Manufacturers give middle finger to right to repair law: part two

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@newmonengineering 3 күн бұрын

From now on, everyone of us needs to mail any electronic device that has a nonremovable lithium battery directly back to the manufacturer for proper disposal. No return address. Just straight send them back their garbage and mark it as "For proper disposal" when they have so many they can't deal with, we need to take a classaction against them for failure to properly dispose of them. If we catch them sending them to the landfill and not properly disposing them, we should take action against them.

@RB-hj7qc 3 күн бұрын

They'll just dump it in the trash and then at some point the taxpayer will have to pay for the cleanup. Don't buy the thing in the first place.

@PrideSage99 3 күн бұрын

Even better, give it to your local recycler. You're basically giving the company free lithium and they deserve nothing for free, they're a bunch of insects.

@SuperMadman41 3 күн бұрын

Add an AirTag

@cherrypepsi2815 3 күн бұрын

really clever tbh, but with the whole climate of big tech having so much control over the media, I wouldn't be surprised if they try to suppress people calling to do this

@vvitch-mist20 3 күн бұрын

@@PrideSage99 They aren't gonna reuse the batteries, or anything that would make the price of lithium go down, and number can't go down. Number need stay big. Number need stay high.

@rossmanngroup 3 күн бұрын

If you are a viewer in California and want to have some fun....the penalty is civil, $1000/day. If you formally send Bose or Polk a letter demanding said information and cite the law, you have a good chance of getting $1000/day out of them if they refuse. Fun. :)

@Nyancat77263 3 күн бұрын

That is insane

@jonathantheyorkie 3 күн бұрын

This is a free country, after all

@cancelhandles 3 күн бұрын

The only bit of info that has EVER made me want to be in Cali.

@leonro 3 күн бұрын

If you get all of that money for an indeterminate time, your rent could potentially get halved! :)

@StormsparkPegasus 3 күн бұрын

@@jonathantheyorkie Only for corporations and the wealthy. For the rest of us, it's the land of the fee and the home of the slave. The US has a tiered "justice" system, where there are different laws for different classes.

@Ali-M2 3 күн бұрын

Those $300 disposable earbuds are about to turn into $100,000 disposable cars

@moriyamakyon1067 3 күн бұрын

cars wont be disposable because they are on subscription model now, and manufacturer can still remotely just cut off part of your car performance

@logicalfundy 3 күн бұрын

Yup. 100%. Already happening with cell phones. You're expected to pay $1000 every couple of years for a new one, and heaven forbid you keep one long enough to need a new battery. Seeing it in 3D printers too - Bambu tried to go down the route of Apple, closing everything off. Not a 100% success, but they seem to want to go that way. Which is one reason why I didn't get a Bambu. We'll see what they do when they start releasing the second major revision of their printers.

@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece 3 күн бұрын

Aren't we already at that point? Okay, at least close.

@vgamesx1 3 күн бұрын

@@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece Yeah kinda, 20k to replace a battery isn't unreasonable, but 20k to replace a battery that has one little part broken or a couple bad cells is insane.

@c.m.9881 3 күн бұрын

@@logicalfundy I was about 2 weeks away from buying a Bambu.. having second thoughts to say the least lol. Anyone else you would recommend?

@nabqrules 3 күн бұрын

BOSE - Buy Other Stereo Equipment.

@davidrumbelow 2 күн бұрын

PhD, passed high school daily (.when bunking)

@redpheonix1000 2 күн бұрын

I've heard is before as Better Off (with) Something Else ;)

@McTroyd Күн бұрын

2024 update: Buy Other Surround Equipment. 😉

@OctagonalSquare 3 күн бұрын

The good news is, as we get more of these laws passed, we now have a basis to sue the companies that don’t follow them. If they won’t comply on their own, we can make them.

@stonybaboon 3 күн бұрын

that is why that put "arbitation" on the TOS.... I really want to go for president in my contry and eventually for the EU and make a law that TOS arent contracts sience they dont have a signature and they can change when they want... that way ther TOS wont be worth anything at all =)

@Morncreek 3 күн бұрын

In some ways, having a law on the books is worse - laws tend to be written by the industries, and they write in massive loopholes. Legislators get to wave around a participation trophy, and the corporations get to point and laugh as they continue - without interruption - to screw over the consumers. A law on the books just creates a political stalking horse.

@alenygam6048 2 күн бұрын

@@stonybaboonI believe forced arbitration is already illegal in the EU

@F_Around_and_find_out 2 күн бұрын

Agree. Passing a law is one thing. Exercise it is another. But now things aren’t as lawless as before.

@derickrodriguez5797 2 күн бұрын

@@stonybaboonArbitration only works for civil cases. If they break a law, it won’t help

@luckiii8417 3 күн бұрын

Louis Rossmann, the man. Not all heros wear capes. Some have adorable kittens. Be like Louis, get a cat.

