Louis Rossman receives 3 strikes for promoting new open source app that threatens youtube's monopoly

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Well you heard it. could be the end of youtube for Louis but i doubt they're gonna kick someone with that many subscribers but they may make him go to strike school to keep his channel? So this app we're talking about is something that they've been working on where you can follow the creators you like regardless of what platform they're on (youtube, rumble, odysee, etc) and ooo did that make youtube mad especially with adpocalyse goiong on.

edit: just figured i'd throw it out there that he's not completely kicked yet. but things are up in the air right now. a lot of senstionalism going on around it right now.
edit2: here's the app if anyone wants to check it out https://grayjay.app

Here's Jeremy from the quartering discussing it. he may get a strike to for even covering it. especially being he shows it in the video! lol

View: https://youtu.be/X7O3IkmRaoM
https://www.reddit.com/r/SomeOrdina...ouis_rossman_video_taken_down_by_youtube_for/
 
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oh my, ANUTHA ditwad toober banned/slapped for something hardly anyone cares about...boohoohoo :D

"strike school" wtf ?

is this guy a 10 yo or what....

They'd be better off making him go online & stand in a corner for a 30 min time out each day while everyone watches.. hell YT could even charge admission for that too !
 
dogDAbone said:
oh my, ANUTHA ditwad toober banned/slapped for something hardly anyone cares about...boohoohoo :D

"strike school" wtf ?

is this guy a 10 yo or what....

They'd be better off making him go online & stand in a corner for a 30 min time out each day while everyone watches.. hell YT could even charge admission for that too !
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He runs an electronics repair business and isn't like your typical caricature of a "ditwad toober" at all. You might want to do a TINY amount of research before posting.
 
T4rd said:
This doesn't make sense. Louis just posted a normal video to his channel an hour ago.


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yeah they didn't ban him yet. he made a vid yesterday talking about it. but i think they removed that one and another one then went back into his older videos and gave him another strike for talking about newpipe or something.

you or me would've been kicked no questions asked but he's got a big following so they bend the rules for those people. just like sssniperwolf doxxing that guy last week
 
Furious_Styles said:
He runs an electronics repair business and isn't like your typical caricature of a "ditwad toober" at all. You might want to do a TINY amount of research before posting.
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Well the simple fact that he is on YT AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them, is all the research I need to place him in that category....

As for caricatures, the face that is plastered on that screenshot above sure looks like he's a ditwat toober to me, but that's just my opinion :D
 
dogDAbone said:
Well the simple fact that he is on YT AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them, is all the research I need to place him in that category....

As for caricatures, the face that is plastered on that screenshot above sure looks like he's a ditwat toober to me, but that's just my opinion :D
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The guy is at the absolute forefront of the right to repair fight. Its kind of sad that you would take a megacorp's side when they're known for censorship and removing people for wrongthink. You got a hammer a sickle flag flying in your yard?
 
dogDAbone said:
Well the simple fact that he is on YT AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them, is all the research I need to place him in that category....

As for caricatures, the face that is plastered on that screenshot above sure looks like he's a ditwat toober to me, but that's just my opinion :D
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Doubling down on your stupid take without checking anything again? Sounds good.
 
dogDAbone said:
Well the simple fact that he is on YT AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them, is all the research I need to place him in that category....
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His channel lately tends to be about exposing anti-consumer practices by various large corporations. Namely centered around right to repair, or planned obsolescence. His less recent content I believe was around simply making really difficult repairs in his shops. I think it was mostly Macs...?

Youtube is just a platform. Where else would he be at to garner this sort of attention to his pro-consumer messages, exactly?

dogDAbone said:
As for caricatures, the face that is plastered on that screenshot above sure looks like he's a ditwat toober to me, but that's just my opinion :D
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So, you judge based on simple looks? Is that how you make your election votes, too? Because if you do, I'm sure they LOVE you over there. That's not even his channel lol.

LigTasm said:
The guy is at the absolute forefront of the right to repair fight. Its kind of sad that you would take a megacorp's side when they're known for censorship and removing people for wrongthink. You got a hammer a sickle flag flying in your yard?
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Welcome to the internet, where everyone in general that uses a social media platform that I don't use must be a dumb zoomer or something. I guess Youtube must have added an "absolutely do not talk about any competitors to us" message at some point lol. Although I've seen a lot of people talking about Tiktok on youtube with no repercussions, so I guess they're not even consistent about that...
 
LigTasm said:
The guy is at the absolute forefront of the right to repair fight. Its kind of sad that you would take a megacorp's side when they're known for censorship and removing people for wrongthink. You got a hammer a sickle flag flying in your yard?
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I'm not taking anyone's side, nor do I give a shit about what YT does or does not do to their users, because I simply avoid their nonsense, be it videos, messaging or whatever..

As for his stance on the right to repair issue, that's nice, but it's gonna take ALOT more than a silly YT channel to push that movement forward.... because most tech companies are NOT gonna completely give up that revenue stream until or unless they are forced to do so via regulation & fines, even though certain ones appear to be SLOWLY starting to show some attitude changes in this regard, but it's still gonna take ALOT longer before it becomes a real-world, market-based reality..

