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Rossmann loves to rant at the camera about a lot of shit he knows nothing about. He's kind of turning into the Joe Rogan of tech. He lost an incredible amount
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
Rossmann loves to rant at the camera about a lot of shit he knows nothing about. He's kind of turning into the Joe Rogan of tech.
He lost an incredible amount of credibility for me when he acted like he was a victim of Big Bad Apple siccing their lawyers on him for "selling parts."
Apple didn't go after him because he was "selling parts", they went after him because he was selling laptop and phone batteries with the Apple logo on them - labels printed to look exactly like the original parts. Something that implies to sellers that the parts meet Apple's standards, was made by an Apple OEM, etc.
A lot of aftermarket replacement batteries are shit. They have higher internal resistance so they don't charge as fast / heat up more when charging, don't have the same capacity, or they degrade faster, or all of the above. One of Apple's big successes with the circa-2013 Macbook Pro was that they used a battery that could survive thousands of cycles and only lose about 80% of its capacity. Far as I know, none of the replacement MBP batteries, save those used by Apple in their replacement program, are anywhere near as long-lasting.
Lot of aftermarket parts in general are pretty shit. Look around on the phone repair web boards and sub-reddits and you'll see talk about different grades of replacement parts. Screens, for example, can range from being terrible (poor graphics quality and poor digitizer performance) to "indistinguishable from OEM." The difference is usually at most $10, but a lot of phone repair places want that extra $10 of profit. They don't necessarily correctly program the replacement displays, they don't necessarily replace the gasket that keeps the phone waterproof, etc.
The mobile phone repair business is a shitshow full of scammers. When you realize how difficult it is to buy a used iPhone that hasn't been butchered by some clown 'refurbisher' or repaired with substandard parts, you start to appreciate why Apple engages in stuff like having screens programmed to match the mainboard.
- dm319 4y ago> Apple didn't go after him because he was "selling parts", they went after him because he was selling laptop and phone batteries with the Apple logo on them Mind if I have a source for this?
- philliphaydon 4y agoHe has no source because the batteries were seized as counterfeit despite being refurbished.
- quink 4y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9pow06/louis_rossmann_admits_to_using_parts_from_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9pow06/louis_rossman...
- iforgotpassword 4y agoAFAIU that thread was about batteries that were supposed to be refurbished and then turned out to be counterfeit. That's a little different. Also there's no hint at that being the reason he got calls from apple lawyers, but that's probably something we'll never find out.
- viraptor 4y agoThe way I understand it is that the parts get the Apple logo sharpied out permanently, not just for the customs purposes. He's quite open about not being authorised and using parts that come from broken devices or are bought from unofficial sources. I believe I've heard that multiple times in his videos. This issue from the post seems to be 100% on the supplier, and nobody getting the repairs done was getting deceived (as long as he makes that clear to the customers as well)
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- kramerger 4y ago> He's kind of turning into the Joe Rogan of tech. He also have tons of political rants, so it's not only tech
- philliphaydon 4y agoI stopped watching when he rennovated his new store and he got bad information from his viewers and his friend. Then I ended up getting his recommendations again during covid where he rants on and on. Difficult to unfollow.
- Ultimatt 4y agoSo he went for reclaimed actual apple parts, recycling them for repair to keep the same Apple quality... is an equally valid and more likely reason the Apple logos were there. A practice Apple prevented by crypto keying components to a phone.
- bmn__ 4y ago
- sokoloff 4y ago> battery that could survive thousands of cycles and only lose about 80% of its capacity Presumably you mean only lose 20% of its capacity?