People are losing entire devices/data/livelyhood over a faulty battery. Cellphones now no longer have headphone jacks.. and *require* you to buy Bluetooth accessories.. Apple and Samsung are most definitely doing this. Samsung had numerous products catch fire because of battery faults. The other side of the coin is the whole RMA process.. cellphones are a day to day thing.. a person who needs their phone for work etc.. can't have a 4 week RMA process to send the phone, for diagnosis and repair, then wait for all that shipping time... And. "whether or not" the company "chooses" to "repair or not".. we buy the products, and expect them to work.. and require it fixed, when needed. I did have a Samsung Galaxy 10.. The battery did swell, and open the casing and damaged the glass. I did put that thing in a pot.. and put it in the oven.. until I could take it to my provider.. to get a new phone. And I never got reimbursed for that phone. (If my phone were to be the cause of my house burning down.. you're damn right I'd go after Samsung.)

[@WeatherMan2005]

imo you should only buy mechanical washer/dryers so no boards will fry its self

[@CnutLongsword]

And then they blame consumers for not recycling and causing waste. It’s a joke.

[@ray_donovan_v4]

@@WeatherMan2005 parts still wear and tear.. timers fail.. the gears get eaten from use or aggressive turning.. (maintenance technician).. belts break, heat elements burn out.. usual wear and tear happens but then manufacturers started including PCB boards and faulty circuitry.. multiple buttons.. another failing part.. etc etc.

[@CallumRepairs]

I tried to fix a Dyson hairdryer but they'd coated the entire board in epoxy (like you would with a garage floor) so it literally wasn't repairable.

[@LtDan-yt7lb]

My parents purchased a microwave for my sister when she went away to college in 1991. That thing finally gave out in 2018. She's had other microwaves to match the color scheme of her kitchen (red appliances), and kept her college microwave in the pantry. She's been through 3-4 others while the 1st was still working.

[@MrAmitsaurabh]

The laptop that gets disassembled at 3:14 is Lenovo IdeaPad Z580, I have done that back in 2018 and my laptop(Z580) is still working, 12 years and counting. love iFixit

[@Minimal444]

Lenovo create the best laptops and pcs, proper respectful company.

[@entechcore]

I've always hated using phones - they always felt too annoying to use, with inferior versions of programs, but now I have a real justification. I really hope Right to Repair gets somewhere soon.

[@mskiptr]

You might be interested in pmOS. It's still in its infancy, but it's an actual sustainable and ownership-respecting alternative to Android and iOS

[@plinyelder8156]

You harbor a biased perspective. You are not clear-headed or mature enough for this conversation. Please exit the room and let the adults work. Bye.

[@ripvanced]

​@@plinyelder8156 right off you go then! 👋

[@cybertrend8134]

Use ios it's better

[@NightridingDoom]

YOU have to act. I have to act. This will get nowhere, if none of us act.

[@s1nnur_]

This is why I love my PC. 15 years old and still going, PSU and GPU replaced, more RAM and better SSD added. Thing still flies like it's brand new. So much better than buying from a retailer.

[@maxheadroom4659]

microsoft will brick it next year when they force the switch to windows 11

[@s1nnur_]

@@maxheadroom4659 Heh, apparently 11 doesn't support an i7 2600k. I'll be using 10 until it's no longer supported. Then the old war rig's headed for recycling! :(

[@yowhatsup9909]

@@maxheadroom4659 The LTSC version of windows 10 is supported for much longer, just saying.

[@mearetom]

@@s1nnur_ If you change your mind about recycling, you can slap Linux into that PC

[@s1nnur_]

@@mearetom I've never used Linux in my life. As I understand it's a lot of work and working knowledge to put it together? It's time for an upgrade soon anyway.

[@alexanderh.5435]

Fairphone is a great example for a framework cellphone. Every part is exchangeable within just a screwdriver and costs a fraction of a new phone

[@iteerrex8166]

“You’ll own nothing and be happy.”

[@hansklok3564]

Stop the stupid great reset bullshit.

[@The92Waffles]

has anyone ever said that or is this just hyperbole to make people mad at the unknown...

[@praius7960]

@@The92Waffles Rent instead of mortgage. Subscribe to media instead of purchasing it. Lease a car instead of buying. It is said without words in the name of convenience.