Peace out :D
 
dogDAbone said:
I'm not taking anyone's side, nor do I give a shit about what YT does or does not do to their users, because I simply avoid their nonsense, be it videos, messaging or whatever..

As for his stance on the right to repair issue, that's nice, but it's gonna take ALOT more than a silly YT channel to push that movement forward.... because most tech companies are NOT gonna completely give up that revenue stream until or unless they are forced to do so via regulation & fines, even though certain ones appear to be SLOWLY starting to show some attitude changes in this regard, but it's still gonna take ALOT longer before it becomes a real-world, market-based reality..

Peace out :D
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Except I believe he's literally helped get multiple bills passed at this point.
 
dogDAbone said:
I'm not taking anyone's side, nor do I give a shit about what YT does or does not do to their users, because I simply avoid their nonsense, be it videos, messaging or whatever..
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Then why even post in this thread?
dogDAbone said:
As for his stance on the right to repair issue, that's nice, but it's gonna take ALOT more than a silly YT channel to push that movement forward.... because most tech companies are NOT gonna completely give up that revenue stream until or unless they are forced to do so via regulation & fines, even though certain ones appear to be SLOWLY starting to show some attitude changes in this regard, but it's still gonna take ALOT longer before it becomes a real-world, market-based reality..

Peace out :D
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Just pure ignorance here; this dude has dedicated several years of his life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobbyists advocating for the Right to Repair movement/legislation in every state court where its been heard so far. So again, if you're good with your willful ignorance of Youtube in general, then probably best to not post or comment on these topics involving it and save yourself the embarrasement.
 
dogDAbone said:
I'm not taking anyone's side, nor do I give a shit about what YT does or does not do to their users, because I simply avoid their nonsense, be it videos, messaging or whatever..

As for his stance on the right to repair issue, that's nice, but it's gonna take ALOT more than a silly YT channel to push that movement forward.... because most tech companies are NOT gonna completely give up that revenue stream until or unless they are forced to do so via regulation & fines, even though certain ones appear to be SLOWLY starting to show some attitude changes in this regard, but it's still gonna take ALOT longer before it becomes a real-world, market-based reality..

Peace out :D
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Once again, great stereotyping. Dismissing everything that is available on Youtube as "nonsense" simply goes to show how shortsighted you are.

A "silly" Youtube channel has the capability to reach hundreds of millions of viewers, though even relatively large channels will only hit tens of millions at best. Still, that's way better than no reach at all. What do you suggest is the alternative then? Sit around with your thumb up your ass while hoping politicians suddenly become enlightened to the right to repair?

Circling back to Youtube censorship, community backlash has been known to cause Youtube (and other companies) to change their stance and tune and spreading the word by social media through any means available is the best way to do this. The whole point is to raise awareness with as large a population as possible.

It's fine to ignore topics that are irrelevant to your interests (standard part of social media) but not okay to look down on people that are interested in said topics.
 
dogDAbone said:
Well the simple fact that he is on YT AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them, is all the research I need to place him in that category....

As for caricatures, the face that is plastered on that screenshot above sure looks like he's a ditwat toober to me, but that's just my opinion :D
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How dare someone do something that offends youtube...:rolleyes:
 
dogDAbone said:
I'm not taking anyone's side, nor do I give a shit about what YT does or does not do to their users, because I simply avoid their nonsense, be it videos, messaging or whatever..

As for his stance on the right to repair issue, that's nice, but it's gonna take ALOT more than a silly YT channel to push that movement forward.... because most tech companies are NOT gonna completely give up that revenue stream until or unless they are forced to do so via regulation & fines, even though certain ones appear to be SLOWLY starting to show some attitude changes in this regard, but it's still gonna take ALOT longer before it becomes a real-world, market-based reality..

Peace out :D
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Bro you completely miss the point....this dude talks to congress to get laws passed so these companies have to allow us to repair our stuff if we want. He's pushed this hard for years and is starting to win....you need to really do research.
 
Louis Rossman is the Greta Thunburg of the electronics industry and famous for his right to repair advocacy. Of course he's made enemies along the way. To the small business guy, he is viewed as a hero. Anyone accusing Louis of being a nobody is just ignorant.

That said, I don't know what to think of this. Louis isn't the type to flippantly do something without thinking it through. So if his goal was to poke the bear, I'm sure he has his reasons.
 
Absalom said:
Louis Rossman is the Greta Thunburg of the electronics industry and famous for his right to repair advocacy. Of course he's made enemies along the way. To the small business guy, he is viewed as a hero. Anyone accusing Louis of being a nobody is just ignorant.

That said, I don't know what to think of this. Louis isn't the type to flippantly do something without thinking it through. So if his goal was to poke the bear, I'm sure he has his reasons.
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Do not compare Louis to Greta.
 
