Serious question, which is the bigger POS company, Apple or Samsung?
@rossmanngroup9 ай бұрын
Yes
@George1962079 ай бұрын
You need to wipe after either one .
@theguylivinginyourwalls9 ай бұрын
You want brain cancer or lung cancer?
@disclaimer_99 ай бұрын
KZfaq: plays Samsung ad on a "f*ck you Samsung" video...
@itsbubbalips9 ай бұрын
100% Samsung.. Long story short, it took Samsung literally .. from middle of June to the middle of October.. or early October.. I don’t remember now to be honest to get me a new dryer.. because my brand new dryer broke within a month of purchasing it.. Samsung promised me a newer series dryer… then tells me a week later they can’t do that.. I hate Samsung..
@_KondoIsami_10 ай бұрын
That's basically a ransomware.
@LabArlyn10 ай бұрын
Yeah, a ransomware from the official manufacturer. So evil.
@jer177610 ай бұрын
Yep. Ransomware, spyware and adware is perfectly legal if you're a big corporation.
@test-rj2vl10 ай бұрын
Yep, Mexican government should have started criminal investigations and issue arrest warrant to all related CEOs through ICC.
@manictiger9 ай бұрын
@@jer1776 I remember when Chrome came out, and I avoided it like it was a plague-infested corpse. I watched so many other people talk about it, rave about it... And I was just mentally facepalming the whole time.
@RedVRCC3 ай бұрын
@@manictigersame, I won't touch chrome with a 10 foot pole
@AmEv7fam10 ай бұрын
I think this is really important: People have taken the time to import the same model phone from various regions. They've backed up the firmware, physically disassembled the phones, swapped the ROMs around. You know what they found? The phones are 100% hardware identical. Literally the only difference between the phones is software enabling and disabling different bands. These companies have gone "Oh? You're in a different region than the intended market? Instead of assuming you moved after buying a phone, we're going to assume you're a CRIMINAL." These companies could have easily, **easily** gone "Oh, we've detected you're in a different region, so we'll disable these frequencies." Nope, they blame the consumer for bringing a device into a different country, and it's never the manufacturers' faults for not making international-ready-and-compliant devices.
@antikommunistischaktion10 ай бұрын
You know if government regulation didn't work at the speed of snail sh*t and try to over-regulate everything this wouldn't be an issue. There is no reason that the government needs to rubber stamp every single device for it to be in the country. Samsung should have gone about it better, though, perhaps forcing it into airplane mode so that it could only be used via Wifi until the government gets off its azz (yes you can turn on Wifi with airplane mode enabled).
@TheWebstaff10 ай бұрын
This was going to be my question as I had this exact issue with a Sony Xperia 1 three years ago, couldn't use volte on 850mhz which was a must in my low signal house.
@atemoc10 ай бұрын
These kinds of things should simply be illegal. Get my like, stranger.
@Dynioglowy198610 ай бұрын
i agree with you on that ! few years ago when i was buying a phone (samsung s9 edge) my friend start showing me a huawei phones with where much cheaper than samsung . I went on website to look whats inside and to my supriese 80% of parts where exacly f same but 1/3 of a price ...
@zukabazuka10 ай бұрын
I could see this be used for phones that are stolen in one country and moved to another to sell them. It is a pretty damn common tactic for any stolen goods.
@darkijah-andersjehovahsn78939 ай бұрын
The power the companies have on devices WE should own - is utter evil.
@frishter9 ай бұрын
KZfaq's actions proving exactly why we need alternatives. Keep up the good work.
@OurFreeSociety4 ай бұрын
Every time we try to create alternatives, the evils come in & shut it down. This is why there is NO competition & everything is a monopoly. Ever wondered why?
@jackwaycombe3 ай бұрын
It's everywhere now... Large corporations + a few dodgy politicians = effective monopolies.
@teknixstuff10 ай бұрын
Locked bootloaders (ie cannot run custom OS) should be banned by law from existing. Locked should just mean that switching OSes will wipe your data. It should NOT block you from switching OSes.
@wilh3lmmusic10 ай бұрын
From what I understand, the act of installing an operating system (unless you dual boot) typically results in getting rid of anything on the existing OS (unless you back up the data first)
@JarbasCoqueiro10 ай бұрын
The bootloader on Samsung devices can be unlocked but it will irreversibly break a lot of features and apps.
@Greenmarty10 ай бұрын
@@JarbasCoqueiro Can you please state source or name what ? I was planning unlock Samsung phone boot-loader in the near future.
@antikommunistischaktion10 ай бұрын
No, locked bootloaders should not be banned, period, at all. There are major security concerns to shipping devices with unlocked bootloaders. Just make them unlockable like in Pixel devices.
@TheWebstaff10 ай бұрын
@@Greenmartymy banking apps have hissy fits with most 3rd party stuff. They are better but still problematic last time I tried a few years ago.
@MiniDevilDF10 ай бұрын
Here's how to stop the gray market: Stop overcharging for crappy devices. Build okay phones for a fair price. $1299 for a phone is an absolute joke.
@fillerbunnyninjashark27110 ай бұрын
People don't buy cheap phones in first world countries 🤷♂️
@iuse964610 ай бұрын
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271lmao mf that pay $1300 for a phone are stupid tho. Most I've spent is $500-600 , that's a fair price for a year or two old flagship in pristine condition
@fillerbunnyninjashark27110 ай бұрын
@@iuse9646 even mid range phones are around 1k now
@oh-noe10 ай бұрын
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 yes they do
@leonro10 ай бұрын
@@iuse9646That's on the higher end of what I'd pay to buy a phone new, definitely not used. Perhaps 300-400€ for a used flagship, and I'd have to make sure it doesn't have too little storage space available because none* of them have a microsd slot. *excluding Sony phones, which are cool but even more expensive
@heyitsjel9 ай бұрын
The thing that is even more insane here is the double standard for international visitors vs the native population. We live in a global economy where people are *constantly* travelling to foreign countries, using their native/domestically purchased phones in said countries. Technically this could mean they're operating in bands/frequencies that aren't ideal for the location they're visiting - yet I doubt these traveler's phones will be blocked. Identical issues, but held to two different standards... ultimately suggesting the "issues" aren't issues at all.
@OurFreeSociety4 ай бұрын
If you think this is bad, just wait. I'm being stopped from paying freelancers because I'm not in the US & Evernote was just bought out by an evil AI company in Italy & they REFUSED to take my US credit card because I'm not in the US. The evils don't want the slaves moving around because then it's harder to track us. Please wake up to the Truth about what is going on. We are in WWIII. When you want to learn more, reach out.
@tayzonday10 ай бұрын
Samsung is 20% of South Korea’s GDP. There’s no American comparison. The entire agriculture, fishing, forestry and hunting sector (many companies including Cargill and Monsanto) is 1.1% of the United States GDP.
@elainelouve10 ай бұрын
Nokia was equally important to the Finnish economy. Then they f*ed up and nowadays it's rare to see a Nokia phone. However Finland is doing just fine. Samsung upsetting it's customers is a stupid move, and if it hurts the company, it's Samsung's own fault.
@JustPeasant10 ай бұрын
Within South Korea, Samsung overrides the laws & civil rights that government guarantees, because... you've guessed it, Samsung is bigger, thus has more authority within the boarders of Republic of Korean then the country's elected officials 🇰🇷 In short, Samsung is a private (not publicly traded) company that owns everything in RoK. Now you know... and knowing is half the battle! ⚔
@ILovePancakes2410 ай бұрын
Samsung is South Korea
@wateo178210 ай бұрын
Oh hey, it's the real Tay Zonday.
@thacrypt22310 ай бұрын
Are all those industries really only 1%? Not doubting you one bit, since I don't know better. But assuming you are, then it is madness that 20% of a country's GDP is one single company.
@abrammanoge10 ай бұрын
If a company gets away with this. Everyone will follow suite . It's ridiculous
@havenbastion10 ай бұрын
What do you do when no company can be trusted, not do business?
@abrammanoge10 ай бұрын
@havenbastion I've been a loyal samsung user for years now but this is making me reconsider. This is shady behavior
@jer177610 ай бұрын
@abrammanoge Me too. I already had a poor experience with them years ago when they refused to fix a damaged charger port on my phone that was under warranty just because I rooted it. Theyre scummy.
@kruxez10 ай бұрын
Samsung start doing this in Colombia last week
@snaeshaads820310 ай бұрын
This is why I switched to iPhone. As soon as the android manufacturers all started following suit with the headphone Jack, removable storage and battery I realized they were trying to sell me an iPhone, so I just switched to iPhone.