@DarkForce2024 3 күн бұрын

I got a cat. One thing I can always count on, Most companies will screw you over. Some people will screw you over. But my cat... Will always love me, and never screw me over!

3 күн бұрын

Everyone in Austin has a dog for some damn reason, perhaps because everyone else has one. Except Louis.

@mrblack9411 3 күн бұрын

He goes out at night repairing the world 🎉

@michaell8269 3 күн бұрын

And support your local cat rescues!

@mrblack9411 3 күн бұрын

@@michaell8269 ew

@ThatMetalheadMan 3 күн бұрын

straight up reminding me of that old documentary called Pyramids of Waste where there was a guy trying to fix a printer and everyone was just saying buy a new one. He wanted to fix it though and turns out it stopped working because it had a chip in it that literally counted number of prints and locked it up at a certain number. Supposedly because it assumed the sponge collecting the ink was too dirty. Think is,you can take it out and clean it. It was outright just a means of making you buy a new one. Some dude in Russia or something made software that reset the counter. People like that are heroes.

@alexturnbackthearmy1907 2 күн бұрын

Yeah...proprietary software do be dumb like this. It still needs a big amount of tomfoolery with soldering iron or programmator to learn how to reset the damn thing (or replace the chip outright with donor from another bricked printer).

@thoughtengine 2 күн бұрын

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 I did this a few times and all I needed was the service manual. In Brother systems it's only fiddly depending on which version of control panel you have.

@thoughtengine 2 күн бұрын

Cleaning it is inadvisable; you can buy a generic spongy stuff to replace it and just cut it to shape.

@ThatMetalheadMan 2 күн бұрын

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 on the documentary it was just a software where you clicked a reset and it did it for you. I think it was a sort of firmware reset thing.

@ThatMetalheadMan 2 күн бұрын

@@thoughtengine maybe,it just looked like the stuff they make artist sponge brushes out of but I bet if you cleaned it and let it dry properly first,its fine. Maybe used some anti growth stuff too.

@erinw6120 3 күн бұрын

I'm old enough to remember when TVs and radios came with schematics either glued to the inside of the cabinet, or actually had a little pocket with map-folded, poster-sized sheets on the back.

@ericmc6482 3 күн бұрын

Me too lol.

@redpheonix1000 2 күн бұрын

And when they stopped doing that, you could still get service manuals with full schematics. I sometimes fix old CRT TVs and it's really helpful. But the service manual for modern LCD TV's? "Replace power board" / "Replace main board". What a a joke.

@Slipknotyk06 3 күн бұрын

$1,000 per day is toothless to companies like Apple, Tesla, BMW, etc. Utterly. Toothless. $100,000 per day might make them take notice.

@onogrindsbrah 3 күн бұрын

$1,000 a day for one guy with a dead battery in his ear buds. Now imagine a thousand people getting $1,000 a day.

@joeyjumper94 3 күн бұрын

$1,000 dollars a day times say 100 people IS $100,000 a day. now say $1,000 a day times 10,000 people times 100 days would come out to an eye watering 1 BILLION dollars. at least i hope there can be concurrent violations

@Dayanto 2 күн бұрын

@@joeyjumper94 Even if it's just once per product, most companies are going to have a lot of products.

@alexturnbackthearmy1907 2 күн бұрын

@@joeyjumper94 For the FIRST violation. It will double the second time, and will rise up to 5000 USD a day third time (you can see a paper in video briefly).

@doom4067 2 күн бұрын

I predict that they stop selling their products in California.

@SpamMaster57 3 күн бұрын

"if you're into that multichannel rubbish" Me, who open sourced Dolby Atmos: 😐

@zoey101dogwablog 3 күн бұрын

if u havent heard it yet, thank you. you deserve it and so much more praise for that

@meetshield2461 3 күн бұрын

First ive seen this. Nice!!

@phattjohnson 3 күн бұрын

Atmos is nothing but licencing and headaches from what I've seen.. I've been rocking 5.1 since the 90's, when RCA cables was the only way.

@Gamez4eveR 3 күн бұрын

uranium enriched stereo copium lmfao I have better front speakers (Neumann studio monitors) and a better listening space (idyllic mode distribution from the room dimensions, and I have over 60kg of acoustic absorption coming in soon, proper room correction of course) than most audiophiles, and I fucking love surround sound

@Ginfidel 3 күн бұрын

@@Gamez4eveR Right. I seriously cant understand the stereo supremacists. I guess with enough brainrot, two ears = two channels or something lmao

@cosmicsimonmusic 3 күн бұрын

I really miss a 3.5mm jack, what the heck, dont want Bluetooth everything and I have good cans

@aryaastark9201 3 күн бұрын

Not even just that, I hate having to recharge headphones. I should be able to just plug them in and go.

@cosmicsimonmusic 3 күн бұрын

@@aryaastark9201 I use the adapters because I hate them headphones (Bluetooth).