[@raymondheckford4546]

@@The92Waffles I believe it was part of some press release at a tech event some years ago, I don't remember which one. I think the vibe they were going for was 'You wont need to own anything to be happy'. We all know how much they missed the mark there.

[@HopelessAutistic]

That’s not the point

[@serafin1797]

Ever since dodge sued ford to prioritize shareholder value instead of customers and employees, this has been happening time and time again. Henry ford built the middle class and when talked about certain individuals he was right, he has always been right.

[@BoleDaPole]

My uncle had a model T and could fix it in his garage very easily. This is when the car was already 80 years old. There's no reason we can't have even easier cars to fix ourselves in the 21st century.

[@aitoluxd]

My dad bought a dryer 1992 dryer (older than me) back in 2010 when I was in secondary school. Now I'm married with a kid and it still works like the first day he brought it home. 😪

[@Cybersawz]

We use on the daily, a Whirlpool side-by-side fridge made in Aug 1994. It works fine, and has never needed repair.

[@kachow5830]

@@Cybersawzold fridges cost like 20x more in electricity though right?

[@Cybersawz]

@@kachow5830 They use a little more juice, not that bad. LOL! The money you save with a new one will be more than spent buying another fridge in 10 years. The durability is just not there with modern appliances.

[@adredy]

were are you living in cave :) crt tv is better for you than oled because is working :) omg

[@CallumRepairs]

@@adredy At least the CRT can be repaired quickly and easily when it fails. Why shouldn't the OLED TVs of today also last 20 years without failing?

[@finthechatboisqwq5602]

One - albeit minor - way I'm pushing back against the diminishing longevity of devices is to only buy pre-owned where possible. It's better for the environment, sure, but more importantly: it saves *loads* of money

[@ThaaaaGoat]

My PC is built 90% out of second hand/refurbished parts. Saves me money, and I already know what parts/batches have major problems. The biggest thing I still miss are laptops with upgradeable cpu, gpu and sometimes ram and storage. Ive gotten a decent laptop from work, but the ram isn't upgradeable. So I'm stuck with a decent laptop that's handicapped by 8gb of non upgradeable ram

[@MrGrumpyGills]

Same!

[@goldbullet50]

It never ceases to amaze me, that the people who complain about not having the right to repair, their consoles and games having to be online, their smart fridges stopping working without security updates and their cars being impossible to fix yourself, STILL KEEP BUYING THAT GARBAGE. Why?

[@dtibor5903]

Saving money = slowing down economy = less money to save

[@tanksKABOOM]

@@goldbullet50 The consumer is never to blame for a dependency manufactured by corporations. People may not have liked the PS4 having a paid subscription to use online functionality, but that was the only place specific games (like Bloodborne) could be accessed, so they bought one. People may not like the Adobe suite, but the industry has limited alternatives, and people's actual livelihoods depend on the software, so they pay for it. People may not be happy that they can't replace the batteries in smartphones, but you *need* a smartphone to communicate, so you buy one. "Why do you keep buying it?" because consumers are led to believe that they have no choice; and more often than not, they don't.

[@shrimp1920]

i think this is applicable to relationship as well. if everything is not repairable it can be thrown out and be replaced by a new one

[@Nurr0]

I love living in a world that is made measurably worse every single day by people who are already so rich they're already incapable of exhausting their wealth. 10/10.

[@davidtomczak8035]

Just bear in mind you can buy an advanced mobile computer that fits in your pocket for maybe 2 weeks of wages.

[@zawarudo1041]

@davidtomczak8035 And your point is?

[@gustavofigueiredo1798]

So... You're a cOmUnIsT? You wish we all lived in the Soviet Union? /s

[@aamirpashah7159]

For most people who have a family, have responsibilities, have meaning full expensis, and are not the top 10% of economy, surely need to spend reasonably that 2week of wage will be part of money left spending on meaningfull expensis after an year and multiply it by 4 for each person in family for every person in family it will turn into 4x that 2 week wage it isn't easy to earn money its easy to loss it on meaning less stuff. ​@@davidtomczak8035

[@theobserver3753]

They need to please their investors with unending growth that’s why.