@dread11549 ай бұрын
The problem in Mexico is that brands actually sell phones more expensive than in the US and other countries because of "import and legalization fees" that's why peoply buy in the "grey market" because those imported phones do not pay import fees
@marcolie61712 ай бұрын
hmmm... why does it matter? it is free trade globalization. it is the same brand right?
@AldenfenrisАй бұрын
@@marcolie6171 Because their profits!, how dare you buy the same phone from them, atr a cheaper price than you should pay?. They have the right to your money!. (obviously kidding)
@Velikan-qb3op9 ай бұрын
It wasn't the Mexican government who stepped in, in fact, the Mexican authorities are suspected to be colluding with Samsung AND Motorola with this stupidity. The regular people complained, and technology reviewers like you raised the voice to pressure the authorities to do something about it. This is an example of how companies use politics instead of marketing to protect their income, simply atrocious.
@MegaManNeo10 ай бұрын
Do Motorola and Samsung think that makes people consider to buy a "legit" device from them going forwards? That's just fucked up even if there is the possibility of using custom ROMs.
@rossmanngroup10 ай бұрын
If this happened to me I would go out of my way to never purchase one of their products even if it was the last one in that category to exist. I would go without television if Samsung were the last television maker. I would dry my clothes with a blow dryer if Samsung were the last dryer maker. I would store my data on an abacus if Samsung were the last memory manufacturer. I hope the Mexican people affected by this share my stubborn nature and send them a message
@rodneylake210 ай бұрын
You guys are too much
@Irosicndosjnf10 ай бұрын
@@rodneylake2you’re just not enough
@autistvidya221510 ай бұрын
@@rodneylake2 no, SAMSUNG LOCKING PHONES is too much.
@Spoonfed7810 ай бұрын
Maybe they've seen Apple screw over their customers for so long and their sheeple keep "upgrading" 🤷♂️🤣🤦♂️
@RichardBaran10 ай бұрын
Also this is why unlocked Bootloaders (or root minimum) should be the law.
@fippo71710 ай бұрын
No, no sense it's a big security issue
@captainheat231410 ай бұрын
@@fippo717not much compared to the ones the manufacturer makes
@eziitis810 ай бұрын
@@wilh3lmmusic Yeah, android is not that much better. Tried Lineage OS recently after a long while after running stock. Play Integrity API caused some essential apps not function, so back to the stock I go, unfortunately.
@BenMitro10 ай бұрын
The price we pay for convenience huh @@eziitis8
@iuse964610 ай бұрын
THE FUCKING LAW
@alaiterg9 ай бұрын
I’m glad you’re talking about this, it got some coverage here in the country but I was surprised it wasn’t really covered on international tech news
@myopinion694209 ай бұрын
this is crazy to me. what happens to travellers? a few years ago I went to NZ for 2 weeks, the first thing I did when I got off the plane, while waiting on my bags was to buy a local sim card as my carrier charges $5 a day for international roaming and I could get a months access in NZ with decent data for like $25. what would happen to people doing the same thing when traveling to Mexico?
@UnitSe7en9 ай бұрын
This is not that.
@myopinion694209 ай бұрын
@@UnitSe7en how do they tell the difference between a local who bought a grey market phone and a tourist with a local sim?
@common_sense_supreme9 ай бұрын
@@myopinion69420In my country Bangladesh, tourist sims have 3 months validity period. Not sure about other places.
@myopinion694209 ай бұрын
@@common_sense_supreme this was not a tourist sim, it was a normal every day sim, just like any local would buy.
@ann-marieellis85239 ай бұрын
@@UnitSe7en To phrase the person's question another way: how do they know the country of residence of the person who owns that new overseas phone they just detected?
@jameshealan288110 ай бұрын
I still refuse to buy a Kindle ebook reader because of Amazon's habit of reaching into it and deleting things you've purchased. Having that ability is a deal breaker for me. Big shout out to the Mexican government for protecting their citizens like that. I was amazed by that.
@fss170410 ай бұрын
no crap, when they call it buy i expect to buy the damn thing not rent it.
@ticktockbam10 ай бұрын
Amazon does that?
@OldBastard-dj6er10 ай бұрын
that is STEALING . . . . . . that is WRONG . . . . . that is beyond CRIMINAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@minekush113810 ай бұрын
Gotta put android on em or there not worth using
@DKNguyen3.141510 ай бұрын
@ticktockbam Yeah there was a case of them doing it with one particular book because of some licensing reason
@lordmarshmal_064310 ай бұрын
Respect to Mexico for doing what nobody else seems willing to do though, holy shit
@Pooolj10 ай бұрын
Profeco actually care for us... they ban a lot of things that are just garbage from being imported, their site have an official complaint form, if enough complaints are summited they start a whole investigation in the product and if it's deemed dangerous or don't follow Mexico regulations they just straight ban them from being sold, there is constantly stuff being pulled from even Amazon for just not have a label in spanish. You can even start a legal claim online for the wrong doings of companies and have a session between Profeco, you and the company's lawyer (all online) to sort the thing out, if they deem the company is at fault they get legally forced to correct it, they get to summit documents, you get to do it too, it's basically mini court lol
@TheAutobotPower10 ай бұрын
Respect nothing. The gov only did it out the "bad publicity".
@jorge399710 ай бұрын
No don’t, respect them, they are behind all of this garbage
@zomfragger10 ай бұрын
I'm more surprised the cartels let them.
@leonro10 ай бұрын
@@zomfraggerWhy wouldn't the cartels let the politicians go after Samsung? Politicians can't be corrupted by foreign entities when local cartels provide them with more than enough money. Also, the cartels aren't cartoon villains; they don't actively seek to make the lives of the general population worse. If anything, letting them be happy will make it more likely for them to be overlooked. That's how most organised crime works. While a minority may suffer because of them (addicts in the case of drug cartels), the majority should feel a neutral or even a positive impact from criminal organisations.
@kamj29487 ай бұрын
10 years ago my dad bought a samsung tablet from South Korea and this type of message displayed on the screen too. Empty threat however as the device was fully functional down to the cell usage. It outlasted many devices bought in our domestic country (UK).
@familhagaudir85612 ай бұрын
So sad that Samsung is turning to a monster. I got their Galaxy Tab S2 6 years ago and it still works very well. Only deteriorations were the charging cable corroded so I got one for $4, and the battery life is about 35% - 45% usable before the tablet cuts and reboot due to voltage dropping. If I want to use it longer I just bring a cheap 10 000mAh powerbank. Which company that isn't a scumbag will I get a decent tablet from now? It'll die at some point. Or in months or a year or two more I might want to change it to run a game or emulator on a newer tablet.
@notamusician123417 күн бұрын
@@familhagaudir8561maybe NEC?,might be slightly hard to repair,but better than Scumsung
@HiProfileAI2 ай бұрын
Yeah I dont buy ANY Samsung products anymore and havent for a long time. I am glad you continue to make these vidoes so we know who NOT to give our money to. 🎉 💯
@maop2k10 ай бұрын
The "Grey Market" does not exist. It's a term coined to make us feel we're doing something illegal. In Mexico it is legal to buy used phones and or import them from any other country. What Samsung did, on the other hand, is Illegal and unethical!
@NoelAWinslow9 ай бұрын
Grey market been around man. There are often grey areas of the law until the courts decide to interpret.
@silent90779 ай бұрын
If you're buying an illegal item illegally, that's black market. If you're buying a legal item illegally, that's grey market.
@piccilo729 ай бұрын
grey market usually refers to breaking a civil agreement such as TOS to acquire an item you shouldn't have. In this case it's region based, other examples could be sharing/selling netflix passwords.
@maop2k9 ай бұрын
@@NoelAWinslow The law is very clear. in Mexico: You can buy any phone and use it without constraints by the manufacturer. So much so, that Samsung was forced to backtrack and re activate all blocked phones.
@maop2k9 ай бұрын
@@silent9077 But that was not the case. You were buying a legal item legally, and Samsung called it Grey Market. Fortunately, the government enforced the law, and Samsung was forced to reactivate all the phones it had blocked.