@AlrunesYT 3 күн бұрын

My phone still has a 3.5mm, and I absolutely love it for that. Asus has plenty of problems, but I'm veeeeery happy with their phones.

@pythogron 3 күн бұрын

I don't see people apprieciating good wired headphones, I have over-ear ones and they are soo light because of the absence of a battery, I can pick up the box and would think "wait, is it empty?" Only to realize the headphones are so light, I thought I wasn't even carrying them, I can wear them for hours without neck pain because they're so lightweight.

@SharienGaming 2 күн бұрын

yeah thats honestly my main gripe with the new fairphones... the only real issue i have with them audiojack is such a good and reliable connector...instead i now need an USB-C adapter to use my wired buds

@DoingFedTime 3 күн бұрын

We need a Louis Recommends series. Looking at the speakers you talk about, made me depressed. I have cheap 30 speakers.

@IntegerOfDoom 3 күн бұрын

I know the feeling... I'm using some JBL Bluetooth speakers. My proper audio stuff is in storage. Second hand is king! So much good stuff for cheap.

@SeanHollingsworth 3 күн бұрын

As soon as the founder of Bose brought on investors, and the resulting board of directors, the company immediately started to turn to sh!t. He ended up leaving his company.

@mammutMK2 2 күн бұрын

Bose was top of the line in the old days. Now you're better off diy your speaker than buying a Bose. Got my Mazdaspeed 3 with Bose and it sounded terrible. The stock system in my old car was way better. I had a diy sound system in one of my cars, I bought some parts in a standard consumer electronics store except the front system and subwoofer...and they didn't recommend Bose and he showed the difference.

@ingiford175 3 күн бұрын

If you notice in the law, it is NOT the person that is being stonewalled that can bring this action, but it is the government that has to 'bring the action' to get the fine in place.

@davidvanderklauw 3 күн бұрын

I expect this to go over the heads of 99% of people; Companies can get away with this nonsense because they are operating in uncompetitive markets created by greedy negligent politicians elected by lazy negligent voters.

@willia3r 2 күн бұрын

This is a great post.

@tpd1864blake 2 күн бұрын

Can’t blame the voters when the only two “real” options are a blatant criminal and an incompetent, arguing about golf scores to each other like two retired men

@alastairleith8612 Күн бұрын

not so sure about that. and it only takes 5% of the population red hot committed to get new legislation on this. then it becomes a lawyers picnic and they have to comply.

@johnathanpessetti295 3 күн бұрын

I just repaired the condenser fan on my Refrigerator with a ball point pen 🖊️ tip and the spring inside of it. No more wobble, it’s much quieter. We live in FALLOUT!

@houghwhite411 3 күн бұрын

Your fridge is now a pc according to fruity company which starts with A and ends with E

@jimbrannlund4677 2 күн бұрын

Where have you been MacGyver, we've missed you!

@CatnamedMittens 2 күн бұрын

Thats sick

@patrickday4206 2 күн бұрын

owe yeah i repaired my ball point pen from parts from my refrigerator. 😆I miss cold milk

@bvoyelr Күн бұрын

Be on the lookout for globes and salt shakers. They have screws. Precious, precious screws!

@Christopher_Giustolisi 3 күн бұрын

You can get such a nice sound for little money but many people just don´t care about sound quality but prefer some all in one solution. I remember when every decent household had a stereo system. People were proud of that. Then came Bose and told people they can have big sound with small speakers. They lied.

@Terran.Marine.2 3 күн бұрын

I think the small loud speakers can produce decent sound in the radio and CD players, but, the plastic likely degrades even faster than the drivers, which would ruin the acoustics.

@autoteleology 3 күн бұрын

No replacement for displacement when it comes to audio gear

@Gamez4eveR 3 күн бұрын

@@Terran.Marine.2 what

@MichaelDarweesh 3 күн бұрын

I would absolutely love to get a nice audio setup for my TV, but I have no idea an easy way to get from here to there. How do I know what to buy?

@CarlMcKenzie 3 күн бұрын

@@MichaelDarweesh that is why I think Louis is being disingenuous with his recommendations even though I agree in principal. You can't just buy some speakers and plug the speaker wire into your TV - you need something to drive the speakers & that something needs to support the outputs your TV has available (likely only HDMI return channel these days) I pulled some shenanigans to get my 20 year old Sony mini system working with my TV - not as good as a Denon or Yamaha amp with decent speakers attached, but it is leagues ahead of any Soundbar I have ever heard.

@Jakeobsen 3 күн бұрын

I bought a first gen Bose QC35 many years ago and approx 6 months before the warranty ran out the NC stopped working in one ear-cup. I was dumb enough to forget about it and 7 months later when I started using the headset I was reminded of the issue. I reached out to Bose, knowing my warranty was 1 month out, asking for schematics and diagrams and they politely told me to go F myself. I kept defeating their logic though and they eventually told me they'd swap my headset for a gen 2 if I would just shut up and stop bothering them. They actually swapped the unit for a new one and my gen 2 still works fine to this day more then 5 years later. Bose should just do the right thing and give what people ask for.