[@SeithonJetter]

A neighbour of mine, she swapped from an old Iphone to Android. She wanted some pictures off her phone, when we unlocked it we found that the entire phone was empty, all her images had been uploaded to the Icloud app which was locked behind her old apple account. Had to spend over a week to get the account unlocked so we could download her images... It was amazingly aggressively unfriendly.

[@milostosic7447]

So happy for this collab. Louis represents all good stuff in this world that we are slowly losing. Literally a national treasure and a guy who can change the world.

[@ernie5229]

I wish we would discuss the root cause of this... late-stage capitalism. In traditional capitalism, if a company behaved like Apple, a customer would go to one of many other brands that didn't act like them. But since companies have become so large, they have effectively reached monopoly status where competition isn't possible. This hurts everyone except Apple execs/investors. We have to address this to get our economy back!

[@Michal_Sobczyk]

Yes, also we should abolish the intellectual property scam. It's just another form of monopoly. True competition (capitalism) is when everyone can offer what Apple offers and doesn't ask them for permission.

[@MatterMadeMoot]

Over 90% of teenagers use iPhone today. If that isn't a monopoly I really don't know what is.

[@michaezell4607]

It's the same with screwtube and it's incessant advertising policies. The ONLY way to get it to stop is for a group of tech savvy individuals to get together to create a rival video hosting platform to put screwtube out of business.

[@michaezell4607]

​@MatterMadeMoot the problem is that teenagers are the biggest herd following demographic. They just buy crapple products because their friends are doing it and they want to be considered as part of that "in crowd ".

[@lance_374]

@@michaezell4607 there are rival platforms but they will never catch on because youtube has almost 20 years of user uploaded videos. I think the only thing that would break the monopoly is an antitrust lawsuit where they are forced to split into multiple companies and spread their videos across the platforms. I'm not saying that it would be practical or feasible.

[@dragonfalcon8474]

"A move that was ROASTED by coffee lovers" I see what you did there!

[@worawatli8952]

It's insane how many people are stuck with those pod machines, just pay a bit more, put only a bit of more time in and one could get a semi-automatic coffee machine. Which is much better and could brew whole world of amazing coffee which cost less than pod.

[@GalacticStarForge42]

@@worawatli8952 I mean most people I know just use those plastic or stainless steel pods that allows them to use back to coffee and don’t really ever buy the actual pods. They’re still super convenient by only giving you one cup of coffee also the cost of buying more K cups.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

@@worawatli8952 I'm more of a moka pot guy myself. It's a bit more involved, takes a little longer, it's a bit of a ritual, but I like the ritual, and the great coffee it brews. That said, I don't diss people that prefer the convenience and time savings of a semi-automatic coffee machine. Why do you feel like you have any right to diss the folk that prefer the convenience and time savings of a pod machine? Stop being that guy. You don't blame the customer for prefering a certain type of device, when the real fault lies with the manufacturer going out of their way to make that type of device harder to repair or more expensive to use. The fault doesn't lie with the guy who just wants to pop in a pod and press a button to get a nice and consistent cup of coffee, it lies with the manufacturer who goes out of their way to DRM their consumables (pods) so only their expensive ones work with their machines.

[@Wandallz]

EU have sued Apple for what I remember was 30 billion, and Microsoft for 20 billion dollars. For being anticonsumer and monopolistic. I can only say keep up the good work EU

[@aaaaasssss884]

And there is a weird big company called Valve who collaborated with iFixit , where you can buy almost everything that can be replaced when your steam deck breaks. What a legend!! Long live Lord Gaben!

[@TheBlackSkimmer]

I found an issue with Valve. I had a switch break on the right bumper. I was hoping to just buy a new daughter board, but iFix it doesn't sell it. There is no way to replace a daughter board if anything breaks on yours. This is an oversight and needs to be addressed by Valve.

[@thefilmdirector1]

the same Valve that sold me a faulty steamdeck, blamed me for it, repaired it, and sent it back with cosmetic damage? That one?

[@adredy]

but think if they start release device every year they need still keep old production line for old cheap 1$ parts ? who need those parts and how many ? this have no sense if one day peple need 100 stupid plastic parts who pay all those peoples who work them and from where ? this is ok but not in 2024 ,50 years ago this was posible not now , at this time RS components have 50mln parts only electronic parts this is less than 1% where they can store more ? :)

[@MatterMadeMoot]

Cringe

[@RTMonitor]

@MatterMadeMoot Lol, what a boring troll.