@Belhenix10 ай бұрын
As a small note as someone from Mexico, the grey market over here is massive, absolutely massive. Shutting down the grey market for phones would be catastrophic and possibly even affect phone retailers. Rather than making people buy "Samsung authorized phones" they would switch companies instantly, but it would mark a precedent that would eventually swallow all phone companies which would lock us in the lower spectrum of phone performances and possibly set us in the mindset of "We only need a phone for some basic apps and taking pictures", effectvely destroying the high-grade phone market by making it niche. Profeco stepped in because on one side we have a blatant abuse of the consumer, and on the other side they want to prevent a market crash in the future, at least prevent one created by a reason as simple as blatant greed
@Matcc10 ай бұрын
Yeah but mid to low range devices now are better than ever compared to a neutered (removal of basic features) high end device these days. This isnt 2017 where getting a good device costed more than it does today lol.
@Belhenix10 ай бұрын
@@Matcc True, it's much cheaper nowadays, but it still doesn't address the issue. They grey market can easily reduce the price of a good phone from two month's pay (total pay, not the remaining income AND before taxes) to a bit more than a single month's pay. The mid to low range devices vary from half a month's pay to a whole month's pay nowadays, and while it's possible to buy them it's still a big expense for some people. Now imagine that happening to any kind of appliance or digital device like printers or crazily maybe even fridges. It's a small issue right now that can escalate greatly due to corporate greed, so it was squashed before others got any ideas.
@nathanielalderson911110 ай бұрын
Maybe we should go back to basic functions. We don't actually need a phone that does everything. All it needs to do is call people and send voice over the connection
@MiniDevilDF10 ай бұрын
@@nathanielalderson9111 Not at all. I almost never use a phone call or a SMS these days. All those legacy services offer is scam spam. The only time I use SMS is as a 2FA verification code method, and voice calls is only to call a local business for some reason. The era of phones we have right now for apps is ideal. This is coming from a guy who has always used previous legacy electronics in ways close to the modern offerings. Back in the days of Windows Mobile, you had to search for and buy apps a la carte that could cost $60-300 depending on the use case. My ballistics software was $295. Tethering was able to be done back then using special software as well, giving your laptop a 3G internet connection through your Windows Mobile device. Phones are less useful as phones these days, and honestly should not be thought of as such. They're personal portable computers able to provide connectivity in a compact package able to be carried on you.
@MiniDevilDF10 ай бұрын
To be fair even here in the US, the grey market is a thing. I have a Oneplus 7 Pro that I got in 2019, and 4 years later it is still going strong. My provider won't offer support for it and instead wants me to buy an iphone, a pixel, a samsung, or another top tier brand phone. Solution? I told them I had an iphone and had them ship me the sim card since they don't require an IMEI for iphones. Tossed it in my phone and everything works 100% fine. No way I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars to replace my fully working device.
@chintz74289 ай бұрын
They must have learned this from Amazon. They did something similar when they bought out Blink security cameras. They basically said the product would not work as intended when it was originally bought, holding video clips until a monthly subscription was paid for. So the cameras bought after a certain date are completely useless, even though they were bought without a subscription and worked with the downloaded app when purchased. This shit is enraging.
@randymc617 ай бұрын
I don't see all of your videos, but when I do, I always learn something, and I'm always entertained. Thanks Louis!
@Puxi6 ай бұрын
Don't fank hem leaf hem some tipp
@MrGuru66699910 ай бұрын
Louis, one of the reasons we buy on the gray market is because the cellphones can be up to 50% cheaper, but also they don't have international features disabled. For example, if you buy a cellphone from any carrier, they will disable any second SIM for dual SIM models. They will put local bloatware which cannot be uninstalled or disabled and will consume data. It's not only about regulations or money, it's about taking control of your device in the way they see fit. Carriers want a slice of that personal data harvesting sh!t everyone is doing.
@rc-fannl736410 ай бұрын
Indeed, when people still had basic phones, the companies were eager to show the benefits of switching to a smart phone. And now we see that the word "smart" actually applies to companies being able to take control of your device whenever they see fit. Same with cars and their cloud connection, or smart electricity meters, where someone can disable your electric power from behind a desk, if they want, or if someone hacks their network and shuts down customers from electricity. Kudos to the Mexican government for stepping in here.
@tami686710 ай бұрын
@@rc-fannl7364"Smart" Meters actually have a place. They're desperately needet for load shifting and sheeding while going to intermittend green energy. Also you can safe money with a digital or smart meter, if you have a energy contractor who can bill hourly. you can use power when its cheaper, and reduce power consumption when its more expensive. And cutting your power is also possible for them by just sending someone removing your fuses. In countrys like slowenia its even mandatory to have them accessible from outside.
@thephantom149210 ай бұрын
This is more but less true nowadays. Many phones remove the old carrier bloatware and install the new carrier bloatware when you swap SIM cards. The way it work is that the phone have stubs from all the major carriers, and install them. Then since they are installed as system apps you can't prevent the initial install from the appstore so the initial version get loaded that way. Those stubs take almost no space, it is basically only the manifest, so a few kb uncompressed. Once compressed in the ROM, it probably take only a few MB for all the carriers in the world, which is nothing when you compare that to the 10+GB of the OS...
@user2C4710 ай бұрын
The carrier for my backup device even has the balls to have an app with the specific, _clearly defined_ purpose of spying on the user and sending whatever data it wants. Which data specifically? Nobody knows, because the page for their privacy policy is blank.
@julius4346110 ай бұрын
@@rc-fannl7364 Connectivity is our doom. We really ought to step back and reconsider some of these things.
@edbp768910 ай бұрын
As a Mexican, living in Mexico, I can tell you that we still have usable 2G in our phones all the way to 5G with most carriers. I'm pretty sure there is many subsets of 'regulation compliant' modes to use here.
@gergelysoki170510 ай бұрын
i heard a story that one of the cartel made a mobile network for themself
@user-is7xs1mr9y10 ай бұрын
Also a Mexican living in Mexico and I confirm, my uncle has a 2G phone, has been using it for years without problem. I'm thinking of getting one myself.
@ElectronicaAvanzadaPrismaCem10 ай бұрын
As Im aware we wont have 2G next year, sadly.
@JonnyDarcko10 ай бұрын
All phones use 2g, 3, 4 and if capable 5g. They may say 5G on the top but without getting into detail, they have to access and us 2-4g at all times in the background.
@Redisia10 ай бұрын
@@user-is7xs1mr9y i honestly believe everyone everywhere should be able to use their product whenever and wherever they want. Seeing companies doing that to mexico and mexicans annoys the living shit out of me. @#$#@ samsung
@risk4239 ай бұрын
Free Louis Rossman from KZfaq jail!
@oooboo32499 ай бұрын
no they should be sued and on top of that a class action lawsuit too
@josephcarney33599 ай бұрын
Louis you are maniacal!!! The world needs you buddy, more now than ever. Keep up your good work!!!!
@bankleaks121710 ай бұрын
Funny how Samsung dunked on Apple for not including a charger and went on to do the exact thing the following release.
@Telhias10 ай бұрын
Funny how Samsung dunked on Apple for getting rid of 3.5mm jack and then got rid of it in the following release.
@Get_yotted10 ай бұрын
Samsung dunks on Apple then goes ahead does the same thing and then something worse. And Samsung fanboys continue to shit on Apple fanboys
@Kryptic104610 ай бұрын
Samsung has a history of this kind of foolery. They did the same thing insulting LG OLED TV's in 2021 and then went on to make OLEDs themselves the next year.
@zsi10 ай бұрын
They dunk on them for easy publicity, not because they actually disagree with Apple. Most people don't like change, so Samsung can capitalize on that. It's part of corporate strategy.
@YoungKupus10 ай бұрын
Neither Apple nor Samsung did it based of they own will under "we care about the envirnoment" greenwashing bs. It's because of EU made it a law to reduce e-waste.
@reynoldrosa10 ай бұрын
I used to work for one of the manufacturers you mentioned and I can tell you their reasoning is BS. If the phones are dangerous, why would the Mexican government allow their import? These phones all use the same parts, regardless of what part of the world they’re sold in. The only difference by region would be the software that’s loaded on the phone, and that’s based on what carrier the phone was built for. However, all of these companies also sell generic phones, which is probably what these gray market phones are. The only thing needed to operate them is a SIM card. If the carrier requires a specific software load to be on the phone, they should be able to flash their specific software on to it when you bring it in to get it connected. The manufacturers have zero reason to brick your phone.
@GeomancerHT10 ай бұрын
They are contraband...
@reynoldrosa10 ай бұрын
@@GeomancerHT If they’re contraband, why is the government allowing them into the country, and why are the carriers connecting the phones. It’s easy for carriers to flag those types of phones through their IMEI.
