Lobbyists imply right to repair helps domestic abusers, pushes racism and redlining!
Louis RossmannCited 4× on HN, 2021-2023
94K views · 6 years ago · commentary · news
Louis Rossmann reacts to lobbyist ads in the Massachusetts right-to-repair ballot fight that suggest repair access would enable domestic abuse and discrimination, and urges support for the campaign.
HN mentions it mainly as an example of the manufacturer-backed arguments used against right to repair.
13:47What is Right to Repair? An introduction for curious people.
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1:03:42Apple uses spite to force planned obsolescence.
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7:11Louis Rossmann dismantles Apple's PR stunt "repair program"
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7:17Apple & Customs STOLE my batteries, that they won't even provide to AASPs.
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16:09Apple's Independent Repair Program is a useless PR stunt.
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12:44Genius Bar caught ripping customer off ON CAMERA by CBC News
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48:48What does authorized repair do? Let's find out!
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14:09Why I don't use Apple products
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24:48The horrible truth about Apple's repeated engineering failures.
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18:27Apple botches Macbook board design: again!
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29:57Microsoft Surface laptop: unrepairable junk
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11:34How Apple authorized repair refurbishes Macbooks to fail again! GPU kernel panics
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18:12Apple under fire for allegations of controversial business practices
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16:21NYC DOESN'T KNOW ITS OWN LAWS!
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16:22iPhone 12 Anti Repair Design - Teardown and Repair Assessment
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11:31Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly
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11:03We need to talk about failing keyboards on these new Macbooks.
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18:43Reballing flip chip GPUs is BULLSHIT - the truth about dead laptop GPUs & repairing them.
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33:32Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the worst way possible
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18:37The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars
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4 comments from Hacker News
Are you the guy who made the famous spot against right to repair? You know… if you can repair your phone you will get raped. ▶ this video
It's the generic "Terrorism and rape will happen if you are allowed to control your own device that you actually paid money for" FUD. And the rape part is not an exaggeration, it was actually used as an argument against the Right to Repair ( ▶ this video ), wouldn't be suprised to hear it in this case too.
Just stating what the arguement will/has been. It was a simpliar aguement to what what was recently stated in auto right to repair ▶ this video - not terrorists but still pretty dam high on the fear factor. I fully agree that its just a single supplychain hack away from remote bricking not just John Deere but also pretty much anything connected. I'm just trying to make the point that the other side are not against using scare tactics already, do we really want to push them to even greater scare tactics? EDIT: Remember, its not the geeks you have to win over, its the general public and / or lawmakers (who stereotypically have not always what I would call "geeks") that have to be won over. Thankfully in that Massachusetts case the bill allowing mechanics to access the data passed, I personally don't think an escalation of the tactics from our side would end well for us.
Strange how it's still the top comment in this thread, even though it's a personal attack that has nothing to do with the actual topic, or make any attempt to discuss his arguments. Seems like the type of tactic you'd see from those lobbyist groups that pay money to release commercials claiming right to repair will lead to rape: ▶ this video