I’m just wondering, because I have seen some negative comments on here about him, but they don’t usually provide specifics.
wow not a single mention of how he has a Kiwi Farms account in the comments here, surprising
Where might one find more information on this?
I was wondering this is well. Took me a while to find this discussion: https://woem.men/notes/9ozhpn3l2n5v0b6c
He claims he only created an account to “investigate” if they were talking about him.
Another worrying thing I accidentally stumbled on a while back was he was in the streamer “Destiny” chat. Hmm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgF92Wi8J7o (said he used to listen to Jordan Peterson in 2015 too).
Yeah, IDK what to think about him now. I still like his consumer advocacy though, I guess.
Soo, what? Does he actively participate in harassment?
This comment shows your stripes…
And this comment shows you have no evidence.
Yes, he has an account, but looking at his post history, the only thing he did was reply several times in a single thread mentioning he is leaving NY for Texas.
Did my own research.
I long wondered how he manages to identify as a libertarian despite what he spends all his time talking about, now it’s starting to make more sense lol
He seems like a great consumer advocate and repair activist to me.
this tbh, I can understand how some might think Louis Rossmann is annoying, but for the most part what I notice is that he is a vocal advocate and we are lucky to have him, I’m a fan even if he’s annoying.
“Source available” grifter.
I don’t like him. He’s angry at everything and his videos are a chore to watch. I also feel like he’s sometimes a bit out of touch (I don’t like ads or paying for digital content either, but if no one pays for it, it‘ll stop existing) and a bit pessimistic (yes, companies aren’t your friends, but not everything you perceive as negative is done out of malice, sometimes people are just not thinking stuff through).
However, I do appreciate him as a right to repair activist.
His board repair videos were outstanding. I don’t especially enjoy his rants. He’s usually right, but I don’t really care to listen to how mad he is about it. I can get mad on my own.
He fights the good fight but I don’t like his videos very much because he’s very whiny and annoying.
Lol, him screaming quietly pisses me off.
I respect the effort he’s put into right to repair, and agree (in general) with most of the points he makes about it.
But I also think he’s an asshole and we need a better voice for the RtR movement. I’ve seen him get into fights and strawman people on reddit as corporate shills just for calling his attitude abrasive.
He does content? He can be a bit aggressive about his topics, that can rub people the wrong way.
I don’t think he did anything offensively, legally or morally wrong.
I know just he exists, I don’t follow his content.
He’s doing some really good stuff for right to repair; he get’s a bit overly dramatic sometimes but you can tell that he’s just very passionate about those things.
I think he’s the best type of influencer; rather than money or fame he strives for an end to the constant enshittification by exposing bad actors and not giving a shit about it.
In short, like anyone else:
He’s absolutely right, and utterly annoying
Seems intelligent and I’ve enjoyed some of his videos. I don’t know much about him other than he’s a bit… intense? and he’s sparked controversy with some people. I looove the FUTO keyboard app he’s associated with. It’s the best TTS keyboard I’ve found, and I refuse to use the Google/Samsung/etc equivalents
The TTS uses whisper and absolutely dominates. But it is garbage still as a swipe interface. It direly needs to catch up on that front before I can recommend it full-time to friends. I spend SO much time retyping things it gets wrong.
If you’re looking for a reasonable FOSS swipe keyboard, try AnySoftKeyboard. While still a step below the non FOSS keyboards I’ve used before like Swiftkey, it gets the job done reasonably well
Will check it out. Seems the dev is working on an update for Android 15 compatibility.
I’m using it currently on a Pixel 7 Pro on GrapheneOS on Android 15 with no issues if that helps
Also the Grayjay app.
He does go a little over the top sometimes so his videos could be considered to be a bit overdramatic with a little sprinkle of rage bait.
However, I have rarely have disagreed with his views on consumer protection. Actually… I have never disagreed with his views on consumer protection.
Him getting viewers pissed off is not what I would consider healthy, but the rage might get some people to stop showing their bellies to large companies. Regardless, his videos do walk a fine line for me personally. He should be getting income from his videos, which is fine. If he ever cracks and starts getting people pissed off expressly for the purpose of income, I’ll drop his videos really quick.
I don’t think there is such a thing as over-the-top with this issue. Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile. And we’re already miles past that point.
I tend to like him and the things he has to say. I like that he helps consumers be more conscious of the things they buy, and cautions against companies with bad practices (such as those that are closed sourced, or lock basic features behind paywalls, etc).
He strikes me as a little socially awkward himself, and maybe that manifests as his rage at some of these companies and situations; he could stand to take a breath every now and then. I really enjoyed his breakdown of the Honey scam and LTT.
He’s autistic, that’s why he’s socially awkward. It was mentioned in one of his videos a few years ago.
Clearly I missed that video. Thanks for letting me know! That makes his views and attitudes make a little more sense.
(I also didn’t mean socially awkward as an insult or anything, I certainly have no room to talk)
I’m socially awkward, but that’s probably just paranoia and PTSD from my time in the military.
He’s very annoying to listen to.
I think I agree with most comments here.
He’s usually right and I agree with him, I just find him a little hard to watch. His videos are a bit long winded.
I 100% support him. I think his heart and mind are in the right place.
good, but man his videos on the SteamDeck are really over negative for no reason. For someone who really supports Linux he doesn’t seem to much appreciate the thing getting Linux to mainstream popularity
We are allowed to guide the growth of things and show where they need work.
Didn’t you people have report cards?