@AlphaMachina10 ай бұрын
@@GeomancerHT If they're contraband, then why did the Mexican government step in and tell the stupid mf'ers at Samsung and Motorola that they can't do what they're doing?
@googlsux630510 ай бұрын
They actually have a reason: to make you pay more money.
@basicstuff107510 ай бұрын
@@GeomancerHTNo, they're not. Under that statement, everything that is being bought on Amazon, eBay, Alibaba, you name it is in fact contraband, because the brand only sells it in China. I can understand if a brand doesn't want to sell a phone in a specific region because of legitimate technical reasons (5G for example), but it's rather ridiculous that I can't buy and use an outside phone just because a brand want me to pay almost 30% to 40% of the US price just because is imported.
@kbsanders9 ай бұрын
KZfaq is putting nails in their own coffin and don't even realize it.
@oooboo32499 ай бұрын
yes and no google slash alphabet slash youtube how are going have for library and odyssey for being competitors of youtube governments and the world government of the united nations and world economic forum controls google slash alphabet they will use every means possible to stop people want to be free and own their own data that is why we need to stop for line on the central was servers central our servers on the tor network
@dustinbyerley72269 ай бұрын
You’re the best. I’m so glad you’re so vocal about basic human rights
@BelaPuma6 ай бұрын
It's more fundamental than right
@cromagnon30510 ай бұрын
I love Louis. No sponsored content, no fanboy crap, calls out everyone on their bs, does actual legal work to help others, shares knowledge that he uses to earn a living, and doesn't tell me to like and subscribe as if I'm 80yrs old and don't know how KZfaq works...
@fss170410 ай бұрын
among other things.
@sinni80010 ай бұрын
Only thing that holds him back a little is his way of talking I think, he quickly gets above people's heads and apparently sounds condescending to them. Heh, it's always about stat points I guess. He got the morals, he got the SKILLZ, he's fighting the fight of consumers against big shitty companies that try to cage them. Only thing Louis is missing a little is captivating charisma to get the people rallied
@4evertrue83010 ай бұрын
So true. I like the part of someone thinking you are an 80 yr old man being asked to subscribe and like..hahaha 😂😅😊👍👏
@KBird20410 ай бұрын
@@sinni800 Charisma was his dump stat since he's clearly a wizard, but even so mans has got that captivating pro-consumer cathartic rage that makes me love the guy
@LawernceSimmons10 ай бұрын
@@sinni800 I find Louis captivatingly charismatic! LOUIS FOR PRESIDENT!! 😃
@poisonprince10 ай бұрын
so let me get this straight, if you bought a phone and traveled to the wrong place, you get hit by a ransomware? that escalated quickly
@basicstuff107510 ай бұрын
Kinda. Mexicans are mad because phones they bought on the gray market (bought in the US and then brought to Mexico) are getting targeted. It's like if Apple targeted UK iPhone 15's on the US because of the whole USB-C thing. People do this because they see X benefits of buying on outside markets.
@CarLostis10 ай бұрын
Yes, even if you're a tourist, bought a phone in any part of the world outside Mexico and it just so happens that you activated your phone here because using a different carrier or you gifted it to a friend or family or some other reason, they can block your phone and it actually happened
@HappyBeezerStudios10 ай бұрын
@@CarLostisgo on a longer holiday, buy a local sim card to avoid roaming cost, blocked
@familhagaudir85612 ай бұрын
Open borders for all illegal immigrants! But not phones though. That might benefit the native population.
@bc-guy8529 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your rants Louis!! I hope you have a good 'blood pressure medication' or another alternate to help you cope. I've seen episodes where you are visibly upset and have to practice deep-breathing techniques to maintain composure. I feel your pain. I THANK YOU for your work, your knowledges, your passion for value and 'the customer' and your immense Balls! You Rock Louis!
@OpticfIare9 ай бұрын
just watched the quartering video on ur unfair strikes i hope u app goes well this is a wonderful idea for creators and consumers wish you the best and will be following ur progress on this app
@dajavax10 ай бұрын
I live in Mexico and I was wondering how to make this issue a bigger PR deal for them, for some reason I didn't think of sharing it with you but I am glad someone did. The issue was not only making unofficial retailers import them, it was also affecting individual people who travelled to the US, bought one there and imported it themselves... Samsung phones are way cheaper in the States than in Mexico so people sometimes do that...
@CoolKoon10 ай бұрын
Not just in Mexico, people all across the EU do that too, what those Korean corporate psychopaths did was truly insane.
@rightwingsafetysquad987210 ай бұрын
It's almost certainly tax laws, not "corporate psychopaths" making the phones more expensive in Europe than America.
@maxime_vhw10 ай бұрын
yea 100% my gf buys her phone in the states too. How are they gonna forbid us from buying tech abroad
@dh203210 ай бұрын
@@maxime_vhw have they not heard the team roaming, the where you can pay at least three time alocal call when abroad on business or a holiday
@mevideym10 ай бұрын
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872I assumed he meant the remote locking rather than the price policy
@phantomstarlight136610 ай бұрын
"Voting with your wallet" is a nice thing to say and all, but the problem is the lack of awareness. Most of these kinds of things, I'd never even hear about. How am I supposed to avoid buying stuff when I don't ever hear about these problems? Louis is about the only source I hear about any of this kind of thing from.
@ClickClack_Bam10 ай бұрын
So true. Without this channel I'd be in the dark a LOT more. Funny how these liberal POS "protestors" want meaningful change & they are clueless about actual shit going down & they don't carry the message.
@rossmanngroup10 ай бұрын
A self-serving response, but the obvious answer, subscribe to angry man in chair.
@bobdan985610 ай бұрын
@@rossmanngroupYour nicer than I am about it.
@petrelli23110 ай бұрын
And now you understand why corporations are so invested on controlling journalism and social media.
@Neopumper66610 ай бұрын
@@rossmanngroupangry man in chair is an awesome way to describe your channel 😂
@Ploskkky9 ай бұрын
The last time I had a mobile phone was 25 years ago. Living without a mobile phone feels like getting your life back, and getting free time as a bonus.
@Silverraine18 ай бұрын
👍 It's been around than ten years for me but it reduced my anxiety a lot! The only device I keep around me all the time is a tablet for reading books which mostly stays offline.
@Ploskkky8 ай бұрын
@@Silverraine1 My e-reader is my friend too. :)
@dudlesstheking9 ай бұрын
Lol, absolutely love how wild you got in this one, but are actually completely right in the opinion you support, we need more of you in this world Louis!
@shouldent9 ай бұрын
I am from Mexico and I have some things to say: - I am happy that I can see you having the same exact reaction as a I did when I read the news. - After this break to the public I decided to switch to a pixel phone, no more samsung stuff in my house for as long as possible - I think PROFECO was requiring the companies to so something about the gray market but it seems if was shoot in the foot. Then they decided that these actions were to mucho for the public and no doubt of that. - It's so frustrating that you don't own your stuff anymore. I work for a tech company that creates IoT devices and they are great but we don't want to mess with what you already bought. This is the worst things that have happened to the electronics consumer industry since IoT became a thing... - Thanks for being a voice to all of us that we can just weep when this happens...
@wanderingandroid9 ай бұрын
why were people in mexico buying samsung phones in the gray market anyway?
@Ghostv339 ай бұрын
Most probably cheaper
@da41279 ай бұрын
@@wanderingandroidI’m not from Mexico, but from a different Latin American country, we buy gray market stuff because it’s cheaper, or because there are models that never launch here, as for why it’s cheaper, taxes is the main thing, countries here tax any import of manufactured goods, which includes cellphones, so if you can travel to the US, buy a few phones, and then go back, you have essentially imported them without paying extra tax. Also with second hand phones, they are cheaper in the US because the market there is bigger so more offer but less demand for used phones, for example, I bought my pixel 5 through gray market for 150 bucks, the price for one bought here second hand was 250. This is why the Mexican government is asking them to still fight the gray market, because it’s loss revenue for them, just not to do it by bricking phones
@amzarnacht67109 ай бұрын
Pixel??? You do realize that Google is even more draconian than Samsung ever dreamed of being, right??
@shouldent9 ай бұрын
@@wanderingandroid because the official stores are too expensive. Ate least for the ship flag models like the S23 ultra...
@havenbastion10 ай бұрын
Giving themselves the ability to do such things is in and of itself proof they cannot be trusted, whether or not it's ever used.
