I was wrong about Samsung

[@annihilator247x]

I'm not sure LG and BOE will take this lying down. If both of them and Apple jump on this, it will die. The question is, will they? Probably not. They will likely try to work with Samsung to be allowed.

[@rossmanngroup]

Big "IF!"

[@ksinitial]

@@rossmanngroup where is the if?

[@jplayzow]

@@ksinitial they can write some contracts around hard stances become softer the more zeroes behind a number

[@compuguy123]

Haha capitalist 'competition'

[@wayland7150]

BOE could sponsor the repair industry legal case. They could do this anonymously or publically.

[@Gameboygenius]

Every time I see "I was wrong" in a Rossmann video title I always wonder whether it's going to be an apology or an "oh boy, it's way worse than I initially thought".

[@superslimanoniem4712]

And usually it's the second one...

[@RandomUser2401]

But, but, Apple bad!

[@Bobby11]

@@RandomUser2401 they are, both are terrible companies

[@RandomUser2401]

@@Bobby11 nono. Apple always bader. Apple always evil. Even if Apple cure cancer. Apple bad.

[@TuxraGamer]

@@RandomUser2401 bro still thinks it's a fight between two groups of people, how cute :)

[@ShihammeDarc]

Big KZbinrs who review Samsung products (and any tech products in general) should have a duty to raise awareness to company's anti-competitive practices in their videos.

[@rossmanngroup]

There's a reason in my 11 years on youtube I have had *one* paid sponsorship offer, from a shitty VPN company that was outed a few months later for massive data breaches. There are ways to review products and services that are _"advertiser friendly,"_ where you are superficially critical to maintain the appearance of credible objectivity while staying within the bounds of what manufacturers consider acceptable "criticism" and then there's _this._ _This_ ensures no manufacturer or service provider ever sponsors your content. You exile yourself to the world of getting a _"real job."_ For most people that claw their way to over a million subscribers, that's just not happening. Massive respect to people like AvE that make it obvious from the get go they don't give a rat's ass what sponsorship opportunities they throw out the window with their demeanor, but that's not most. and it doesn't make sense; why give up the chance to make a six figure living talking into a camera by poking the bear? You would have to be insane, once you pass a certain number of subscribers, to make content that repels easy money. Most people are surprisingly rational. Don't expect most reviewers to mention this in a critical light, or care. If you search on KZbin, nobody is covering Samsung's 12000 page, multi million dollar litigation against *every repair parts supplier in the country,* and there's a reason for that.

[@Hacker1o1]

that'd be great lol, I actually think that should be a thing for a few companies.

[@ellaquin]

@@rossmanngroup Sadly that is the truth. What steps would someone like me, who has 4-5 hours of completely free time each day, but no money, able to do to help fight back against this?

[@cristina.varicoceli]

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[@roxcyn]

@ShihammeDarc - Those are usually promotional videos. Most of the time they'll only talk about the positives about the product.

[@kmemz]

If Samsung gets their way, they not only impact the repair industry, they not only impact Apple and BOE, they potentially impact legitimate competition in the oLED space even if it DOES NOT use Samsung's PenTile, such as LG. Shipment inspector see oLED, shipment inspector see no Samsung logo, shipment inspector say no.

[@rossmanngroup]

This is what people don't understand, and what I explained when I had my batteries confiscated: www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/cuacpn/usps_loses_1800_worth_of_packages_from_louis/exub43y/?context=3 and www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/clgnmh/apple_refuses_warranty_repair_due_to_liquid/evx650z/? There is no way in hell a customs inspector is going to look in a microscope to see what the pixel formation pattern is of X vendor's AMOLED and Y vendor's AMOLED. They are just going to exclude anything without Samsung logo. This would give Samsung a de-facto monopoly.

[@kungfutzu3779]

all this creativie genius expended on using the legal system to get one up on the competition.

[@michaelgleason4791]

Simple. Manufacture somewhere else.

[@kmemz]

@@michaelgleason4791 Manufacture where else? The shipment inspector will see the display regardless of whether it came from China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and so on. If it's manufactured in another corner of the world, anything from Canada to Brazil to Germany, it will see another shipment inspector, one that will certainly make the same mistakes. The one and only option to continue competing would be to build a domestic manufacturing plant, which, because of how taxes and wages work in the U.S., tends to drive up operational costs, making it hard to compete with the cheaper labors Samsung will be impartial to with Chinese wage slaves.

