That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.
Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way
No one will know which is it
This guy inspired me to repair my own macbook. First of all, you should know that I am not… like, I have to look up HOW to look up what my computer specifications are. Tech, that ware either soft or hard, is not a subject in which I experience comfort or competence.
But my puppy peed on my keyboard, and I asked the apple store, or the fucking mac cafe, or the godsdamn Computer House Chill Zone or whatever cute ass name they have for their bullshit store, and they said it would be TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE MY KEYBOARD. I’m not even exaggerating.
So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.
So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.
These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.
anyway, this guy is also fueled by spite, and doing holy work, and I have mad respect
This is awesome. Man is doing good ass deeds 24/7 because he’s giving people control.
Steve Harvey is the only host of anything that I can appreciate
This feels like a fucking comedy skit, like Steve Harvey has the pacing and comedic timing amazing
[ Video Transcript :
Host : Well, your name is Obu?
Obu : Yes sir!
Host : And your last name is Obu?
Obu : Yes sir
(Audience laughter)
Host : Obu Obu
Woman, off screen : You should ask him what his middle name is
Obu : Steve not ready for that (2x) (incoherent audience laughter)
Host : You don’t know how ready I am! (Audience laughs) As a matter of fact, we not doing a damn thing until we find out!(More laughter) What is your middle name, Obu?
Obu : It’s Obu. (Louder audience laugh)
Host : Obu Obu Obu
Obu : Yes sir! ( Audience laugh) Gotta show some ID?
Host : (softer) now you gotta show them id. You got it on you?
Obu : So the process I go through, go on check that out!
Host : I’ll be damn. (More audience laughter and clapping) Your– who, who named you, Obu obu obu?
Obu : My father.
Host : Father still livin’ ?
Obu, pointing off screen : Yes, sir, he’s right up there. (audience claps) Yeeaaa my pops yeeeaaaaaa
(Host walks towards the camera and camera flips back n forth to reveal Obu’s dad, followed by more audience laughing n clapping)
Host : Yeeaaa yeaa that’s who I’m lookin for! (laughter) What’s your name, sir?