@cherrypepsi2815 3 күн бұрын

Did they really? I want to try this but I don't have a bose headset lmao

@Jakeobsen 2 күн бұрын

@@cherrypepsi2815 Yeah they did. I sent them an email asking for help with my headset because NC was broken. Then they were like "you're out of warranty!". I then said ok, can I have schematics and diagrams then, i know someone who can help me repair these. They then said "No you can't" - i then asked for an explanation of why they can't - and then they offered to swap it to make me shut up lol. The trick was to keep replying to their emails and not taking no for an answer.... I might have gotten lucky though.

@mammutMK2 2 күн бұрын

@@Jakeobseneither they realized to go for CST satisfaction, bride you with new speakers so the schematics of a crappy product don't get public or the product is so cheap that it's cheaper to give that to you compared to wasting money on the discussion with you. I guess it's something between B and C

@Jakeobsen 2 күн бұрын

@@mammutMK2 Yeah I completely agree, they most likely did a cost-benefit on this and realized it was cheaper to replace it.

@Adam3k3 3 күн бұрын

The same reason people are buying apples Studio headphones and overpriced beats when they can easily get a pair from Sony. That sounds as good if not better for less.

@Maxrepfitgm 3 күн бұрын

It's also fit in Apple's and Beat's defense. I would LOVEEE to not give Apple any business, but these other companies can't make earbuds that stay in my ear and don't hurt like heck or die after some sweat.

@autoteleology 3 күн бұрын

@@Maxrepfitgm Try Comply foam tips. They're a hundred times better than the crappy rubber ones that come with most devices.

@NopeOnARope_ 3 күн бұрын

@@autoteleology I CAN'T STAND the suction feeling of the rubber garbage and I, TOO, search and destroy for apple-esque buds, then I found a clearance pair of memory foam tipped buds at LOWES of all places and have ordered a crap-ton of just the foam tips for future use. Absolutely legendary discovery!

@DNFplays 3 күн бұрын

I have a sony headset gen 4 and i love it sooo much, its sooo clear the sound

@Mazorzarch 3 күн бұрын

Currently looking for a pair of Huh Duh Sixhundos in my area, hopefully they'll show up soon. Getting tired of these Bluetooth ear buds...

@lifeisstr4nge 3 күн бұрын

Service of headphones means they just replace them whole

@gregbuser4690 2 күн бұрын

I remember when they had tube testers and sold vacuum tubes at the grocery store so we could repair our own TVs and Radios.

@courage3535 3 күн бұрын

It should be $1000/day per customer

@crazy916 2 күн бұрын

It should allow the customer to bring action against the company and not have to wait for the state to actually do something then settle for pennies on the dollar.

@talk2kev 3 күн бұрын

Need to have a repairable lable along side with recycle lable maybe a wrench with a screwdriver and level of parts available to repair 3 being only the manufacturer can repair no parts available, 2 some parts available, and 1 being part are easy to obtain. Giving the consumer a guide of repairability. It would help on E-waste and keeping it out of the landfill.

@NoobsDeSroobs 3 күн бұрын

Reasons I have a soundbar: I do not have a lot of space. I do not care that much about sound, but the TV by itself is horrible. Cats cant scratch it.

@pacadet 2 күн бұрын

Same. It’s my TV. I don’t give a shit how accurate it sounds as long as it’s not as bad as the terrible TV speakers. I have good vintage audio equipment but it’s in a separate room with my records, SACD player, etc. I like the soundbar for my TV because I don’t have to mess with it, nor does anyone else in the house. Turn the TV on, the soundbar and sub turns on. Turn the TV off, they turn off. My soundbar is actually probably the most “it just works” product in my house. For what it’s worth, it doesn’t even sound that bad and I got a huge discount on it when i bought it as a bundle with the TV. Soundbars aren’t going to touch my amplifier and floor speakers but I don’t expect them to and it’s significantly easier for people who aren’t me to operate.

@MagnumMuscle1000 3 күн бұрын

We need federal legislation to provide actual consumer protection in the form of not only right to repair but full access to parts and schematics.

@kryptkeeper457 3 күн бұрын

The customer doesnt get $1000/day, the State does, right?

@Terran.Marine.2 3 күн бұрын

Probably so. The entire process is pretty exhausting.

@Donnerwamp 3 күн бұрын

From my understanding, yes. But hey, a loss of 1000 a day is a loss of 1000 a day until they comply. It may be less of a win for the customer, but it's still a win.

@murrayshekelberg9754 3 күн бұрын

Yeah, the state. I assume its per case reported. If its 102 people having the problem it will be 1000 a day + 2500 a day for the second, plus 500,000 a day for the other 100 that would be the $5000 a day fine for the 3rd and subsequent cases. It could probably add up quick

@pigletshut 3 күн бұрын

An advocacy group has to first pressure a county/city/the state to bring action, probably under the threat of not voting for or recalling or not donating to them?