[@invalidaccount2315]

what about some of us that are independent hardware engineers, theres lots of things i can see it negatively effecting in the iot space.

[@laggykun]

I have to wonder where im actually supposed to buy a phone now. Seems like every smartphone company is doing scummy shit one way or another.

[@rossmanngroup]

Sadly. The heart on your comment indicates agreement, not happiness with the statement :(

[@astyd256]

Plus phones now all look the same, weigh too much, in general too big, goten rid of 3.5mm and doesn't provide dual sim + sd-card simultaneously. Such a shame to look at the industry become so trash nowadays.

[@rayhmann]

@@astyd256 whats the deal with that 3.5mm? Whats wrong with the dongle, its 1 usd? Anyway, my hatred towards Samsung just grew more

[@Ehh.....]

We goin back to carrier pidgons

[@jamcastillo01]

I looked around for another company as soon as Samsung started getting rid of audio port saying that they wouldn't. I got a OnePlus 7 which didn't have the audio jack but at least they hadn't promised to keep it. Then that phone had connectivity issues so I looked for other brands. I recently bought a ROG 6. It has an audio jack, and it has good specs for the price.

[@crackthefoundation_]

Louis can and does openly say this, there is no real reason to buy ANY "NEW" phone anymore.

[@rossmanngroup]

i have said this numerous times and there's nothing controversial about it

[@crackthefoundation_]

@@rossmanngroup Well thank you sir

[@crackthefoundation_]

@@rossmanngroup Edited for accuracy

[@dg-hughes]

Someone has to or where would all the used phones come from?

[@getsideways7257]

No reason? What about the battery? Those do age rather quickly even with no use.

[@IndustrialFaith]

American Consumers: Man, corporations sure are getting douchey lately. Samsung: (cracks knuckles) You ain't seen nothing yet.

[@Gatorade69]

It sounds like you hate freedom ! You some kind of socialist !?

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

*Global Consumers

[@billyhatcher643]

samsung is getting worse and worse and worse as time goes on the leadership is full of out of touch boomers who are very anti competitive lg needs to get into the market again and take over samsung

[@jasonriddell]

@@billyhatcher643 Samsung has a long track record of being duchy and this is NOT "beyond them"

[@KalijahAnderson]

Wouldn't this effectively create a monopoly for AMOLED displays?

[@seeibe]

I think LG also produces comparable phone screens

[@normandave3429]

Yes, that's the point. In the previous 30 min video it is showcased better: in short, Samsung is just bullshitting for the sake of having a government regulated monopoly Edit: also found a comment in here by Louis saying the same thing better

[@maperez12]

@@seeibe yes but if they’re OLED then they cannot be imported to the US if Samsung gets the GEO.

[@PhotonMonkeygames]

Literally what he says in the video…

[@willm5032]

Welcome to late stage capitalism i guess

[@InfernosReaper]

Such a setup effectively creates a de facto monopoly for Samsung by infringing on the rights of companies that make similar, but legally distinct products with their own patents. The big companies shouldn't let that fly because of how much it'll wreck their own interests.

[@specialopsdave]

I was a Samsung fan until they removed the headphone jacks. I saw the writing on the wall and jumped ship to LG (bonus points for LG's awesome built-in headphone DACs and the MicroSD card slot, even with 128GB base storage)

[@ManaDrain315]

I wish LG was still making phones.

[@Krakaet]

Still using my LG G8, even if the phone is acting a little screwy after the latest Android OS update. What an amazing phone. What a shame that they stopped making phones

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

I'm still using an lg g8 but it has gotten... glitchy with time. It was doing well for me at the start, and I like that it still has its sd card slot and headphone jack, both of which I make frequent use of, but the stability has left something to be desired. I was looking to try out graphene, but it seems like only phones they support are the pixels. I'd rather not lose my sd card slot in particular.

[@specialopsdave]

@@ManaDrain315 I got an LG Velvet 5G like 6 months ago

[@specialopsdave]

@@Krakaet I got an LG Velvet 5G like 6 months ago

[@brandonlink6568]

I went to finally buy some replacement parts for my S7; screen, back glass, battery, and charging port. Then I checked eBay for new old stock and found a brand new S7 for the same price as just the screen.

