This is why I no longer buy Samsung products. They have a history of doing this and other shady behavior.
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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What are you buying now?
Probably a Pixel. They're pretty good, especially if you install something like GrapheneOS.
Why does this dude’s face show up in my feed so often is the real issue here.
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
Okay but I see him in a lot of tech related posts lately, also not about right to repair.
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).
He also runs a tech repair shop in New York, I could see him being in a lot of tech stuff you're seeing
Formerly New York, now Texas.
Oof I need to catch up a bit then, when did that happen?
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.
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.
agreed. big fan of his work on right-to-repair, but find his libertarian pov tiresome.
How is Texas an improvement though
supposedly we're super business/small business friendly. not a business owner, but i expect there are significantly fewer fees and very significantly lower taxes for someone doing business here compared to new york. also a lot less regulation.
it's the same reason a lot of big businesses come here.
Fully support this guy and all his efforts but I'm really tired of seeing that face.
Hi Shepard, shitty life pro tip ... Just close your eyes when you play his videos, like a Krogran blindly running into battle.
Now think that happens to your shiny new car.
This sort of thing needs stopped before it gets out of hand.
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not samsung.. 😢
i'm at a standstill on deciding which phone to purchase next. i currently have the pixel 6 and i'm actually disappointed with it. the phone is too buggy and im tired of google's bs.
What is buggy? You could try another OS like Calyx or Graphine. It's android but maybe?
i will try graphene..
i've had issues where my screen goes dark during calls and i can't wake it up, when calls come thru, i don't see the caller id until like 3rd or 4th ring, people can't hear me when on speaker, it chooses what volume different apps chime in at ( this has gotten me in serious trouble with alarms)
Good luck! I'm on Calyx but I know plenty use graphene as well.
That sounds like a bit of a buggy mess you have had. If you don't feel like swapping OS, you may be able to fix the issue just by downloading a different phone app.
Next time someone comes across a libertarian, add this to your long list of examples as to why the ideology is a terrible idea and present it.
But but but free market!!