@thardie 3 күн бұрын

The CA Right to Repair only allows a City, county or the state of CA to sue these people, not individuals. We have to find a city or county who is interested in going after these big companies...

@codemiesterbeats 3 күн бұрын

In that case try to find faults in products that the state buys in large quantities.

@willia3r 2 күн бұрын

I guess that's the so-called _"Catch-22"_ right there. Always a Catch-22.

@4bSix86f61 3 күн бұрын

"You don't watch music, you listen to music" killed me

@NextMIP 3 күн бұрын

Love your sponsor blocks. Keep fighting for us!

@vincei4252 3 күн бұрын

I have a pair of Kenwood Ham Radio's. A Japanese brand. In the box you get full schematics and parts lists. If Kenwood was run like an American company they would be bankrupt as no Ham Radio operator would buy a single product from them.

@Irilia_neko 3 күн бұрын

State Law = no company will Care

@safetyedge9229 3 күн бұрын

What sucks is that in smaller markets soundbars is all you can get now.

@cburgess7 2 күн бұрын

BOSE is an acronym, it means "buy other sound equipment"

@LOL-man-wk2fn 3 күн бұрын

You should go on TV to reach more people. I'm pretty sure there's an older audience that needs to hear this and doesn't use KZfaq. Thank you for the work you do 🙏!!!

@tyrsia 2 күн бұрын

I learned something today. I’m also filled with existential sadness about the state of consumer electronics.

@Cornz38 2 күн бұрын

What we NEED is a company to make (ie) a printer. A modular printer that is desgined well and designed to be upgraded that offers support and won't eff you over. We need companies with the foresight to produce modular, repairable products that are ethical, reliable and repairable. This will mean less profits short term but bigger profits long term when the wave catches on and people SEE there is a product that will likely last them 20 years.

@mskiptr Күн бұрын

We desperately need an open source hardware printer and even more so OSHW home appliances.

@JohnD-JohnD Күн бұрын

1:05 - Simple answer.. Space. Not everyone has floor space next to their TV's. That being said, I have a projection screen with a 4K projector in my basement. For daily watching, like news, TV shows, etc.. I use a soundbar, and it sounds just fine for the daily watching stuff. I also have a Dolby Atmos 9.1.2 setup that takes over when I turn on the receiver. That "Multichannel junk" sounds excellent for movies. :)

@steveclark9934 3 күн бұрын

If you spend $300 on Bose headphones you've got bigger problems than you even know.

@gilgameshashur4554 3 күн бұрын

I feel attacked.

@niko1even 3 күн бұрын

You get higher end stuff because you can continue to get higher end stuff for a quarter of the price through trading in and taking good care of the device.

@AngstG 3 күн бұрын

I get decent bluetooth earbuds that seem to last a while for $4 and change. . . . from Temu. Its all made in China anyway....

@qui-gonsgin8747 2 күн бұрын

@@AngstGPlease stop supporting Temu watch a video about how they operate, they are literally the lowest of the low, treating their workers like shit etc.

@brainwashingdetergent4322 3 күн бұрын

My ears are toast… twenty plus years in extremely loud work environments have ruined me…

@melsyoutube 3 күн бұрын

“point the finger where it belongs” - if only people understood this.

@OGThinkster 3 күн бұрын

Boy I hope these companies don't get away with this. I would love to see companies that don't comply have to pay people $1000/day for a $300 product. If it puts the company out of business, so be it. They need to learn a lesson!!! I try to always buy stuff based on the repairability of it or standardness of it which is why I would never buy Apple, BMW, Mercedes, etc. Companies, don't seem to give a sh#t for average consumer market. I had to fix a commercial ice maker the other day and guess what? Electrical drawings, schematics, service manual all available free on manufacturer's website! Now that's a company I'll support!

@xrismanessa3993 3 күн бұрын

The biggest problem is consumers. Remember long back when a product was released once in 5 years and we could use our 1 purchased items and manage to fix them as long as we want, now these companies knows that consumers don’t care about fixing they care about the latest product and sure they release them in 6 months or yearly meaning that is the guarantee for the last product released. Then we run to buy and just put the old one in the bin. And trust me the British don’t just throw things out they use their Stuff until.

@4bSix86f61 3 күн бұрын

"You don't watch music, you listen to music" -- Louis Rossman 2024/07

@elos9291 2 күн бұрын

Thank you Louis for being relentless. I deeply appreciate what you do. Please never stop.

@Paperbutton9 2 күн бұрын

This man is not suicidal

@7DeadlyJinxs 3 күн бұрын

Fines should be 1% of the company's total yearly earnings. Daily. We need to copy Europe's consumer laws.