[@aymanhawari2589]

That battery is sooo old that's the ONLY THING needed replacement

[@brandonlink6568]

​@@aymanhawari2589 The battery was my biggest concern, now whenever my phone gets too cold it drops to 3% then quickly dies

[@Shocker99]

'Brand new'

[@brandonlink6568]

@@Shocker99 it looks like new old stock so, probably? If not it's one hell of a perfect refurb complete with stickers and packaging

[@Shocker99]

@@brandonlink6568 I'd say it's probably unlikely to be new. The phone is far too old and far too many people cling on to what they're used to. There is always the potential it got lost in the stock room though. Genuinely good for you if it's new and/or you're happy with your purchase :).

[@Nirrrina]

I think we should just do away with phones & just use cats to carry our messages like owls in Harry Potter.

[@kungfutzu3779]

cats aren't really committed to our schedules

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@kungfutzu3779 It'll get there when it gets there.

[@carlcastle1745]

I see many many catnip trails in the future then

[@CMDRunematti]

I can't have pets in the place i rent...

[@sjshady0169]

I can't believe I'm sticking with Google as the better giant tech company compared to Samsung for my phone supplier.

[@mementhusiast]

Aren't the Tensor processors in the Pixel 6/7 made by Samsung?

[@rg975]

All big tech phone manufacturers are terrible. Pick the phone you want and don’t judge anyone else for owning a particular phone. The pendulum shifts every year, soon Google will be the worst again, then Apple, and so on. They all invade your privacy, they all want every last dollar to your name, they all use slave labor to manufacture their parts.

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@mementhusiast Designed by Google, but made by Samsung Semiconductor. Google gets a killer deal thanks to Samsung's Exynos woes and the SD 8 Generation 1 blunder.

[@stevensims3342]

I mean their motto is "be less evil than the competition".

[@justahumanwithamask4089]

We've reached a point where apple is still better than Samsung. What a time to be alive. The choice is mediocrity in fruit or mediocrity in korean

[@GavinSeim]

I dumped apple for their anti competitive practices a decade of loyalty. If samsung think we the consumer won't dump them too, they are dreaming.

[@user-lh3uz1cp7y]

Most people who use Apple and Adobe products were too stupid to dump them when they were the only ones performing abusive anti consumer practices when the consumers had the opportunity to set the precedent by voting with their wallets. I doubt Samsung users will act any different.

[@MegaDrain]

10:25 "A screen for this phone is $300" "But the phone is only 200 bucks" "Well the screen for that phone is $300" "Bet. I'll just by the same phone off amazon for less than that" "*Nute Gunray voice* She can't do that! Shoot her!"

[@fullytrapped.]

😂

[@dangero2000]

In the late 1990s, Microsoft faced a lawsuit for engaging in anti-trust/anti-competitive practices. How is this different, and what's preventing us from filing a lawsuit again? I'm actually asking in Ernest here; I'm not familiar with legal things, so I fail to see how this is different to the point where it's impossible to do anything about it.

[@DFPercush]

It seems like there's something every week now that blows the Internet Explorer antitrust case out of the water, yet somehow this has become the new norm. I'm hoping the FTC or some other government entity gets involved and files an amicus brief saying this would create an illegal monopoly and be grounds to overturn the case. Or at the very least, help appeal the decision.

[@eligoldman9200]

The conservative movement as decided that unlimited money in politics is a good idea. Ever since then both parties belong to corporate overlords and all major decisions these days are approved by the companies on the s&p 500.

[@dangero2000]

@@eligoldman9200Why must we always blame a political party for issues like this, when neither party has involvement on either side?

[@suroguner]

@@eligoldman9200 You mean the uniparty? I think the conservative movement got taken over by MAGA while the other half is part of the uniparty.

[@joemama3372]

@@dangero2000 Garrett, I agree. The comment from eli was off topic. Like yourself, I also lived through the 1990s. I've thought about this as well for a long time. What it looks like to me, and I could be wrong, is that each of the major brands for each country, have more "power", to allow that countries technology be more globaly dominante. I think domestic monopolies are being allowed, to allow them to be more competitive internationally. The stakes are a lot higher today, than they were in the 1990s. Competition is now Chinese, who DO PLAY THAT GAME, in leveraging domestic brands, allowing them to steal IP, to be more competitive internationally.

