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Why I don't use Apple products

Louis Rossmann · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Repair, teardowns & right to repairConsumer devices & gadgets

What it is

Louis Rossmann, an independent Apple repair shop owner, explains why he does not use Apple products, drawing on his experience of repairing devices he considers designed to fail and hard to fix.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in right-to-repair and Apple threads as an insider's view of Apple hardware design and repairability.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “I love Louis Rossman's video about why he does not use Apple products.”

    Rossmann on his first iPod and copying MP3s

    drewg123, 2021-10 · Strong recommendation · in “20 years of the iPod”

  2. “Louis Rossmann talking about how Apple devices are designed to fail”

    Rossmann on Apple devices designed to fail

    posguy, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Why Apple and other tech companies are fighting to keep devices hard to repair”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: louis rossmann, apple, right to repair, macbook, hardware design

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