@uncreativename5 3 күн бұрын

I am so grateful that this kind of stuff isn’t standard practice in guitar making companies, fender has guides on repairing and replacing parts, there’s no “warranty void if removed” stickers, Gibson and brands are kinda an exception, but overall I can go to most guitar brands and purchase a pickup, neck, or other part, fender being the absolute best example, where you can buy literally every single part.

@jmr 3 күн бұрын

Bose used to be good. Another brand ruined i guess.

@IntegerOfDoom 3 күн бұрын

When? when was it good? Yeah, that's what I thought.

@jmr 3 күн бұрын

@@IntegerOfDoom I can't really say if their home audio was ever good but their professional speakers were good 20 years ago. My experience with Bose was strictly large venue commercial events.

@chefchutardo5215 3 күн бұрын

i bought a complete set of old infiniy interludes on marketplace. looked everyday untill i found local good deals. They sound awesome and can shake the house. Infinity now makes plastic garbage speakers since Floyd Toole left and then infinity was bought buy Samdung.

@JohnD-JohnD Күн бұрын

Maybe the lawmakers should make a law against non-serviceable electronics. If you can't change the battery, then don't allow manufactures to sell it. It's also more environmentally friendly to make something that can be fixed.

@thedarthsidious66 3 күн бұрын

These shops are in my area! What a small world.

@channelzero2252 3 күн бұрын

My computer's sound is playing from a THIRTY FOUR year old portable stereo from Panasonic. Quality. I can't comment on Panasonic today but in 1990 they made products of great quality.

@GrumpyDerg 2 күн бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if today they outsource all that to some "insert your brand here" manufacturer in China :\

@robynnnn797 3 күн бұрын

I don’t understand the death of component/modular audio systems, nice home audio is only getting cheaper

@splitprissm9339 3 күн бұрын

Probably, most people aren't regularly listening to sources anymore that aren't phones or computers, so mostly amplifiers and speakers - or active speakers, what soundbars etc are - are needed. Modular systems had/have their place with people that did/do listen to physical media like CDs, Tapes, Vinyl records.... or that still like radio.

@timmholl9238 Күн бұрын

We still have our 1993 Kenwood component system. I tried to get rid of it, but wife keeps finding ways to use it.

@splitprissm9339 Күн бұрын

@@timmholl9238 So, keep wife and stereo, sounds like a perfect non problem :)

@Lachronix 3 күн бұрын

Louis I’m black, I’m not sure I wanna live in 1920 lmaooo. But good video! And great points!

@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies 3 күн бұрын

A black American* I don't think black people had much trouble, for being black, in places like Zimbabwe :p

@thoughtengine 2 күн бұрын

@@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies That was Rhodesia to you, old bean.

@MyLittleBitOfEverything 3 күн бұрын

I recently contacted BK Electronics because a Variable AC supply had a variac (the wire wound variable part - that was coming unwound even though it was only a few years old)I and was told they don't have the part to sell me, but I could send it to them for repair and they however would then magically find one to install if I paid them for fixing it. Companies I know of to avoid if you care about repairs ( MOTU - Parasound - Crestron - Music Tribe Family of Companies)

@user-rp6kz9xo1f 3 күн бұрын

Priceless❤

@gary122 2 күн бұрын

Im using a 1990s kenwood amp and 100w speakers. 30 years old and it rocks!

@melsyoutube 3 күн бұрын

thank you for your tireless passionate expertise for all these years!!!! ❤️

@Pippy626 3 күн бұрын

I run a 89.99 Visio sound bar because I hate my tv sound and I can’t fit my good speakers that I had with my 4k 200in projector in my last house.

@thisismelsemail1217 3 күн бұрын

Right there with ya. Function over form is not always the answer. Literally anything is better than stock TV speakers, so bashing people for a soundbar doesn't sit right with me personally.

@autoteleology 3 күн бұрын

Have you heard of acoustically transparent projector screens?

@Pippy626 3 күн бұрын

@@autoteleologyyes. I have a 75 in because the house I’m renting doesn’t have room for my projector anymore and it’s in a box.

@knexfan100 3 күн бұрын

Why do I feel like the situation will only get to where we need it to be at will be in like 7 years when Louis's hair goes full gray from telling every single company to provide schematics, spare parts, stop barring their partners from selling parts, stop patent trolling, and stop making single-use water-resistance with adhesive and give us gaskets again so we can fix our phones and keep the water resistance? Hopefully this is a "it gets worse before it gets better" situation rather than right to repair being a pipe-dream.

@Pro4TLZZ 2 күн бұрын

Thanks Louis

@radfordra 3 күн бұрын

And this is why i buy samsung buds when they go on clearance. Never paid more than $60 for any of them.

@dianaalyssa8726 3 күн бұрын

@stephenhookings1985 2 күн бұрын

Wasn't Scotty Kilmer discussing a car firm that couldn't supply the front door hinges - so insurance wrote off the car sending customer a $50k ish cheque??