[@CreoSM]

3:34 Blackberry has some strong opinions on this matter

[@kungfutzu3779]

the moment blackberry lost dominance in this market is when it all started to go downhill

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

@@kungfutzu3779 Blackberry is also a cat. 😸🐈

[@martinfitzpatrick555]

I used to think Samsung where the good guys, they allowed consumers more choice and at least some options with repair but this is probably the straw that broke the camals back, next phone or TV will be someone else.

[@pi4795]

oh no, look samsung's history and how they ended owning everything.

[@gungrave10]

Sony👍🏻

[@cokemillion]

Why is it we can put after market parts on our cars, but not on our electronics. Why is it we can put aftermarket parts on our guns, but not our electronics?

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Because dont own those things. Its why I dont buy electronics anymore, at least the kind that I cant buy parts for.

[@Nirrrina]

Because an earlier generation fought for the right to repair our own cars or to pay a third party to do so. Also I'm pretty sure they're trying to stop it on new cars now. Kind of makes me glad I have to take the bus. Until I realize it takes 4-6 times as long.

[@cokemillion]

@@Nirrrina yeah that's true, I've heard tesla is that way about their cars. They can even disable your car is they suspect aftermarket parts on it.

[@RipRoaringGarage]

@@Nirrrina Its only electronic components on cars that get this treatment, so the idea still is interesting to talk about. A power steering pump or rack and pinion, you can find non OEM, but if its electric power steering, thats when you get integrated circuits with serialized components tied to the VIN...we have gone back in time from replaceable parts to cars whos parts only worked on that one car.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

@@cokemillion That's actually a lie...they cannot disable the car for aftermarket parts. The most they can do is disable supercharging (on their chargers) for cars that have been salvaged after a wreck. And they recently started a program to have the batteries re-certified for fast charging. The potential issue is, fast charging a damaged battery can cause a very dramatic fire.

[@TommyT777]

Can I buy one of your screens to fix my phone? No! Why not? I’ll pay you for it. No! Ok….I guess I’ll just go make my own then…. MOM!!!!

[@Gonglor]

I got a Samsung pre-roll ad for this video. The irony is not lost on me.

[@DarthShadie]

"Blackberry says that they stole her attention."🤣 I think she agrees with you and is displeased about the whole thing. Just love how demanding she can be sometimes.

[@tonydavis9495]

Surely this violates one of the three anti-trust acts? I did note that the FTC act does not carry any penalties for violations, so what is the point of that toothless tiger?

[@MBisFrenchy]

Can someone please make Linus aware of this BS for the Wan show. Thanks.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Sadly, he just took a huge sponsorship from Samsung display ( specifically the display wing of the company) which gave him unprecedented access to all their foldable prototypes. Even subconsciously, that's got to impact how eager he would be to make a big deal out of the story

[@MBisFrenchy]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 Damn I missed that.

[@bobbygeneric9396]

We have to find a way to stop these things from happening. We have to simplify the message so the masses understand it. Your phone will be more expensive if Samsung is the only company allowed to control this price.

[@macsgadgets]

Bro I agree. We have to spread the message in simpler terms.This will be devastating to so many ppl in America. Most consumers will not understand what is about to transpire if this info is not presented properly in a manner that the general public can understand it. Your phone parts will be more expensive than your actual phone if Samsung is allowed to control the system..

[@CircleOfTheSeptagram]

12:40 that gofundme was at $8k in 2 days. A day later, it's at $12.5k. Like they say in Dune, it's the slow blade that passes the shield. Constant pressure!

[@joshcoleman5884]

How would crushing the demand not constitute harm to the market?

[@joesworld396]

I've been getting sick of the spyware, preinstalled trash, forced updates I don't want, and the misery of trying to repair a smart phone....because I should surely buy a new one every year. This just helps to justify my already made decision that I'm on my last "smart" phone. I'm sick of the cr@p.

[@jimmy2023yt]

Should move for a law to exempt a part delivered solely to replace a broken patented part from patent protection. Say the patent right should be transferable from the broken one

[@CLove511]

1:00 this is just the best way to explain libertarian principles. The state is not your friend, they don't work for you. They work for their real friends, and if it helps you, that's an unintentional side effect.

[@AshtonSnapp]

I have a bunch of ideas for devices (which I will probably never be able to make) and now I know who I’d never buy screens from…

[@HimmelsDaemon]

Add that to the correlating example list showing that corporate actions are "always" an ulterior motive. No one will ever address this issue, no one addresses this issue in other industries or sectors. It's support for the corpo-state one way or other other, but never recognition of what issues and protections that are exploited which allows it and that's where the lined pockets actually come in.

