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Comment by MBCook | Hacker News Reader

Who IS he, could you give a summary?

I don’t recognize the name and for some reason the article never gives a single sentence of context just expecting you to know the same way things expect you to know who Trump or Taylor Swift is.

I even watch a few 3D printer and maker YTers, but I guess not him.

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He isn't specifically related to the 3D printing or maker space (in this sense) niches. He got popular at first for repairing Apple devices that Apple Stores claimed were unrepairable or quoted enormous repair fees for. He made videos about those cases, and then transitioned into right-to-repair efforts in general. He also started the Consumer Rights wiki: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page

His channel isn't really about 3D printing or maker projects, which is maybe why you have not heard of him.

He has (or had, not sure) an electronics repair shop where he showed laptop and phone repairs on his channel. Recently he is one of the people who push right to repair regulations and consumer rights. Which is probably why he is interested in this case.

I don’t think I watch any channels like that so that certainly explains it. Thank you.

Louis Rossman is right for repair activist and consumer rights advocate. He's an owner of a repair shop, that's mostly focused on fixing macbooks. On Youtube he started by posting repair tutorials, but then his content shifted from repair videos to macbook rants to him lobbying for right to repair law across many US states to covering general anti-consumer practices and offering money and support to people who fight against it.

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