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larossmann t1_j8708ol wrote

Time will pass, nobody will care. The best part is going to be when people say that repair advocates got what they wanted because this bill passed so why you still complaining? At the end of the day, technet won. I followed them and other similarly disingenuous lobbying firms around the country, recorded their bad arguments, rebutted them at every legislature in the country where they showed up, hired lobbyists of my own, but none of it worked. I lost. We lost, and a lot of it is because of my own inability to move the ball forward in the manner I was entrusted by so many people to do. I fucked up and failed.

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chartreuselader t1_j873oke wrote

It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose. Even moreso when the game is rigged.

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leenpaws t1_j88w68o wrote

in poker, it’s called a “bad beat”

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PCChipsM922U t1_j8cyu24 wrote

You mean bad bet 🤔?

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Bigkillian t1_j8dzj0e wrote

No, it’s bad beat. Like having four jacks in hold ‘em and being beat by a straight flush. Often casino poker rooms have a pot for the best “non-winning” hand of the day.

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73577357 t1_j87prpj wrote

It's an incremental change that was made. This is the beginning and not the end. The framework is setup now and the interference by industry lobbyists is a great story to build the movement. It's not about one bill or one person. Everyone needs to become a repair advocate. It's a movement of people creating change and it has to keep growing.

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EbNinja t1_j888n6h wrote

Maybe Lost this round. More fights, more battles, more wars, more time; The battle for progress is eternal, and little lights in the dark are sometimes all you can do. Just holding the torch against the tide is enough to inspire more action, sometimes. Keep holding on, we still can go on, too.

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CosmicCreeperz t1_j8eq3qj wrote

The best way to make the NY law irrelevant is to pass a decent Federal law.

Second best is probably just to pass a decent law in California so the tech companies all have to follow it anyway. If Apple is forced to do something with brief hardware/software for CA customers they aren’t going to do it differently for other states.

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DingDong_Dongguan t1_j88gaz9 wrote

You've raised awareness so others can continue the battle. Law is a game of small incremental gains. I've noticed more YouTubers discuss and address these issues and that in turn informs the audience. We just need the politicos to do their job.

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MrAbodi t1_j8730kn wrote

I’m sure you did your best against a juggernaut. Don’t lose hope

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Aegior t1_j87nizn wrote

I appreciate all the work you do for the movement.

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Digital_loop t1_j89t8ce wrote

u/larossmann Buddy, you did one million percent more than I did. You didn't fail at all. We failed you.

Thank you for all of your hard work.

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Zacpod t1_j89elai wrote

You didn't fuck up, dude. The game is rigged, and the gov no longer works for the people. We all appreciate the huge effort you put in, and I don't think any of us hold you responsible. Much love.

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Zipperburn t1_j8cmq3i wrote

Hey man, you by no means fucked up nor failed. You did what you could with the resources you have at your disposal. Your efforts are on a level that most of us wouldn't even be able to consider. You have and always will have my support Louis. You've earned it through what you've already done.

The battle right now may be lost, but it will continue. It's simply a numbers game, and we currently do not have enough on our side that actually understand/care about the issue. Most people I know couldn't care less about learning between HDMI or display port cables. Sometimes I wonder if it'll take Atlas to shrug before people notice we're all gone and finally care.

I learnt how to repair electronics by self learning, and when I found your videos it was like striking gold. I aspire to get to your level of knowledge and skill.

I feel like you're currently looking at the recent failed goal you set up for yourself, and are failing to see just how much of a good force you have been to the industry and the public already.

Keep your head up, remember your journey that got you here. I won't forget it.

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larossmann t1_j89f3ej wrote

I moved because it took a year and a half of arguing back and forth to convince a tax collector I did not owe them twice my entire net worth and wasted almost 50k on a CPA and tax attorney to do so. I prefer living places that understand their own laws. Don't know where you got disagreeing with liberals or libertarianism or any of that braindead nonsense from.

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Zacpod t1_j89nz16 wrote

Though i generally agree that libertarians are just asshole anarchists with money, I think Louis's stance is fairly moderate and fairly well considered. I don't fully agree with him, but he's not far enough away that i wouldn't enjoy sitting down for a beer with him. You're getting down voted because none of that has anything to do with right to repair nor the kleptocract takeover that's been happening in the US.

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