[@Plan-C]

When I went to school, there was a Monopoly and Mergers Commission to stop exactly this type of abuse of power.

[@munjee2]

I was afraid Samsung would be going down the anti consumer road when they started soldering the charge ports on the main board rather than a daughter board like everyone including them did, but this is so far beyond what I expected, edit : turns out they stopped doing this

[@thetechfromheaven]

Ironically, the newer phones have daughterboard mounted ports 😆

[@munjee2]

@@thetechfromheaven that's good to hear, I haven't looked into any new phones since I got my current phone few years back

[@thetechfromheaven]

@@munjee2 Yeah since very long they have been like that. The last phone I remember from Samsung to have a port soddered to the main board was the Samsung Grand Prime G530/31/32 and that is an ancient low end phone, but un the High end side of things, from the S4 they have daughterboards.

[@munjee2]

@@thetechfromheaven I think it was the S7 or S8 that brought back soldered charge ports

[@thetechfromheaven]

@@munjee2 Negative. I've done repairs on numerous of Samdump devices and the S7 & S8 had daughterboard layouts. Even the S5 already had daughterboard, but it was a royal pain to remove the screen in order to get access to it. Actually the later Samdump devices are very easy to pry open up, even easier than iPhone and some Moto devices like the Moto One Zoom (Which also had the USB on the Main Board, I have a video where I replace the port on that piece of junk)

[@DFX4509B]

Canon's already doing something like this on a much smaller scale blocking third-party lenses from being manufactured for RF-mount.

[@mwwhited]

We really need to redo the patent system with generally doing away with it entirely.

[@JoseRodriguez-dx4pb]

Samsung: you really think AMOLED you off the hook like that? 😈😈

[@Invictuss]

3:47 - I had to rewind to figure out that it was out of context, that's another level of perspicacity.

[@Kwijibob]

LG has to have something to say about this too

[@Piipperi800]

I hope Apple could also join the fight too, also what would happen to LG? LG has their own OLED panels and sells TVs in the US. I think this is a serious case of being anticompetitive, which US isn't that big a fan of.

[@nintom]

*cat up somewhere messing around* *aggressively taps the down key* 😹😹😹

[@unhearted4510]

4:20 holy shit this is the most cyberpunk stuff in your channel so far. I shit you not, this premise is even more catastrophic than the pseudo parody game.

[@ChrisPBacon-wq4pu]

Looks like I'll going back to using the can and string phone 😆

[@ai-spacedestructor]

this is a situation where i hate that your a highly experienced professional who knows exactly how things play out because i wish this would not be happening even tho im realistic to know it was always doomed to be that way with how all officials are too corrupt to prevent any of this.

[@mela5367]

Louis, thanks for the info. I was going to pre-order samsung S23 ultra but since they do this dirty work. I stop thinking about ordering it and stick to my old phone and then soon, i will order another brand instead! This will be my last Samsung phone until they stop scamming us.

[@Bill-ni3es]

I wasn't aware of this. Probably best that the message is short and concise and easily understandable by everyone.

[@harrydrake4173]

Remember when Samsung were fined for paying trolls to trash HTC?

[@233kosta]

You should title these "Thought I was wrong, turns out I was mistaken"

[@Ryu_Himora]

Maybe this could work: Since the big phone manufacturers are so dead set on the idea that only their technicians can service their devices, lean in on that assumption. If a phone is undamaged and still serviceable except for known wear items, but the cost of repairing the wear items is more than the phone, we could try to introduce legislation that forces the company to buy back the phone at an inflated price for "proper" disposal. If we make it more painful for them to make these anti-consumer choices than just doing the actual eco-friendly option, I imagine they'd have parts available in very short order.

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

Blanket blocking of imports based on a patent? More or less what Lego does in Germany with any vendors trying to sell alternative brick products containing figures. Even if those look very different than the original, the vendor has to jump through a lot of legal hoops to get their products freed up again.

[@mariokarter13]

The government doesn't destroy monopolies, it makes them permanent.

[@LeeHawkinsPhoto]

Of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations.

[@BrianGlaze]

Watching Samsung implode like this is just a sad sight

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

America needs a patent reform. Such as patents can only be enforced by American persons or companies, or companies that produce the product using the patent in the United States. People and companies from any country could file patents so Americans can't patent stolen ideas, but they couldn't enforce them.