@danielrock047 ай бұрын
Oh Louis, as someone living in a "third world country" I only can say that I fear for our "all digital" future...imagine if xiaomi wanted to disable all their phones around here..no one wold be able to buy anything anymore cause we almost only use our digital bank apps....
@greenk898 ай бұрын
where I live we have something similar but imo way less agressive, the government started 'region locking' devices that were not sold here because people buy their phones from international markets where they are way cheaper. if you put a sim card in a device that you bought from outside you have 3 months and after that you can't make phone calls, messages or use the mobile data so your phone will kinda be always in airplane mode (basically turns into an ipod touch). this can be avoided if you send a bunch of info like the phone's IMEI, brand, your passport number etc to the ministry of communication but you're only allowed 2 phone each time you enter the country (5 phones per year). this sounds like kind of a good solution to the "problem" but the thing is, they started this program like 5 years ago, and if you have an old phone that haven't been on for let's say 7 years, if you turn it on now and put a sim in it, it gets treated like a new phone you just brought from outside the country...
@PsyDei10 ай бұрын
Hey Louis I'm a mexican viewer since your old repair shop in NYC, the little one. I've seen you grow as a channel and as an activist. I've always supported what you do because most of the stuff you fight for leaks to the rest of the world, so any W you get for the state you live in, or your country as a whole, is a W that leaks to the rest of the world. I try and do my part educating people around me to fight for their rights to repair thanks to you. But this was a problem in my country and I'm glad to inform that thanks to people that won't let this shit happen, we raised our voice and the government stopped these shitty companies from getting away with it. I'm just glad to see you covering this topic and giving your viewers the heads up because they won't stop here, they're already trying to do this in other latin american countries. I'm hoping all other governments stop them too. All I know is that my next phone will be a Fairphone.
@thatguyalex28359 ай бұрын
I am not Mexican, but have a fear that Microsoft could lock their bootloader in the future. Seems that software is getting more locked down with each passing decade. The 2020s is a strange decade, and it all started with these megacorporations trying to get more profit.
@arulkavi49319 ай бұрын
Ìwhat the law says? It is dictating the customer. If every one boycott then this problem will be resolved
@Ujjwalis9 ай бұрын
Not "W" But AIDS itself ...
@ProphetC210 ай бұрын
Thanks Louis for covering this. Let me give you additional context: * The "official channels" can be as expensive as twice the price of what an imported one from the US can cost (after paying all required taxes and fees). You have no warranty, but you can buy it twice. * The bloatware apps from the service provider (Telcel) and the OS updates coming exclusively through it. * Telcel won't enable VoLTE if your IMEI is not in their database.
@ProphetC210 ай бұрын
I want to add a personal testimony: my company issued me a "Mexican official Motorola phone" because that phone was security-compliant with the internal software. The thing is that the security assessment was done in the US with the global version in mind (Android 13 installed), while the Mexican one was last updated by Telcel on 2021, unable to go beyond Android 11 as is. In the end it was totally useless, because Android 13 was required by the apps, and a lot of workers were affected by this. Having to raise and have temporary access tokens approved each week for months.
@Nevir20210 ай бұрын
It's the same in Brazil. Almost everywhere outside of US and Canada in the Americas suffers from the same insane import duties on electronics. Base model iPhone 15 Plus from Apple store in USA? $899. In Brazil? BRL 8,299 or $1,655
@fss170410 ай бұрын
nevir isn't updated on the last taxes, that value was before the new tax of 91 fucking % just approved.
@michaeljamisontigers9 ай бұрын
Sounds like they need money
@bunssmith99889 ай бұрын
This is my new favorite channel. Louis makes so much sense!
@Nems27110 ай бұрын
As a Mexican, I would like to add that one of the reasons they did this is because they were probably pressured by Telcel. Phones are crazy expensive and overpricedb through the official channels. A xiaomi mi 12 that could be bought for 700usd in AliExpress was selling for almost 1500usd in telcel. The small s23 was about 1400usd. I can almost promise you that taxes will grow for import phones. 😢
@Alpha06R10 ай бұрын
Also, the amount of Bloatware that Robacel puts on the device is outrageous! At least on Samsung devices, flashing a Firmware with CSC MXO can get rid of it without blowing a eFuse or voiding the Warranty. Motorolas will restore the Bloatware even if using a Retail Firmware. I always buy Samsung phones on AliExpress (my S20+ Korean Version and a S22+ US version for my wife) and don't have any issues with AT&T; I suspect Slim is behind this kind of things, because ZTE was the first to do this, and ZTE are sold mostly by Robacel Retailers (so more influenced by Slim).
@Nems27110 ай бұрын
@@Alpha06R There was a time where the bigger xiaomi retailers in AliExpress were not shipping to Mexico, which coincidentally was the time when Telcel started selling them.
@sanc337510 ай бұрын
@@Nems271I didn't knew about this. Telcel was a huge part on this shit storm, such a scum move from everyone. Profeco again stepping up for us the Mexican consumer.
@tvsmed10 ай бұрын
Exactly. And they act like the drug mafia!
@AlanElChato10 ай бұрын
Telcel adds a shit ton of "suggestions" to a phone. Oh, and you can't uninstall them. Fuck Telcel and Samsung too
@bozzy794610 ай бұрын
The mexican government actually holding tech companies accountable compared to, like Us?(the US). Im impressed and proud of them.
@jplewis019 ай бұрын
Nice work Louis! If there was a brand/product that did all the things I want my phone to do with the reliability I have today, I would switch from Samsung. They have us all by the balls and they know it, so they then act as predators on the customers. Between the lawyers and the accountants they turn what could have been good stewardship of their customer base into raging predators.
@77.88.9 ай бұрын
Welcome to corporate America where they force consumers to sign the LAWYER B.S. regarding phony arbitration which they probably own as well???
@MrJayArt8 ай бұрын
When are all these malicious companies going to face consequences? When are we going to hold them accountable for the things they do wrong...
@DeathInTheSnow10 ай бұрын
Look, we know what this is. It's ransomware. That's how it should be framed. Therefore, they should be charged the same as other criminals (this _is_ a criminal offense after all) and be made to remove all traces from their products. And then _VERY_ heavily fined.
@Muoteck10 ай бұрын
Fines don't do shit. The only thing that ever worked was CEO jail time.
@orokusaki124310 ай бұрын
@@Muoteck They pass those fines off as cost of business expenses, which ultimately are paid by the consumer.
@luisarturoorduna209810 ай бұрын
Well... the blockages have been stopped for now here in México, thanks for the coverage and suport.... but there is a little detail you missed from the story.... when Samsung was bricking phones they issued a message that basically said "if your device has been turn into an expensive paperweight, don't worry! we at Samsung are so good and nice that if you give us your blocked and useless phone, we are gonna give you a brand new shiny coupon for 30% off when buying your new phone from our store".
@quisqueyanguy12010 ай бұрын
What a ripoff, people should sue Samsung for this bs
@luisarturoorduna209810 ай бұрын
@@quisqueyanguy120 Or stop buying Samsung and motorola phones
@DanutFlorian7 ай бұрын
I am pretty shocked that Apple is not one of them. They should be the first company that comes to mind when thinking about something like this.
@carlosdgutierrez65702 ай бұрын
Apple learnt their lesson when they tried to shut down third party repair shops several years ago and PROFECO told them to pound sand and that they had to make spare parts avaible to sale for everyone to buy it or they would breaking article 27th of the Mexican constitution and thus commiting a federal crime and exposing Apple higher ups to life sentences to prison for constitutional crimes. Yeah, Tim Cook might not travel too much to Mexico but it would be quite a bad PR for him to have an arrest warranty from the largest USA trading partner.
@jackmatheus9 ай бұрын
In Brazil they get fined big, apple didn’t budge but Samsung sends the charger on the box. The earphones don’t.
@trowawayacc10 ай бұрын
God dam. This is beyond belief. Mexico should sue
@darkkingastos436910 ай бұрын
They should charge and extradite all the board members ceos included for trial.
@epickh6410 ай бұрын
And then? Samsung is South Korea, South Korea is Samsung. Mexico can't do anything; the other side wouldn't even need to care.
@bencheevers669310 ай бұрын
They literally did this for two reasons, they don't want the lower class having access to their status products, they want their phones to be coveted like designer apparel, and because the people ordering in these phones to save money don't have the resources to sue.
@xpusostomos10 ай бұрын
@@bencheevers6693uh no, they have phones at every price tier including the lowest
@sujanaryal83310 ай бұрын
Mexico is literally a country, they don't have to sue they could just seize all the resources from their branches and shut them down within the country while banning them from doing business in the country in the future.
