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Hm if he has 1.8 million subscribers, I wonder how small is " small amount of revenue from his affiliate links" for him.

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> "This account makes me a few hundert dollars a month"

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcohq313q00&t=268s

It's in the video. Several hundred dollars per month.

Not a lot of money compared to what he makes off his youtube channel, or off his for Macbook repair business with six employees.

He's mad that he got banned for an obviously fake reason, not because of the money.

And stupid on Amazon's part, did they think this will make him shut up about Amazon? Or cause more bad publicity

Isn't it just retaliation for sake of retaliation? The company won't be financially affected either way. I wouldn't be surprised at all if some fragile ego called this in.

> The company won't be financially affected either way.

Until the FTC or his Representative start to cost them real money.

I hope so, but I doubt anything of the sort will happen.

If anything I'd expect the federal government to give them a pat on the head.

Even if it was clearly against the law, the most they'd probably get is a letter in the mail from the government that says "Pretty please, with sugar on top, could you write us a letter telling us at least that you will try to break the law less?" The US treats lawbreaking megacorps with kid gloves.

Exactly, Louis Rossmann has gotten heavily into lobbying for right to repair recently, and this could tilt him towards other targets on that level as well.

For example, if companies want to have anything more than a simple (unmoderated) review system there might be certain safe harbours they lose.

It will deter other people from criticizing them though.

He says in the video an approximate amount, I don't remember exactly the number, but he said that his energy bill is 4x the amount he gets from the affiliate program.

Apparently he also said its a few hundred per month. So his energy bill is over $800?

He operates a business, so that's not surprising.

So, he already managed to re-incorporate his ex NYC repair business in Texas?

Yes, https://rossmanngroup.com/

> Come to our store (Austin, TX) or mail your device to us and we will fix your problem!

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