[@FlammableAirFreshener]

Samsung tried to charge me $100 for a screen protector replacement on my fold 3. Samsung ain't seeing another direct dollar from me

[@chromecobalt]

You do realize that fold/flip screen protectors are not just remove and replace like normal phones right... I have a flip 4 and am fully aware of this fact. $100 seems like a cheap price to pay rather than destroying your screen trying to get it done unofficially/yourself. I mean, Im not trying to be an eyesore, but why buy stuff that you can't even afford to maintain. Thats like buying a mercedes and complaining stuff is more expensive than Toyota.

[@syty747]

"their budget here is to fire a warning shot at apple.... *meow*"

[@vettels6]

Silver lining to this, if it results in the Pentile matrix death and return of RGB in OLED for non-Samsung competitors I won't need to look for phones with high res displays anymore to get text that doesn't give me a headache to read.

[@jimmyvau]

Seems to me like this is a civil issue that should be handled by a court. The court is who judges if the patent has been infringed, not a random person working at the docks.

[@ImmortalInflames]

So lovely to hear the ball really dropping about the monster Samsung is! I've never been a fan tbh.. They made really low quality products in the 90's ...but then in the year 2000 for the Australian Olympic games they had this huge demo booth showing off their new phones (none of which were ever released btw, but it really made a lot of people see Samsung as a Higher quality company) The phone i remember the most was a watch, pretty sure there was a video or camera one too? A couple years after that I learnt Samsung was also a military manufacturer... and I remembered thinking, what on earth is a military company doing making consumer products? ... especially in 2023 where privacy is certainly a concern.. Samsung's washing machines are also widely known to catch on fire here in Australia too.. Don't get me wrong, I hate apple too.. there's just not enough serious competition.. I currently use a Sony Xperia 1-II and guess what, it has Micro-SD, headphone jack, 21:9 oled screen & really impressive camera capabilities... with all that post beauty processing!✅

[@tranceonline]

Actually last Samsung Phone i bought was the S6. Since than i had the feeling that they become the Apple of Android-Systems. Glad i didn't change my opinion!

[@stevofoo]

It's really disgusting that these big company's like samsung and apple spend millions dollar to destroy the independent repair shop at the same time jacked up price of repairing.... Don't buy....

[@stevofoo]

I am 1000000% with you Louis!!!

[@jaseiwilde]

why does this sound like an opportunity to customize screens like aperture designs...

[@RolandHazoto]

The only Samsung product I've ever owned was a hand me down TV. Their phones have always been overpriced for what they offer; LG was always my goto for phones (RIP LG smart phone division) Crucial has comparable SSDs for lower prices. And I don't mess with smart home appliances, because I still believe in not bogging down ones' wifi with things that don't need to be on WiFi. All in all, it's really easy to live a Samsung free life (though I'm not looking forward to having to upgrade my LG Stylo 5x one day with the death of my goto) Edit: I'm not saying LG had better smart phone cameras; their cameras always needed work, just everything else was comparable for my needs.

[@darknessblades]

Fun fact if samsung tries to do this, they will risk fines that are much higher than the potential profit. Remember that nifty rule called the DMA regulation. it is meant to prevent things like this

[@ZMCarsandMore]

Can't be imported. That much money, definitely expect to see some domestic oled plants appear.

[@captain7492]

Although different in some ways, as the head of IT for a large company, it was decided to stop using any Samsung products no monitors, phones, tv’s. The cost to value never made sense from the get go. As a consumer I have many TV’s that are Samsung. The last 2 have not been. I have other brands that were better quality, and better value. Look at Samsung home appliances from Samsung. Lol Nope, I’m done.

[@pbasista]

I do not understand how can a regulator make a decision in favor of one manufacturer that would remove all their competitors' products, even those who in no way infringe their patents, from the market. I understand that there are some rights to which e.g. Samsung is entitled to because of their patents. At the same time, there are other rights of other manufacturers who make their own OLED screens. One of those rights is to be able to get their products to the market. The customers also have the rights to choose which manufacturer they are going to buy from. In a situation such as this one these rights might be in conflict. In order to resolve this conflict, some rights have to be given precedence over the others. In my opinion, it would be unreasonable to give the precedence to Samsung's patent rights over everyone else's rights in this case. Even if the usage of Samsung's OLED panel patents is difficult to identify, they should not be able to ask that everyone else stops importing any OLED panel. As an analogy, if I create a patent for making a certain type of brake pads but it would be difficult for customs office to identify whether some imported brake pads infringe my patent, I should not be able, under any circumstances, to ask the regulator for banning the imports of all brake pads. It would be against every manufacturer's rights to have their brake pads imported.