@Yeenuwu10 ай бұрын
Scary how companies can just access your device for arbitrary reasons, let alone disable or block features.
@user-qy2wf2lt6v10 ай бұрын
Scary how my phine cannot work AT ALL if it's not connected to them ...
@partciudgam847810 ай бұрын
George Orwell missed the date by 30 years...
@GrzegorzDurda10 ай бұрын
The microphone is ALWAYS live and the camera is too, taking IR pics every 5 seconds or so.
@alanbiker583810 ай бұрын
That's why I bought a case that blocks the camera. Can't do much about the microphone. @@GrzegorzDurda
@JamesTDG10 ай бұрын
It makes me more worried though, all it takes is one breach and an outside agent could dump ransomware on your device or just plain steal your personal info.
@havocstormbringer15039 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you. Companies push the line of overstepping their bounds further every day
@sputnikv7458 ай бұрын
Need local legislation to sue these manufacturers!💔🤔
@scroopynooperz905110 ай бұрын
This is exactly why cloud services is dangerous xD Those who willingly give up control of their own bought and paid for products and data for a brief convenience will suffer greatly in the end. We are fast transitioning into a world of most everything in the market being from a subscription service, rather than outright ownership. This is true from the dreams of first home owners evaporating, to cars to the most basic consumer products. "yuu will 003n n00thin" isn't just a douchebaggy slogan - its active policy
@casualamber10 ай бұрын
I would be on board with this if google didn’t FUCK ME by stopping me from making more than 5 emails to use for being forced to make an account for every website I want to use regularly. They did this by forcing SMS authentication upon making an email now and making more than 5 emails that have been authenticated by the same phone number results in me not being able to make more email accounts. As a result, I am forced to pay for services like iCloud or Proton mail to have the ability to use more decoy emails for making accounts on websites I want to use regularly. Heck, for my merch business, I am forced to use iCloud to make multiple accounts. It sucks ass. As ass-fucking as Twitch is, they did one thing right. In order to make multiple accounts using the same email, you have to verify that email on each account you make. You can have multiple accounts with the same email.
@KaoruGoyle10 ай бұрын
I work in IT as a partner for several vendors. and i have been "Scolded" as a partner by a brand because her words "You partners never learn, we HAD to remove the perpetual license because you guys are still offering it. Stop, the days you sold something are over, you HAVE to sell suscriptions. IF at any chance you need to sell perpetual due to goverment regulation, you have to fill this form and justifify it and we will quote it case by case". This is just an example. Mail servers, voice SIP servers, EVEN FREAKING SWITCHES (Some clients are learning tho) there were plenty of customers that bought Meraki CISCO cloud switches and after their initial 3yr bundle ran off the devices turned into literal bricks without licenses. The company was struggling due to covid, and due to budget they didnt nenew licenses, thinking all they would loss is cloud acces but that network switches should still work. ..HA!
@MasterLoki199110 ай бұрын
cloud isnt the issue, its the lack of regulation and the free rain companies get to abuse and lie about this because the people making the rules understand nothing and they pay off the media/control it enough that they can cover shit up till it's too late.
@Jadty10 ай бұрын
Subscription*
@scroopynooperz905110 ай бұрын
@@Jadtyalready fixed. Autocomplete is a bit fruity sometimes.
@omegaprime22310 ай бұрын
People forget that Samsung is part of what is effectively a Corporatocracy in Korea, they're used to being able to interpret the laws as they see fit, and if they can't those laws tend to mysteriously be updated in Samsung's favor. The current Vice Chairman (the only person above him is on vacation most of the year) was not only arrested for, but actually convicted for bribery of the PRESIDENT of South Korea (who was shortly IMPEACHED for the actions involved) as well as perjury, embezzlement, and tax fraud six years ago. Some of the bribery charges were 'suspended' by officials and were dropped despite being part of a conviction, he spent a total of 18 months between jail and parole before he was pardoned (this is, at least, his THIRD pardon for such crimes since the 90's). People within the Korean justice system have, on record, stated that Samsung is above the law. Which makes a twisted kind of sense considering they control between 20% (directly) and 40% (through contracts and procurement) of Korea's ENTIRE ECONOMY. It gets even better when you realize the entire thing is controlled by a single family, and their highest levels of management have a structure uncomfortably like other family run... businesses... around the world. Source: Samsung heir pardoned due to South Korean economic needs - Ars Technica
@remixedcat10 ай бұрын
Wow the worst corporate servitude
@qwertykeyboard590110 ай бұрын
Its called fascism.
@pinkiosa19 ай бұрын
Greedy companies and unscrupulous government, 100% that it was the owner (Tercel) which colluded with government officials to bleed consumers, used to buy unlocked phones worldwide brand new ( Samsung and Motorola), specifically NorthAmerica market for my loved ones, moving forward, I won’t buy anymore it’s products. Thank you for shedding light to your audience.
@MrDlt1239 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the time when Ring disabled a guy's home security system b/c they claimed he said something racist to an Amazon driver delivering a package. They didnt even want to hear his side of it. They just took the driver's word for it.
@DeuxRouesUneTente10 ай бұрын
It does not matter where or how the phone was acquired... The manufacturer should NOT have this kind of power, period. Which is one of the reasons you should always ditch the default OS that comes with your device and install one YOU have chosen. If the device is locked and you can't change the OS, just do not use that device, there is plenty of choice out there.
@wilh3lmmusic10 ай бұрын
To truly own your computer (including a smartphone) you MUST have the ability to install your own OS on it
@DeuxRouesUneTente10 ай бұрын
@@wilh3lmmusicAbsolutely. Computer, phone, tablet... Same thing.
@MrHeavy46610 ай бұрын
Technical literacy is extremely low, in the majority of the world. That problem must be overcome if you want to make an actual difference.
@user-qy2wf2lt6v10 ай бұрын
The fact that they want to even know were I am is a problem for me.
@Novastar.SaberCombat10 ай бұрын
This is one of many reasons why I have always been vehemently against the whole "everything is online or in the cloud" thing versus devices, software, applications, etc. being stored in ways that can function WITHOUT online connections. Sadly... my opinion doesn't matter. 😕 This is because I am not a wealthy corporation, I am a monetarily poor, individual nobody. That's just how it goes.
@nobodyshome679210 ай бұрын
I detest "software as a service". And I abhor "hardware as a service". It literally says "you don't own this".
@Elemblue210 ай бұрын
Even at the very begining I was like "This seems like its not worth it for how bad it could go"> I mean the writing was on the wall day one. And you do matter. The more people refuse to participate in digital serfdom, the bigger the island we live on made of our bodies can be.
@barrelrole10 ай бұрын
your opnion does matter because I whleheartedly agree and really want to boycott almost all tech and software
@Fanta....10 ай бұрын
same for cash, use it or lose it
@KyriosHeptagrammaton10 ай бұрын
@@nobodyshome6792 And I don't know about anyone else, but my wealth/spending power has wildly fluctuated over the course of my life. Thankfully the high quality stuff which I bought when it was high can still serve me when it's low, but with subscriptions I'd just lose everything I was subscribed to.
@andrewcowing91419 ай бұрын
I live in the U.S. and would be able to buy a Samsung phone from them but honestly this just shows me that they do not care about people so although one person like me might not be a threat, I feel that the 500k people that watched this might start being a problem for them. They showed their intentions, and I will try my best to buy other brands. If we all do the same then they will have no choice but to change or stop completely.
@JamesWillis-yy5px9 ай бұрын
LG phones are better, but Nokia phones for value.
@BrantCFI8 ай бұрын
I use an iPhone, they're limited when the updates stop, but Apple doesn't do THAT GARBAGE anymore (they got fined a ton of money)
@OurFreeSociety4 ай бұрын
Sorry, but you are naïve, although I definitely commend you for having a heart. You need to understand that the evils control the entire world & almost every company in the world, & that includes everything to do with tech. I mean how do you think they can spy on every single person. It's called the internet & your toxic cell phone weapon. You know they can screw with your phone & computer & have backdoors with intel, etc., right? We would have to literally have the majority of the entire world stop buying from them & that's not going to happen because most people are zombies & are addicts to their tech. I wish I was wrong, truly I do. If I was wrong, we never would have allowed the evils to scam the masses worldwide about the fake V, shut everything down worldwide, fear porn everyone, people committed suicide, tons of divorces, increase in child & spousal abuse, & the list goes on. While they imprisoned us, they took their next steps to enslave & harm & kill us. We are now deep into the digital prison.