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vegeta535 said:
Don't not compare Louis to Greta.
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Double negative? So DO compare? I kid. I kid.

Well, I'm not directly comparing the two, more like an abstraction. Like her or not, Greta represents a small voice vs a huge industry with nearly unlimited political power. That takes balls.

Louis is pretty much attempting the same thing but at a much different yet smaller scope. Both are fighting against lobbyist and billion dollar corps that absolutely do not care about anything but greed. This is fact.
 
vegeta535 said:
Don't not compare Louis to Greta.
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I don't know, they both rail about disposable goods and e-waste. One would like the US to maybe not be an oligarchy one day and one would like our species to maybe not go extinct. Rossman hasn't ever attracted enough attention to be vilified by massive corporations and the politicians they own so the drones that worship both haven't taken to threatening to kill him.

Yet.
 
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Smart Guy but he talks the entire time.....kinda like someone I work with.
 
seems the ignorant in here should just keep their mouths shut, so they stop sticking their foot in it. judging books by covers and all that....

even though a agree with louis on most thing, this was bound to happen, cant have the competition advertising on yt.
 
dogDAbone said:
AND was stupid enough to do something that supposedly offended them:D
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dafuq? Oh no Louis is the first person to ever say something that may be construed as offensive towards the Tuberlords. I don't know what exactly he said in his video, nor do I care to care, but seems to me "striking" (or whatever YT did) because he talked about something that could potentially bring views away would be like doing that same thing to anyone who talks about search engines other than Google.
 
LigTasm said:
The guy is at the absolute forefront of the right to repair fight. Its kind of sad that you would take a megacorp's side when they're known for censorship and removing people for wrongthink. You got a hammer a sickle flag flying in your yard?
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I chuckle at the guy posting on a forum that has it's own rules where one can be banned by breaking them. Rossman angering the YT gods, tough, not your platform. I understand it's a monopoly, but that's a societal issue not a YT or Rossman issue. He's free to register a domain and slap whatever content he wants there.
 
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Shotglass01 said:
I chuckle at the guy posting on a forum that has it's own rules where one can be banned by breaking them. Rossman angering the YT gods, tough, not your platform. I understand it's a monopoly, but that's a societal issue not a YT or Rossman issue. He's free to register a domain and slap whatever content he wants there.
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Yes, but the point here is he will get banned by them changing the rules to ban him. Thats what this was all about. They feel threatened or whatever so they change it up to make sure you are gone.
 
I mean....

Blocking ads on YouTube goes against their ToS, so it stands to reason that promoting tools that exist to block those ads also violates the ToS, that's not really a logical leap to associate those two.
I see this as Louis testing some boundaries, you need to know where a line is if you are going to push it, and YouTube's recent change in their advertising policies and add placement is annoying and often inappropriate.

Radio Friendly (Clean) Haloween Music Playlist, shouldn't have a Viagra commercial injected in front, that wouldn't pass on TV why should it get a pass online?
 
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Yes, but the point here is he will get banned by them changing the rules to ban him. Thats what this was all about. They feel threatened or whatever so they change it up to make sure you are gone.
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Hmm... that part I'm not actually sure about. Every site has its own terms and services and flips flops on them pretty frequently. For all we know some update added, somewhere in the million lines of pseudo legalese, one small snippet that says "no advertising competing platforms". Wouldn't put it past them.
 
Lakados said:
I mean....

Blocking ads on YouTube goes against their ToS, so it stands to reason that promoting tools that exist to block those ads also violates the ToS, that's not really a logical leap to associate those two.
I see this as Louis testing some boundaries, you need to know where a line is if you are going to push it, and YouTube's recent change in their advertising policies and add placement is annoying and often inappropriate.

Radio Friendly (Clean) Haloween Music Playlist, shouldn't have a Viagra commercial injected in front, that wouldn't pass on TV why should it get a pass online?
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You know, I'm actually kind of confused about this whole ad situation. I haven't seen ads on youtube in ages, and I haven't seen anything asking me to remove my ad blocker *knock on wood*. Is it up to individual channels whether they set that or not? Because I'm just really confused about this. I do not have Youtube Red or whatever, either.
 
StoleMyOwnCar said:
You know, I'm actually kind of confused about this whole ad situation. I haven't seen ads on youtube in ages, and I haven't seen anything asking me to remove my ad blocker *knock on wood*. Is it up to individual channels whether they set that or not? Because I'm just really confused about this. I do not have Youtube Red or whatever, either.
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Some adblockers still work but they have started injecting commercial videos maybe just 5 seconds or so before videos and sometime in the middle of long ones.
 
StoleMyOwnCar said:
You know, I'm actually kind of confused about this whole ad situation. I haven't seen ads on youtube in ages, and I haven't seen anything asking me to remove my ad blocker *knock on wood*. Is it up to individual channels whether they set that or not? Because I'm just really confused about this. I do not have Youtube Red or whatever, either.
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pretty sure it depends on if the channel is monetized whether you see ads OR if you're on mobile because seems like every video i pull up on my phone gets ads
 
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