[@BrodieFairhall]

Reminds me of the 90's and 2000's when you had to pay BP a licensing fee for any solar panel you imported into Australia.

[@maxsievers8251]

Down with patents!

[@RatikusuCh]

And if they get this exlclusionary order, this encourages other companies to do exactly the same thing for other products. Aka "The Slippery Slope Precedent"

[@KentRoads]

I tried changing battery on my s20 and ended up breaking TWO s20s because they cement their batteries to the screen.

[@Yulrag]

You need a law, that requires part availability at reasonable prices. With severe punitive measures for price gouging or failure to deliver. But with the way politicians are, you are not going to get that.

[@XX-121]

their ssd's are junk too. i've been saying it forever but now people are only figuring out now that they're dying that they bench good when they're brand new but slow down exponentially the more data you put on them.

[@albak0]

Is there any law in USA against monopoly? If they’re charging $200 for battery replacement then it is crazy because they’re charging like 40-50$ in my country where their phones costs right now 1500$ for s23 ultra 256

[@invalidaccount2315]

yes there is, it just costs assloads of $$ tens of millions to get it heard in court. we used to only have 1 phone company, but it was broken up because they didnot allow any competition, same with isps back in the day phone companies were forced to allow line leasing to business at cheaper rates than they can offer to the customer.

[@oluskloc]

Samsung saw Apple get away with most of scams so start to copy them to make more profit.

[@TheItchyDani3l]

Hey Louis: In economics, Demand is a curve independent of Supply. The demand doesn't represent sales that happen, it represents potential sales across all price points. So no the demand doesn't go down. What you meant to say was the volume of sales will go down. Samsung may not be off the hook for satisfying demand. Because if the quantity of sales dips below a certain point, that could be evidence they are not meeting demand.

[@edwards409]

I was completely unaware of this and was on the verge of shelling out around 1k EUR on their flip-phone. I don't want to suport anyone doing this - essentially identifying loopholes in the market and blatantly exploiting it to devastating effects on consumer rights (among other things including the market itself). I think companies turning to such predatory practices should be punished severely enough to lead them into bankruptcy - not by some half-measure fines. It should serve as an example and more importantly - a warning to others.

[@khg8519]

my view would be as soon as the warranty runs out so does their claims

[@FutureJacket]

Louis, do you avoid Samsung purely for the anti right to repair behaviour around the screens or are there further ethical concerns from Samsung?

[@seebarry4068]

This bullshit. When I were a boy, a long time ago now, my dad worked for a company called UNIPART. They don’t exist anymore. But the tv advert proudly proclaimed “millions of parts for thousands of cars..UNIPART”. And that’s what they did, the whole business was off brand parts. And it was a big company in 70s britain.

[@farrez_gump]

What can you buy now that don’t have Samsung parts ? I’m huge supporter of DIY or small business repair shops, it’s so disgusting when big companies hold a monopoly

[@LuMo1980]

I stopped being a Samsung fan after I lost all health & banking functions (I paid for) on my Galaxy S8 because I unlocked the bootloader to install a vanilla android rom. They blew a fuse in hardware (knox tripped) on their devices so it's damaged forever even if you do a factory restore...

[@Wanted797]

Can we get a framework phone?

[@NotJustCreative]

My guess is, people will take stolen or locked phones and salvage parts from those.

[@themeanmachine84]

I have Samsung Note10+ for over 2 years now (great smartphone by the way), I use it a lot so the battery is not in the best shape at this point. I also just got Samsung S23 Ultra but since my Note10+ still works just fine, my idea was to get it to repair shop, swap the battery and use it as a backup. Today I went to repair shop to ask how much would I pay for a battery replacement and how much if I'd want to swap battery and display. So this is what I got - for display and battery it's ~308$. But if I want to exchange only the battery it's gonna be about 65$, in this case the condition is that my display needs to be intact. So if it's broken, cracked etc. they will exchange battery and display, if the display is fine, I can exchange only the battery. Now, I know this video is not about changing battery and I don't want to protect a company that wants to scr** me over, but it seems from my perspective as a customer, it is possible to swap a battery in my samsung phone for much less than 200$. I don't know if it's just because I live in Poland, or if this specific repair shop has this policy or if it's different in the US but for me personally - it's not that bad. But the other way around so if I wanted to swap just display - then they swap the display and battery at the same time and this costs more, which will suck for many people. But in my situation, I'm more pissed that Samsung is going "the apple way" and in S23U I didn't get mini-jack, charger AND micro SD slot which was present in my Note10+. This sucks donkey balls.