@pro-hz7kxАй бұрын
@@BrantCFI Apple even had a heated debate with FBI so this is how I know they care about their user’s privacy
@morpheusv65469 ай бұрын
💯🎯Love that you're not afraid to throw a little French and sign language around when giving your opinion. Definitely makes it more authentic!
@greensleeves809510 ай бұрын
Imagine being a tourist and your Samsung/Motorola phone locks you out after a week. That’s absolutely ridiculous.
@jonwelch56410 ай бұрын
Why would that happen? If you bought your phone legitimately in another country you will be OK. The phones being blocked have been imported illegitimately from another region and started for the first time I'm Mexico, if they were started and registered in their original region then all would be good.
@Bialy_110 ай бұрын
@@jonwelch564 It is global market... and it is Korean company and Korea was literally Chinese satelite country for centuries and they are blocking their products for buying it in China? What exactly is illegal here according to you? What law was broken exactly?
@chriswebster83910 ай бұрын
@@jonwelch564the phones aren't "illegitimate", just sourced legitimately elsewhere more cheaply than the manufacters wanted to sell them for in that region.
@CaptainKremmen10 ай бұрын
@@jonwelch564 I saw someone in Canada posting that his phone got blocked. Regardless of how he bought it, that shouldn't be happening. "Legitimately" is rather a fake term anyhow. There's nothing inherently illegitimate about buying a product and exporting it again. Greedy companies which trying to artificially inflate prices in some markets are the ones which should be called illegitimate.
@jonwelch56410 ай бұрын
@@CaptainKremmen @all_of_the_replies read what I have written again, a no point have I said this is OK have I? I answered the OP's question about a tourist going to Mexico and their phone getting blocked, that isn't going to happen. I then explained why Samsung are blocking phones, I'm not condoning it I'm just saying what's happened. Read what people say, and don't jump,to conclusions. Have a good day.
@itsmilan406910 ай бұрын
this shouldn't be tolerated at all or they'll start to do the same in other regions
@richardlee6539 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, I hadn't been aware of this problem. I had been considering getting a smartphone to replace my elderly Nokia, but had already decided not to buy an Apple. Maybe having a phone that can't access the Internet or take pictures isn't the end of the world.
@MrPibATF9 ай бұрын
I posted about it in LTT's comments but this could get worse. If I were to purchase a factory unlocked model, in the United States, went on vacation to Japan but decide to stay there for an extended period of time; would they disable my device? •Bought in the USA •Physical SIM activated in USA •Travel to Japan and activate a "Tourist eSIM" •Stay permanently in Japan. If the device wasn't bought in Japan, does that essentially get rid of the market for "Tourist SIMs" and basically force the tourists to also have to rent the phone, on top of the SIM and service plan? How long does a "foreign" device have to be connected to a country's cellular network before it gets bricked?
@orlando390510 ай бұрын
Living in Latin America, I came to realize that big companies have a lot to say about this. In Mexico the larger cellphone companie is also the least interested in cellphones from the grey market. If an iPhone cost in the USA 1300, they will sell it in Mexico for a lot more. Same for Samsung and other brands. If they don't want people buying from the grey market why not open oficial stores and sell at a better price? The same applies for most countries in Latin America.
@rocklorito10 ай бұрын
This holds true in Colombia, it would be alright if devices were a little bit more expensive to account for inflation, currency exchange, even import cost as well. But that is never the case, iPhones are really overpriced.
@Dontstopbelievingman10 ай бұрын
I'm angry on a daily basis at the actions of pretty much every single manufacturer out there. From the software we use to the devices we use, our privacy is invaded, we own NOTHING that we buy, and these companies abuse their power whenever they feel like it to hold consumers hostage, whether it's this kind of nonsense, or making your perfectly good phone not work anymore so that you're forced to buy another one. When literally NOTHING has changed that would make it worth buying a new one. I have one of the last phones that has a heart rate monitor and a headphone jack, and I like it that way. Removing those things did not make for a better device. Why the hell would I want to downgrade?
@DecrepitBiden10 ай бұрын
You will own NOTHING & be happy about it. Also eat bugs because Klaus said so. 🤣😂
@Bonniethebunny9 ай бұрын
My phone also has a headphone jack. It's 4 years old, but i damn well hope it lasts a long time. I don't want a phone that doesn't have a jack because i hate bluetooth headphones and prefer wired ones.
@dArtagnan7128 ай бұрын
Thank you, Louis! I'd thought I was pretty up-to-date regarding corporate villainy, but have learned so much, just in the last two days since I "discovered" you. I was fan of Samsung and Motorola, till now. Seriously considered both and finally bought Motorola last time I needed a phone. No more!
@Jeff553699 ай бұрын
It's about time a 3rd party market for phones, complete with an open source os, gets established. Consumers were able to avoid a lot of the bs with pcs by building their own machines. Would be great if the same could be done with mobile devices and just choose whichever provider you want.
@shagrat4710 ай бұрын
There is no such thing as "grey market". You buy something, then you own it... if you interfere with other's property you usually violate the one or the other law. People need to vote with their wallet, as soon as this is known. Only if a company that uses these practices gets an immediate strong financial backlash, or even better wiped from the market, will things improve.🤯
@user-qy2wf2lt6v10 ай бұрын
Wallets? Man - shut down all Samsung offices in Mexico for 3 months. Let THEM vote if they want to stay or not :)
@Arsenic7110 ай бұрын
Another reason why custom ROMs are a necessity. If people break the laws in certain countries, it should be up to the country, not the manufacturer, to make sure people only use appropriate frequency bands or whatever. Great video, man! You say what literally every sane person on the planet thinks (which obviously excludes politicians, lobbyists and anti-consumer manufacturers).
@GeorgeMonet9 ай бұрын
EXCEPT the ONLY way the government can control this is through the manufacturer. They can't afford to send police officers door to door.
@AECRADIO19 ай бұрын
IF YOUR PHONE CAN NOT ACCESS A NETWORK DUE TO FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES, THE PHONE IS THE CAUSE, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO KEEP ITS NOSE OUT!
@AECRADIO19 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeMonetPHONE SERVICE IS NOT UNDER ANY PIG RELATED PROBLEM, IT IS A CIVIL MATTER.
@77.88.9 ай бұрын
You forgot to use the word Corrupt when politicians and lobbyist were mentioned they are the only ones allowed to break our laws and walk away RICH right PELOSI???
@EeveeEuphoria9 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeMonet ah i remember back when the FCC didn't track down radio pirates, they just installed spying devices on all the radios sold throughout the early 1900's ...oh wait that's not how it happened at all
@gjsxnobody75349 ай бұрын
How can you not love this guy. He is advocating for the consumer, and making the world slightly better with just a youtube channel. He is speaking the truth. I'd love to help support this guy.. Not sure how. either way, for those youngsters on here, that haven't seen the world before the recent 20 year change, not all change is good. and the throwaway mentality is not great. it's fueled by big companies who benefit from your laziness. i.e. Wall-e movie people. Don't be that.. cause unlike the movie, there is enemies at the gate, whe will devour your fat brains. Loose some weight.
@bayzul74059 ай бұрын
TheQuartering sent me, youtube kills creators but criminal Sssniperwolf is favorited. Grayjay is now downloaded, I cannot stand Yt and they know competition is here
@vincei425210 ай бұрын
Yet Samsung manufactured those phones expecting to sell them ? Region lock, blah, blah, blah. Whatever. All this tells me is that you should never make a cell phone the center of your life.
@TheExileFox10 ай бұрын
Region lock started with Hollywood. It's been a problem since it's invention
@henrykhenrykowski274510 ай бұрын
It should be a common sense since the first smartphones (or even 'dumbphones with internet access') have been sold to people. But it's not.
@Holycurative961010 ай бұрын
I stopped buying Samsung a few years ago now when they refused to fix my TV with dead pixels, they said the dead pixels weren't in the "viewing area." I assumed, wrongly it seems, that the whole of the screen is viewing area or did I buy a 55" TV to only view 43" of it. I eventually took the supplier to court where they were ordered to repair the TV and compensate me. This process took 18 months and cost me about GB£500 up front (I got my costs back)......
@user-qy2wf2lt6v10 ай бұрын
Screw them! I hope their brand gets banned!
