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Any proof those are laptops Apple sold as refurbished? Rossman has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff in the past.

Toutouxc 5y ago
> has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff Would you mind linking to some of those? He's not my cup of coffee, but I always saw him as a fair guy.
- robertoandred 5y ago
  He got caught using counterfeit parts.
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    He's openly admitted to that, since for the most part Apple will not sell him the official OEM components.
    - robertoandred 5y ago
      If he wants official parts, he can join Apple's one of service/repair provider programs.
      - smoldesu 5y ago
        Apple's repair providers don't perform board repair, you're promoting a false equivalency. It's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car back to the dealership.
        robertoandred 5y ago
        No, it's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car to a tire shop, which gets tires from Goodyear but not patch repair kits. Rossman could get real Apple parts but he doesn't want to because it'd hurt his views.
        smoldesu 5y ago
        For the record, Rossman cannot get the specific parts that he wants, you're saying that he could pay $600 for a first-party logic board replacement when the only thing wrong is a blown capacitor that costs a nickle.
  - ksec 5y ago
    1. How is he suppose to get official parts? 2. He is using parts made by the same company that made exactly the same chips. Is that Counterfeit? 3. He is using parts he scrapped from other Apple Computer when those parts are not available. Unless it is outside those three options, I dont see how it is Counterfeit.
    - robertoandred 5y ago
      He can get official parts by becoming an Apple service provider. And yes, parts with Apple logos stamped on them that are not actual Apple parts are by definition counterfeit.
      - smoldesu 5y ago
        He already addressed his concerns with this two years ago here: https://youtu.be/0rCUF-V1esM https://youtu.be/0rCUF-V1esM and here https://youtu.be/ANSkQ4gmEkg https://youtu.be/ANSkQ4gmEkg Apple still does not provide him the parts required to do the board repair that he's known for, even if he did sign up for their authorized repair nonsense.
yurishimo 5y ago
Got any proof of that? Genuinely curious.
andrei_says_ 5y ago
That’s a pretty quick jump to ad hominem / character association for very low stakes. Rossman’s level of transparency and willingness to address errors is unparalleled. Using non-original parts in the context of Apple actively making it impossible to obtain such parts - and loudly complaining about it while fighting for right of repair legislation is … not lying, that’s for sure.
tushar-r 5y ago
I hadn't heard about that, any pointers to what he did that about? TIA.

Toutouxc 5y ago

> has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff Would you mind linking to some of those? He's not my cup of coffee, but I always saw him as a fair guy.

robertoandred 5y ago
He got caught using counterfeit parts.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  He's openly admitted to that, since for the most part Apple will not sell him the official OEM components.
  - robertoandred 5y ago
    If he wants official parts, he can join Apple's one of service/repair provider programs.
    - smoldesu 5y ago
      Apple's repair providers don't perform board repair, you're promoting a false equivalency. It's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car back to the dealership.
      - robertoandred 5y ago
        No, it's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car to a tire shop, which gets tires from Goodyear but not patch repair kits. Rossman could get real Apple parts but he doesn't want to because it'd hurt his views.
        smoldesu 5y ago
        For the record, Rossman cannot get the specific parts that he wants, you're saying that he could pay $600 for a first-party logic board replacement when the only thing wrong is a blown capacitor that costs a nickle.
- ksec 5y ago
  1. How is he suppose to get official parts? 2. He is using parts made by the same company that made exactly the same chips. Is that Counterfeit? 3. He is using parts he scrapped from other Apple Computer when those parts are not available. Unless it is outside those three options, I dont see how it is Counterfeit.
  - robertoandred 5y ago
    He can get official parts by becoming an Apple service provider. And yes, parts with Apple logos stamped on them that are not actual Apple parts are by definition counterfeit.
    - smoldesu 5y ago
      He already addressed his concerns with this two years ago here: https://youtu.be/0rCUF-V1esM https://youtu.be/0rCUF-V1esM and here https://youtu.be/ANSkQ4gmEkg https://youtu.be/ANSkQ4gmEkg Apple still does not provide him the parts required to do the board repair that he's known for, even if he did sign up for their authorized repair nonsense.

yurishimo 5y ago

Got any proof of that? Genuinely curious.

andrei_says_ 5y ago

That’s a pretty quick jump to ad hominem / character association for very low stakes. Rossman’s level of transparency and willingness to address errors is unparalleled. Using non-original parts in the context of Apple actively making it impossible to obtain such parts - and loudly complaining about it while fighting for right of repair legislation is … not lying, that’s for sure.

tushar-r 5y ago

I hadn't heard about that, any pointers to what he did that about? TIA.