[@Rybc]

Luis Rossman is a hero! People have no idea how much he is doing to fight for us with Right to Repair.

[@iminyourMomzmouf]

"Get them to share in your joy".... We as customers of tech REALLY need this now more than ever esp with Repairs

[@kraqur]

Louis and CF. A must watch ASAP

[@Poon1312]

My thoughts exactly

[@TheRealASN]

Came to say this!

[@llkurofoxll1013]

your comment got stolen by a bot

[@stacklysm]

​@@llkurofoxll1013yep, 5 comments above his for me

[@tanchienhao]

"Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history." Louis Rossmann: hold my flux

[@samk_8426]

10:12 BMW has since then implemented 15€/month subscription for High-beam assist, so this victory was short-lived. Volkswagen also seems to be exploring similar options.

[@kiwiPatchAz]

I'm so happy Ross is on your show. He's been losing his mind, not being able to tell more people about these companies. Good job!

[@kevc6115]

The Right2Repair movement rocks. Louis Rossmann introduced me to it. I'm a signed up member of th EU movement. The EU is by far the more effective at introducing change than the US. USB legislation, reintroduction of user replaceable batteries & legislation forcing white goods manufacturers to make their devices more user or 3rd party repairable. If you haven't signed up in the US or the EU, please do. It's free to do and they keep you updated with progress without spamming you. Thanks Louis!!!!

[@adredy]

louis repair them not make for him this is buisness where you can store bilion parts ?

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@adredy What do you mean? They just produce a small overhead for specialized parts like screens until the end of production, afterwards there should be a reasonable estimate how many they'll need for the timeframe anyone would reasonably still want to repair one. At some point, you can only use donor parts anyways, but Right to Repair tries making that reasonably easy as well. And generic parts like flex cables or capacitors for random appliences just stay in production because they'll work with hundreds of devices.

[@CallumRepairs]

@@adredy r/ihadastroke

[@toyotafan1234]

As a technician in the automotive field in the US, it is very difficult to repair or fix a vehicle without a specific factory software.

[@AndrewBrown-fq6vp]

I'm currently using a 9 year old phone, a 10 year old PC, 10 year old smart TV and a 14 year old laptop all of which I have updated both hardware and software and don't have any problems and use the internet as needed. If people stopped buying the latest crap tomorrow for just one week these companies would pull up in a heart beat but they know people are stupid, selfish and greedy and would do that.

[@retroke6560]

Same dude. I stuck to what is important to me, anyways no one does compact phones anymore or laptops with hot-swappable batteries and RAM.

[@maxheadroom4659]

microsoft is going to brick your 10 year old pc & 14 year old laptop next year. gonna force everyone to have windows 11, and if your pc is more than 5 years old it needs upgrades to install it.

[@retroke6560]

@@maxheadroom4659 then i'm getting rid of microsoft or try my best to trick every single program I use into thining I'm using win11, end of story. Anyways these days everything is worse made and will fall apart faster by itself than anything older thanks to enshittyfication

[@MrR2185]

@@maxheadroom4659 For now you can use rufus to bypass the tpm requirement. I've tested Windows 11 on a 2012 HP laptop with a 3rd gen intel (i5-3360m) CPU and it ran very well and actually better than Windows 10 did. Of course that old laptop was not like today's machines...it was actually repairable, so I upgraded it to an SSD, 16GB of ram and even swapped out the wifi card to a newer standard.

[@fadillah6014]

You could upgrade laptop hardware that far?

[@br3nto]

We really do live in a modern feudal society.

[@shimmeringreflection]

Absolutely fantastic documentary, thank you. You'd think the simple answer to this conundrum would be to start a company that caters to right to repair. Over time, however, owing to the human greed, board members will be under pressure to concoct ways to make the company grow. That's the mindset that's at the root of all of this. What ever happened to the old mindset where you ran a vegetable shop, focused on the freshness of the produce and were kind to your customers and, as long as you took a fair cut to put food on the table, everybody was happy?

