• @krimson@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Why does this dude’s face show up in my feed so often is the real issue here.

    • Nate
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      751 year ago

      That’s Louis Rossman, basically the head of the right to repair movement (nobody’s really the head but for most intents and purposes it’s this guy)

      If you support the right to repair, or even if you don’t, it wouldn’t hurt to look into his stuff

      • @krimson@feddit.nl
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        31 year ago

        Okay but I see him in a lot of tech related posts lately, also not about right to repair.

        • @Why9@lemmy.world
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          181 year ago

          He went up against tech industries by getting the right to repair into law.

          Now that the train is fully in motion, he’s turned his attention to other shitty things that corporations are doing to inform, educate and sometimes fix.

          It’s a public service and I’d rather have more of him then internet shills who sell their souls for more ad revenue (advocating for dodgy/bad products which in some cases are outright scams, inflating video lengths to 9 mins so they can get extra revenue etc).

        • Nate
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          181 year ago

          He also runs a tech repair shop in New York, I could see him being in a lot of tech stuff you’re seeing

            • Nate
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              101 year ago

              Oof I need to catch up a bit then, when did that happen?

              • @4am@lemm.ee
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                131 year ago

                A year or two ago I think. He sold it off and opened a new shop in Texas after becoming sick and tired of dealing with red tape in NYC, paying fees and taxes etc.

                • @tsz@lemmy.world
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                  51 year ago

                  Yeah this is pretty much him. Sounds great at first glance but if you spend any time with him he’s just another techbro libertarian that thinks he’s saving the world. His content is miserable sensationalism that leans so hard on the negative that I genuinely get depressed watching it now. I can’t take anything he says at face value, it all feels cynical or coded libertarianist nonsense now.

        • @JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Hi Shepard, shitty life pro tip … Just close your eyes when you play his videos, like a Krogran blindly running into battle.

    • @burgersc12@sh.itjust.works
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      231 year ago

      He has a youtube channel that talks about the latest developments in the tech industry. Seems a lot of people like his videos. Its not an “issue” unless you make it one