Rossmann is doing some good work bringing awareness to this issue. A lot of people on this forum dabble in a lot of different spheres and I suspect most have been affected by what he describes on a semi-regular basis.

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kevin_thibedeau a day ago | parent [-]

He is doing some good but he becomes a hypocrite when first arguing for legal frameworks to enforce fair dealing in product access and repairability then turns around and espouses depriving content creators of their income.

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kg a day ago | parent | next [-]

I assume this is about adblock. In that case, the PC owner/user's right to control their own hardware takes priority over the content creator's desire to control other people's hardware. Without that fundamental rule, it becomes possible for i.e. John Deere to dictate how you can repair or modify your own equipment, if they allow you to do it at all.

It's unpleasant and I really feel for the content creators whose livelihoods are impacted but we've already seen how bad it is to restrict end users' autonomy.

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kevin_thibedeau a day ago | parent [-]

Adblock is not an issue. He hawks piracy tools.

	▲	A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Can you elaborate? This is the first time I hear about this part.
	▲	IncreasePosts a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What piracy tools? I asked gemini (because no way am I sifting through his million hours of video), and all it could come up with is that he talks about a certain DVD player that, I guess, has faulty firmware that bypasses region restrictions. And he has a "garage full of them" (per gemini)

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widowlark a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Paradox of tolerance