[@Arbiter099]

Great that you're shining a light on this problem, especially contacting Louis. He's the man. Circling back to the videogames topic touched on at the start of the video, Ross Scott has been advocating for years against games being locked into dependence on developer servers.

[@johnsherby9130]

Constantly hammering the environmentalist angle with stupid things like removing chargers is so frustrating to me when these companies continue to insist on throwing away devices that are 99% functional. Even Tesla will throw away and total out a car with 2 bent body panels and a loose coolant hose. It’s absurd.

[@peterfuchs8260]

I always leave a negative review if there is no charger. Maybe I should start sending them to repair when the batterie is empty. They can charge the phone for me.

[@captainheat2314]

​@@peterfuchs8260cheaper phones like oppo makes still come with 80 watt and higher chargers included

[@Syncopia]

Phone? Laptop? Try every single device made in the last two decades. Slow cooker stopped working? Better throw it out because no schematic exists to find your burned resistor.

[@lt3880]

Nevermind that e-waste is among the most toxic and difficult to recycle waste that we produce as a society.

[@RusRus72]

I’m pretty sure laptops a decade ago where made better than modern

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

Wow... "Microsoft OFFERED to PAY more TAXES... IF..." That says it all, the megacorporations can and will do what ever the fuck they want without consequences

[@tren-y2m]

I remember I left a comment on a the verge video about Apple blocking app downloads from a third party app store for "safety reasons" being bogus because android's allowed that for year. I got absolutely piled on in the replies saying android users all have viruses in their phones that they don't even know about. It seems some people really want the anti-competitive future we're heading towards...

[@OneofInfinity.]

Ofc, less thinking for them, i also see too many comments complaining about optional choices as well, they want for someone else to make the choices for them, drones.

[@TV-8-301]

Louis made a video recently, maybe you already saw it. Near the end he makes the point that we can't just blame the consumers for buying from certain companies, like "Oh, Apple blocks third party app store downloads? Shouldn't have bought from Apple, then!" We should stop that attitude because if we essentially allow one company to get away with anti-consumer practices, all the other companies will try it too, then it won't matter WHO you buy from.

[@plousia]

I have a sewing machine, iron, and dehumidifier from the 50s. They all work great. They made stuff to last back then. I will be deliberately looking for appliances from that era from now on.

[@Hatdog-u5d]

I love the line rossman gave at the end. Not only does it apply to this case but to every discussions we would have with a stranger. Most often people forces another people of their belief which shouldn't be the right way to educate i hope more people see this especially the last part

[@rondajones7526]

I work at an appliance part store and it's crazy how expensive the parts can be, it's often cheaper to replace it. New machines last about two years, the ones that are 18 or 20 years old are better and a lot you can still get parts for it

[@unkatom]

Have you all noticed that every single item Cold Fusion mentions… has a computer in it (or IS a computer)? My paint brushes, sewing machine, rulers, calipers, sculpting tools & clays are decades old and they still work fine… and such tools how we created art and engineered LIFE ITSELF, and not too long ago! I know I sound somewhat ridiculous… droning on about old tools. But its a fair point to make. There IS permanence in this world, its just outside of the greedy “businessman’s” grasp. Just a reminder from some old dude. 🧙‍♂️

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

Battery, hard drive, and RAM are the most important things to change in a computer from year to year.

[@WeatherMan2005]

yes. but the ability to replace everything is great too

[@edussantoz9034]

what about vrm modules, network, audio , super io, pch everything that makes a board goes bad can be swappable and will not use much space on a desktop, and can be made on laptops too. they just dont whant to look at CAMM modules for RAM on thin laptops we have the tecnology but companies just want the full profit . im not saying that they will sell the parts withouth profit but the greed is too much.

[@edussantoz9034]

i know tecnology can be useles in a few years from release but turning it in to garbage is not the way to go, also slow devices can be made usable for other purposes with software even the crappyest PC from 90s can be quick paired with the right software, i dont understand the devices today that are released with software that is slow and unresponsible if not unstable. just to have the latest software instead of making a new release on old software with the security problens fixed

[@edussantoz9034]

im talking low end laptops and smartphones. i have one that was released with Windows 10 even thougth it has only 2GB of RAM and atom dual core its slow as hell dont have drivers for older windows but it can be very fast and responsive with any distro linux with Xfce.