[@robertroigsantamaria]

The repair shop is the one that has to take the battery appart from the screen, sounds risky, risk translates to higher repair cost.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Back when you used to be able to remove the battery yourself ON ANY PHONE it cost me $45 for a new battery to do it myself. This was 8 years ago. They've purposely done this to cost you money. I buy refurbished phones from reputable eBay dealers for about a quarter of what it costs.

[@galahad3750]

Repairable is now a feature on smartphones

[@ylandry0783]

Time to set up shop right on the edge of the Canadian border then. Can they refuse you going back home with a fresh screen in your phone?

[@erebostd]

Wow. Europe is forcing Apple to open up the app-store and to use USB-C while the US is...let's say "going a quite different direction"...

[@ochykysh]

Won't that import ban also affect a possible iPhone production in the US? Pretty sure Apple and the US gov should be involved to ensure local workplaces...

[@cultureddoggo5606]

I wouldn't be surprised that later generations started manufacturing their own smartphones to use for themselves, heck probably even any gadget. perhaps even DIY factories might exist idk

[@Stubones999]

FTC should look at this case

[@RobertJene]

I miss seeing you fix boards while doing these rants

[@Roxor128]

I think the US government should respond to this request for a general exclusion order with one that bans all products with parts made by Samsung from the country.

[@CRF250R1521]

Galaxy s23 ultra now come with a removable battery. Source:Jerry rig everything

[@liquidefreet]

Well it's not surprising. It always happens. Company starts meek and gains popularity by having customer friendly practices. Next thing you know they get greedier by the hour once they reached the top and secured a base of "consummers".

[@Skylancer727]

I really think it's shitty as nearly all LCDs use an identical sub pixel format to each other and nobody remotely attempted to do the same with that.

[@EnriquetheSquirrel]

Every company that makes a product I buy has shady dealings. What is a man to do?

[@chasesmay7237]

Ip laws, patent law, and (every other form of corporate ‘law’) have slanted so far in favor of corporate power for so long that there is an entire generation coming up that thinks that’s the way things are Supposed to go. I watch corporate consolidation in gaming publishers, and see people cheering it on…ignorant of the costs, because they have lived entire lives under the effects of monopoly

[@Ivan-pr7ku]

I wonder what this move has to do with South Korea's skyrocketing trade deficit (nearly $50B) and the record low birth rate (lowest in the world)?

[@Optopolis]

Of course there would be a Samsung Galaxy s23 ad at the start of this video. // Addon after watching through - Samsung ruined the odds of me buying their phone after they removed the headphone jack. If I can help it, I refuse to buy a new samsung phone... same goes for apple though. No headphone jack is to me as the items at walgreens being locked behind plastic is to you (Louis).

[@LarixusSnydes]

Funny that you mention the S23. It was reported to have taken up 60GB by default, but that seems to be an illusion, caused by the way Samsung counts storage space that one would normally not call System storage.

[@DavidNgo86]

@@LarixusSnydes that was Ron Amado clickbait and you fell hook, line and sinker for it.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@LarixusSnydes no, theres no abnormal bloatware. thats the most insane part of the 60gb, it makes NO sense

[@LarixusSnydes]

@@bradhaines3142 Libraries for implementing mirrored services that perform the same functions as Google's but in the Samsung ecosystem could also be redundant and take up a lot of space in the process. Now if you could really choose as user to ditch the ecosystem you don't like, that would be real choice. Now it's just similar apps and libraries both taking up space side by side while still being undeletable by end users. This is just a guess until someone roots the phone and dives into the space usage in detail. It might even be a recovery partition of some kind.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@LarixusSnydes the thing is it has all the same apps as last gen, but uses literally double the storage. there's either a weird bug or something severely hidden. to your point we wont know until someone roots it and finds out