@snonyabeeswax8 ай бұрын
this is why laws need to hold big companies more accountable we nedds more laws to protect customers
@commentwar480228 күн бұрын
I completely agree with your statement about locked bootloaders. North American Samsung has completely removed the option of OEM unlocking on any North American Samsung device past the S7.
@Arfonfree10 ай бұрын
The most recent product type that had me tearing my hair out (what's left of it) was a label printer. The most popular brands have embedded an RFID chip in the core of the roll to force you to buy OEM labels. It took me a while to find a brand committed to allowing you to print on any label of the correct type. (The brand is Rollo in case you're looking for a label printer)
@steven.h06299 ай бұрын
Mine's awful.. does great on things that don't matter like images, but horrible on text and barcodes. My old Datamax is much better.. but it's huge comparatively 😞
@stevensmith89239 ай бұрын
There is a printer scanner I'm not sure of the manufacturer that does the same thing if you run out of ink you can't get non-oem ink and you can't even scan. Just because it's out of fucking Ink
@DaWrecka6 ай бұрын
What was the brand of the printer that pulled the RFID shit? Just so everyone else knows what company needs to go out of business.
@zeroibis10 ай бұрын
They should go after them for submitting false statements to the court.
@josedealva42058 ай бұрын
the reason why they had to do that is because most government officials purchased those phones, not because they protect the consumer corruption is the keyword
@JoseTorres-ry9qe9 ай бұрын
Imagine being denied use of property you paid for. Couldnt be Democracy
@SGCSmith10 ай бұрын
Honestly, the fact that the phone was able to work in the first place, would tell me that the phone had a way to obtain the needed radio information to operate in Mexico. This information usually comes from the carrier, SIM Card, or the CSC within the Android OS. Every phone I know of today is designed to be used as a "World" phone so it should operate in all countries safely. Granted, when it comes to radio regulations, I know there are a whole bunch of restrictions, such as "FCC Certified Wi-Fi Base Stations" like Access Points being required to have hard-coded country information that cannot be overridden, and those devices likewise can't be exported. Those regulations are more for carrier and vendor grade devices rather than consumer devices which tend to move around. Maybe their concern was with extended usage in a country and the device not being tested with the local authorities (for example, they didn't get KCC or FCC certification on specific SKUs), but shutting down the whole device rather than disabling the high power radio communications and maybe throttling the processor as a precaution is quite a scummy move. I know for sure, companies are not manufacturing "Mexico Only" SKUs of the actual hardware. Good on the Mexican government for putting Samsung and Motorola in their place.
@CoolKoon10 ай бұрын
"Maybe their concern was with extended usage in a country and the device not being tested with the local authorities" - That's pure and utter BS. The sole reason for this whole ordeal was greed and probably bribes to the Korean corporate bastards from some Mexican telcos. The phones were perfectly tested and worked fine in Mexico, this was obvious foul play.
@qw-10 ай бұрын
country informations in samsung phones are flashable ;)
@vincei425210 ай бұрын
I've had Samsung phones and other devices for years. I stopped buying Samsung TV's 5 years ago when you couldn't use them without signing up to be shown ads. I'd already decided that I will *NEVER* buy another Samsung phone when this one eventually croaks. I'm actually celebrating the fact that Samsung cellphone income is down 80%, hurrah.
@GeoMeridium10 ай бұрын
I'm not a Samsung fan, but where is that market share going? Apple? Huawei?
@leonidas1477510 ай бұрын
Like Louis would say, Samsung is looking for quarters in the couch, so they're doing more evil practices
@MyEmkill10 ай бұрын
I have a xiaomi and I am happy with it@@GeoMeridium
@aiodensghost864510 ай бұрын
@@GeoMeridiumI've thought about getting a Kyocera DuraForce 5G after my A71 5G croaks. We that use Android as our daily fliers don't tend to leave Android that often.
@Cyborg64710 ай бұрын
You have to sign into something tonuse rhe fricking tv? Wtf
@zita-lein9 ай бұрын
Loved this. You are amazing, Louis. ❤
@enrique79349 ай бұрын
Its not about poverty, most manufacturers don't have an "official store" in MX so the only way to get one is importing them or buying from a 3rd party, there's no such thing as a "grey market", that's the spin the companies gave it to be this anti-consumer.
@maratala9 ай бұрын
Exacto! Digo, dependiendo del historial crediticio de la persona pero alguien con empleo ganando salario mínimo puede sacar un préstamo para tener un celular como el iPhone, lo que pienso que también es la situación de algunas personas en E.U.A. Al menos por mi parte yo no me fijo en la marca si no en lo que me ofrece el celular y, por supuesto, en el costo de éste. Saludos!
@lib74710 ай бұрын
Samsung is also a company that believes that after you've purchased their smart TV, they still own a part of the screen to display ads - can't turn that off. They also collect ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) data, and send it to themselves over your internet connection, so that they can monetize and sell to 3rd parties. I've purchased my last Samsung product about 6 years ago, once I learned how horrible they are.
@TheExileFox10 ай бұрын
I don't want to hook up a smart-tv to my network, much less give it internet access.
@MrLatte2710 ай бұрын
@@TheExileFox Yep recently got a new smart tv and it has never been on the internet and never will be if i need an app or web service ill just use the pc that's connected to it.
@davida1hiwaaynet10 ай бұрын
Thank you Louis! I'm delighted that Mexico's consumer protection agency stood up for their citizens. My fear is that other products such an new vehicles and appliances will be similarly remotely altered. With all the craziness, it will happen. The technology is in place already with cars having always-on cellular connectivity not controlled by the owner.
@clray12310 ай бұрын
The last month bribes paid by Samsung were probably not high enough.
@user-sas._.10 ай бұрын
Yeah hopefullly this doesnt keep going because i buy appliances here in the us then ship them to my family in mexico.
@TheKuptis9 ай бұрын
If internet connectivity for new appliances like a refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, microwave oven, etc. or even a vehicle becomes mandatory I'm going to be fighting it somehow. Home appliances, as far as I'm concerned, have a certain function and needing to connect to the internet is not one of them; that's what certain computer devices are for. I don't want my clothes washer, for example, having the hot and cold water turned off so I can't wash clothes because using water is a subscription. Or it was turned off because we're in a drought so can't use water for anything.
@clray1239 ай бұрын
@@TheKuptis They can already "turn off" your bank account, that's enough to control you for most practical purposes.
@felixbounou80829 ай бұрын
Like your videos (thanks for your efforts to have no ads interruptions 🙂)
@NEO_Trojanmuldrop49 ай бұрын
I have been saying for a while now that Apple, not including the charger brick with your phone is the most ridiculous shit I’ve ever heard the fact that they claim is to help you environment is even more bullshit that is fucking insane to hear these companies. Need to face consequences for their actions. Subbed for sure
@islowclick10 ай бұрын
We live in a crazy time where we dont even have full access to even our phones
@wilh3lmmusic10 ай бұрын
This isn't new. iThings give you approximately negative zero control over "your" device and the iPhone first came out in 2007....
@ferinzz10 ай бұрын
I've never felt like I had full access to my phone, but now it's more obvious for most people.
@creato93810 ай бұрын
You'll own nothing and you'll be happy, that's the model wr are already lving in many areas.
@BrainHurricanes10 ай бұрын
@@creato938 If only the owner of those words would lead by example. I guess he just needs to be very unhappy.
@Elemblue210 ай бұрын
@@wilh3lmmusic I remember the first time I tried apple to see what all this "Craze" was about. I became so frustrated as I tried to alter settings to allow things to work faster. Then became even more frustrated when I was totally unable to troubleshoot issues efficiently because of the stupidest layered menu structure. I cant imagine its gotten better.
@sladeswanson101310 ай бұрын
YOU WILL OWN NOTHING, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY
@gressorialNanites10 ай бұрын
They have made huge strides in the first half, when can we expect the second?
@curtisalex45610 ай бұрын
I told everyone around me about it. No one cares!!! It is worrying.
@iZargon710 ай бұрын
Best and most truest comment here.
@PlutoniumDG10 ай бұрын
guess they don't know the definition of "happy"
@johnyepthomi89210 ай бұрын
@@gressorialNanites We are happy, aren’t we? Because as far as they’re concerned, if there’s demand , they assume we’re happy, and that’s what this HAPPY means.
@eeshwar2522 күн бұрын
How these companies think they can do this is baffling to me
@petersolomon13807 ай бұрын
Crazy the world is like this. Greed will be the downfall of humanity. Nothing is actually owned yet mankind will fight not to have something but to have something that no one else can have.