[@edussantoz9034]

it could be a fast windows 7 machine but they can only release with windows 10 . i have older machines that has less CPU power and run windows 7 fast with 2gb of RAM.

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Thanks for linking up with Rossman. We need more allies. We are all being royally screwed! Keep up the great work.

[@yodaddy1]

I ordered a screen for my phone from a random online store and replaced it without issue. I would never buy into a company that doesn't allow me to do that. Say what you will about Chinese brands, but they don't pull this s""" as often as the big companies. The phone also came with a case & charger in the box. Carrying forward the car analogy, imagine buying a brand new car that costs more than the last model but they want you to buy the tires separately because the last one came with them, the world is going mad.

[@YakyuBoy]

I own 2 cars, one is 32 years old and the other is 39 years old. They are so simple to repair and maintain with just basic tools and a service manual. I hope I can keep them running forever because these new cars are so much harder to work on yourself. So much software and sensors in them that you're forced to take it to the dealer for every little issue.

[@Demotricus]

I'm 65 now but when I was younger I always did all my own work on my vehicles, and quite enjoyed doing it. I stopped driving in my early forties and haven't had a car since, but it's coming to the point where I may need one again soon. I'm determined that I'm going to buy something older that I can work on myself again, as I just don't like the idea of relying on a laptop to tell me whats wrong, or being beholden to all the anti consumer BS that seems to be endemic now.

[@skatee99]

Thanks, great effort. More widespread issue than people think. From the Taylor company holding McDonald's ice cream machines hostage to only being fixed by their technicians and proprietary software to - farmer's fighting John Deer about farming equipment they bought that only needs to have simple service maintenance. They can't do it. It must be handeled by one of their rep's and not the farmers. The computer controls are designed to disable the entire combine/ect. ($100,000+ piece of equipment) until one of their tec's come out with a special device to read simple error codes. Ridicules. . .

[@robertheinrich2994]

the framework laptop is especially genious. let's say, you want to actually change your mainboard. okay, buy new mainboard. open the laptop, swap it, done. but now you have a perfectly working old mainboard with CPU and ram. according to framework, download the STL for a case or buy one. insert the old mainboard, set a jumper that it doesn't complain about not having a battery. say hello to your new stationary pc or NAS or server.

[@Mr.Coffee576]

I remember watching one of your first videos. And it was about modular phones. It was about how every part of the phone from camera to battery could be replaceable. It feels like companies did everything to stop that.

[@Bjorick]

'with parts of my interview with louis rossmann' - yeah, love him, but he rambles - it's his way of communicating - glad to see him on here - but he's a type of guy that knows so much information about the situation, he can't help but feel annoyed and passionate, and struggle to find a way to keep it brief :P

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

WE NEED RIGHT TO REPAIR OUR BELONGINGS!!!

[@digiryde]

We, the consumers, need to take ownership back.

[@RadioTeal]

This is something near and dear to my heart. I am an Apple Mac user and I feel that it is still a big issue that you can't upgrade your Mac, not even the SSD. You have to figure out what you need when you buy the thing and you are spending over 2000 USD for it. At least let them be upgradable. Thanks for the video.

[@jossefyoucef4977]

6:20 That pentalope screw design is the equivalent of selling you the product with a physical lock on it smh

[@OffGridInvestor]

I think I could make a tool for it. I got something that at the time was very rare and not cheap like now, a boiled egg cooker that uses very little power and steams the whole egg. Chinese had put a curved edge triangle screw. I made a tool from steel mesh on a grinder that perfectly fit. I could do that new one with a dremel. It would be impossible to make a micro casting either.

[@thescfiles1273]

Of course the Chinese engineered a solution to it a day later

[@BEANSFM]

One thing no one talks about is all these products that rely on apps to be used e.g electric scooters , rgb lights etc… these products rely on apps to function and to even turn on in some cases . All these apps need to be upgraded to new OS’s and builds . All these apps have on average 1 star ratings because of the faults and compatibility issues that never get addressed . At best they get basic / reluctant updates and that is for now ! In ten years this will be more obvious a problem . Half of Temus stock will be dead ducks when their apps fail in 5-10 years.