@blackrifle6736 Күн бұрын

*Louis: Spot on as always. Love it when you roll into your Brooklyn Italian with musical accompaniment for emphasis. Saluti!*

@timothysemple4740 2 күн бұрын

You convinced me and your cat to accept going to the dentist regularly, glad to see you're taking your own advice.

@AngryJT 3 күн бұрын

Hey, I moved to a town that still had a Radio Shack, 5 years ago. It's a pot shop now.

@PatrikHlebecStor 2 күн бұрын

Amazing videos Louis! Always cracking me up and informing me on the state of repair.

@mitchevelyn3323 2 күн бұрын

As someone working closely with Bose Systems both retail and service, with a proof of purchase if you contact one of their service centers 9/10 time they will replace wireless ear buds up to 1 year off warranty. I'm all for right for repair as it's how we make our money but pretending ear buds of this nature and SIZE aren't disposable is wild!

@Black_Jesus3005 3 күн бұрын

It’s irreplaceable for durability Louis. Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

@oladrolahola 3 күн бұрын

Kek

@atmartins16 3 күн бұрын

I always go to the same dentist, my parents took me there when I was a kid and I'm truly scared to go to any other. One of the doctor's sons is also a dentist and works at the clinic so I know I'm already safe when the dad retires.

@Viesta 3 күн бұрын

Good thing I got a Magnavox radio for 25 bucks from goodwill... Came with the OG speakers and all... Can play vinyl, CD, cassette, AM, and FM radio... And I bet it can be fixed pretty easy.

@bradleyhove4177 Күн бұрын

Ugh those all in one units are absolutely garbage. Cheapest components shoved into a cheap plastic box. And not easily repairable.

@Viesta Күн бұрын

@@bradleyhove4177 Really? it seems to work pretty good for me so far... clean signal on both AM and FM and the vinyl is pretty clean... haven't tried the CD or tape yet...

@jonnysmith549 3 күн бұрын

i love your sponsor segments. you are the best!

@4bSix86f61 3 күн бұрын

Or if you are a hobbyist, build your own speaker where you get to choose whatever part you want and where to get them.

@Theinvalidmusic 3 күн бұрын

Anecdote time: My Dad handed me down an old pair of B&W hi-fi speakers from the 80s when I moved out, as well as an amp to drive them. The speakers are little more than a pair of drivers and voicecoils in chipboard enclosures, but they have lasted over 40 years. I was able to hook them up to my TV using a $30 HDMI-ARC audio output box from Amazon. They sound absolutely incredible, significantly better than any soundbar I have ever used. You don't need a soundbar. Go to your local goodwill and pick up a pair of hi-fi speakers and figure out how to hook them up to your TV or computer. Your ears and wallet will thank you, and you won't have to deal with any of the onerous garbage Louis outlines in the video.

@davidrumbelow 2 күн бұрын

On a similar note, the more you have in a bank the less costs you pay for banking

@RRSF09 2 күн бұрын

In 1970 our 13" black & white TV suddenly smoked and died, thereby motivating my parents to buy our first color TV. I asked my parents if I could have the old one and then took it to our neighbor who was an electronics tech and he showed me how to look for faults in the tubes and where the fuses were and how to identify a blown one. I went down to the local Walgreens where there was one of those (in those days) ubiquitous tube testers, where I tested the tubes and figured out which one was blown. I was able to buy the tube there, and had the TV fixed that day - under my own initiative. This world of disposable products is destroying our environment as well as our intelligence, as there is zero reason why products can't be made to be able to be repaired except that the financial pressure for every company to show 20% returns on their stock price each and every year which means that they have to force their customers to replace something that has many years of life left in it if it was built correctly. Thanks for your channel and your dedication to pushing this forward.

@jordanwardle11 3 күн бұрын

"Reasonably should have known" well there is the loophole.

@Sidowse 13 сағат бұрын

$1000 a day!? You could almost rent a retail-space in NY for that sort of money.

@roderickcortez138 3 күн бұрын

The day is coming when you're not gonna be allowed to put gas in your own car. You're gonna have to make an appointment with the dealership for a refill.

@tfoutfou21000 3 күн бұрын

sure in a next future , it will be even worse than that,, for a very SIMPLE reason , gas is not unlimited , the world supply is decreasing little by little until we use the last drop , and before that there will probably be huge war for the control of the last oil platform in the world

@timmholl9238 Күн бұрын

I don't even think we'll get that far. I think something worse is coming, that'll shock even the investors.

@roderickcortez138 Күн бұрын

@@timmholl9238 I sure hope so.

