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Why I don't use Apple products

Louis Rossmann

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  • Recommended by 2 people: 2 on Hacker News.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2017 to 2021.
  • Presented by Louis Rossmann, independent repair technician
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

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2.4M views11 years ago2 recommendations

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Louis Rossmann explains his decision to avoid Apple products, detailing design flaws, anti-repair practices, and artificial limitations based on his repair experience.

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Why it's here

2 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended for its critical insights into Apple's hardware design flaws and anti-consumer repair policies.

drewg123on Hacker News • Recommends

On “20 years of the iPod”

I love Louis Rossman's video about why he does not use Apple products. Near the beginning, he talks about how he worked in a recording studio, and people would bring in background music they wanted to sing along with on MP3 players, and he was used to just copying files off. Which worked just fine until he encountered his first iPod: link to this video

posguyon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Why Apple and other tech companies are fighting to keep devices hard to repair”

Note how Apple hosts neither of those manuals? Apple doesn't care if their products are user serviceable at all, and has repeatedly shown malice towards the repair industry or long lived products at all. Louis Rossmann talking about how Apple devices are designed to fail: link to this video Also, my iPad 2 broke down after a year and a half. Not buying Apple again!

bb88on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel”

…6. Macbooks are terribly built, and fail for a number of reasons. 1 7. The Apple brand, while it used to be one of homebrew is now akin to one of fashion. It's kind of like seeing all the kids walk around with their "Hollister" t-shirts on. I could go on I suppose but those are the meat of the issues. 1: Louis Rossmann's macbook repair channel. link to this video…