@rodiculous9464 2 күн бұрын

This is ultimately a problem of modern monetary theory. Infinite money means infinite consumption. We need to go back to a time where things were built to last not to satisfy the dopamine cravings of mindless consoomers

@langdons2848 3 күн бұрын

I use noise cancelling headphones on heavy equipment five days a week. I had a pair of Bose QC35s (bought in 2017) lasted until 2023 when their (unreplaceable) batteries finally died. So I "upgraded" to a paid of QC45s. Straight away their noise cancellation was clearly not as good (in very noisy environments) and they had an intermittent ticking in one ear. Just under one year later their batteries were failing. So I returned them and got them replaced. While waiting for the replacements I bought a pair of QC Ultras. These lasted one month before they failed with a clicking in one ear. Returned. Replaced with a new pair. Now two months later the new pair of QC Ultras have an intermittent fault whereby they crash on boot up. Planning to return them this weekend. While it's annoying that they keep failing I think I just unlocked free lifetime noise cancelling headphones 🤷

@FredPilcher 3 күн бұрын

Buying Bose shite is its own punishment.

@CalgarGTX 3 күн бұрын

Big companies when they see they are on the hook for 1000$ a day fine : 'Oh noooo.. anyways' Why don't they make that sht 1 million dollar per day as long as it's not available on a public facing website ? I bet you it would be solved reeeeeally fast.

@MrSafetyForever 3 күн бұрын

Louis, It is indeed a sad state we find ourselves in as consumers! Grateful you allocated the time to create this video! Take Care

@Chuxonja 22 сағат бұрын

I got a hold of an Hitachi amp from the 80s not that long ago, left channel was completely dead. Managed to look up a scanned manual online for that specific model and guess what, complete disassembly steps, component list, circuit diagram and pcb layout are all inside. Furthermore, additional steps to adjust the idle current and small shit like that after you replace certain components to make sure it is tuned right, just as it left the factory. Needles to say fixing it was a piece of cake and with this mush info, you can keep it running more or less forever . So if anyone needs a reminder on how a service manual should look like, take a peek at a Hitachi HA-3700 or something similar to get a feel for the amount of detail you should get with a produce.

@doom4067 2 күн бұрын

IF they make the companies pay the fines, the state isn't sending that money to the customers.

@BenLipseyNE 2 күн бұрын

Happy you brought up BOSE. Thank you

@flanflanjp_ 3 күн бұрын

On the topic of repairable bluetooth audio, the Sony WH-1000XM series are very good! Full documentation, easy to order parts from third parties, and It's even Philips screws all the way down! Only catch is you need to resolder 20 cables for all the noise cancelling microphones if you're replacing something like a hinge. I've had mine for 6 years and its holding up great with a couple repairs.

@garfieldwithissuez 3 күн бұрын

Honestly I'm just posting to support the channel keep up the good work man

@IntegerOfDoom 3 күн бұрын

Love the audio snobbery. But you are 100% correct!

@metallboy25 3 күн бұрын

I was able to replace the batteries in my Sony WF-1000XM4 after 2.5 years of use. In my opinion they were designed to be replaceable. All I needed was some hot air and a clamp.

@jameskenney5623 Күн бұрын

The dentist thing is gold! I 100% agree

@RJTC 2 күн бұрын

Great video as usual - I hope the California government or or legislature actively pursue every complaint about non-compliant companies! Once each company has a few hundred (or thousand, even?) complaints stacked against it and accumulating daily fines, they should have no choice but to start complying. ps. I LIKE surround sound - even most CDs are encoded with Dolby Pro-Logic surround & running them through a good surround decoder improves the front channel clarity by separating out the surround part. That goes though a set of B&W MT60 5.1 speakers - for surround - with a pair of Goodmans Achromat Sigmas that I've owned for decades, for the front channel stereo.

@Holycurative9610 2 күн бұрын

My 1000W Sony surround sound system was less than $100 and sounds fantastic and it's from 2012 and uses an Apple ipod nano dock so you can play your music. I've added a BT module, 10 bucks, and I can play music from my phone although it does lose a channel and only plays from 4 speakers, instead of 5, and the bass.

@Flysimware 3 күн бұрын

Louis, This was so entertaining it's just like Saturday morning cartoons as a kid again!

@interferingpanda 3 күн бұрын

sometimes he just gets in that awesome mood and the whole thing rolls off his tongue perfectly in the most magical way that really does put a smile on your face

@Flysimware 3 күн бұрын

@@interferingpanda I agree. Love it when Louis gets really going, he will start talking so fast I almost can't keep up! 🤣

@Deagon-j6x 2 күн бұрын

companies can do this, for example when I bought my sega cd in the 90's and had the DAC go bad I was able to get their repair manual for it from sega. This manual, which was an electrical technician's wet dream, not only included a full parts list of all the chips but also included the pin outs, example oscilloscope waveforms for them and full PCB schematics.

@HazewinDog 2 күн бұрын

I have Creative PC speakers, but I don't use them. I got a €300 soundbar instead and placed it right behind my OLED TV (also used as monitor). I'm quite happy with the result.

@lukasegeling5205 3 күн бұрын

I have Meze 99 Neo and AKG K712 Pro headphones, which are usually plugged into my phone and laptop, respectively. My only set of wireless headphones are Sony WH-1000xm4 which came with my phone, but I only really use them wired now and on the go when the other headphones are too bulky.