One of the videos they striked him on was an unlisted video with 5 views comparing the speed of Grayjay vs NewPipe.... YouTube is really digging for stuff
I mean... I'm kinda ok with that? It's Google's servers, maybe they get to decide how people access them, and are perfectly reasonable in including such language in their ToS? Banning a content creator for advocating ToS violations is maybe a little too far (unless the ToS also forbids uploading videos that talk about ways to violate the ToS), but... eh. Not a hill I'd care to die on, really.
There are plenty of very clear cut examples of Google banning people for spurious reasons; I'd rather get up in arms about those.
That's against YouTube's terms of service? No silent videos allowed?!
Edit: I think I misunderstood, you're just pointing out that he didn't say anything at all, competitive or otherwise. It got my attention because I have some silent videos that are used to supplement some application notes and would rather they didn't get my account banned.
I think you're greatly misrepresenting the story. The reason why one would want products that are identical to official ones (from a technical standpoint), is because they will perform better (compared to a traditional knock-off).
Looking at the reddit post where the evidence for this story seems to be compiled [0], it would seem that he does exactly that. He purchases batteries from factories that over-manufacture (or were no longer under contract to make) official Apple parts. He asked them before shipping to remove/sharpie over the logo, in order to prevent them from being considered counterfeit. He was angry that Apple was able to have Customs seize products which did not belong to them and were not stolen from them (apparently this technique did not work a few times).
I definitely think that he may not have told the whole truth, but greedy sleaze-bag liar is not how he comes out in this story (at least for me).
Ha! No, Chinese factories don’t own up to mistakes. They make excuses and lie, even if it is blatantly obvious it is their fault. (Been working with brands manufacturing in China for 20 years)
Is going over the logo with a sharpie really sufficient to get around counterfeiting restrictions? Serious question as I’m not familiar with the laws. It seems like it may be possible to just remove the sharpie with some solvent and restore the original logo.
None of that is even vaguely true, haha. What, on hacker news you're going to argue that apple's insane import restrictions are fair?
They're real apple parts from the real factory. They are genuine. Thats the whole point. Repeatedly he has said that removing the logos is better for him but that the logos are just on the parts and he requests they be removed from what he buys because duh, they are real parts!
Apple not wanting to sell the parts to rossman doesn't make them less real or functional or his business ivnalid, Lol. Apple is pure evil and would rather every spare part for every device be destroyed and the ewaste pile up rather than be sold to repair shops.
Even if they are physically identical, that does not make them “genuine”. A genuine part will also typically come with a warranty that the seller will honor in case of a defect.
And how can you be sure that they are “real apple parts from the real Apple factory”? Because some factory on the other side of the world, who in the best case have proven that they are willing to engage in shady business practices by violating their agreement with Apple, says so? How do you know they aren’t parts that failed some quality control check? Or that they aren’t just outright counterfeit?
The thing that makes an Apple part genuine is Apple’s word, their reputation, and willingness to stand behind it.
? There word is worthless, their reputation is tainted beyond repair and they stand behind anything that makes them money. Listen to yourself, defending a soulless Moloch like a mum and pop store while they trample mum and pop stores. There is a certain spark of ghost hacked insanity to these cooperate fanbois you find nowhere else..
>They're real apple parts from the real factory. They are genuine. Thats the whole point. Repeatedly he has said that removing the logos is better for him but that the logos are just on the parts and he requests they be removed from what he buys because duh, they are real parts!
So if I was able to convince the contract manufacturer of LV bags to sell me "real" (but unauthorized) LV bags, I should be able to import them into the US and not have CBP seize them? I don't think trademark law has a "but if it's identical to the real thing" exception.
unpopular counter opinion: copyright infringement is good, actually. I don't care that they had Apple's logos on it, it's based that Louis found a way to violate their copyrights on that, we need more like that not less.
Honestly I find apple's dickery that space a huge problem because they make their repairs prohibitively economically expensive so that it makes more sense to just buy a new phone and I think louis is fighting a very uphill battle against Apple to make their stuff repairable. I would not go to an authorized repair center with them since I watch his stuff I think the authorized repair guys couldn't repair their way out of a paper bag.
This is a gross mean-spirited characterization of the guy. Greedy is a rather interesting term for you to use to disparage him. Is that a dog whistle I hear?
I feel Rossmann in general works for the greater good in the area of right to repair. Is he always right? Certainly not. Is he a blowhard? He can be at times. Most activists are.
The far-right-wing cesspool? The top video there on the homepage right now (a massive full width half-height promo) is Laura Loomer waxing poetic about George Soros stealing the 2024 election.
Welp Streisand effect, i'm now working to install grayjay on my laptop and its already up on my phone. maybe i'll make video on Odyssey about it and then say something on youtube linking to said video.
I think it will come eventually. Bandwidth is getting cheaper (at least I think it is) and video compression is getting better all the time (saving on storage and bandwidth), both lowering the cost of operating such a service.
This is why I feel YouTube’s crusade against ad blockers is short sighted. Sure they can get away with it now but it might cost them in the future against potential competition. Even viewers who don’t watch ads might add value to your platform’s content in the form of comments and votes.
Energy would be better used trying to find out why viewers hate their ads so much and if there is a way to remedy it and get some kind of compensation.
That may be so, but it's still stupidly expensive and the free investor money seems to have dried up. Not to mention that you'd be competing with an incumbent, which investors don't like unless you have a very clear and hard to replicate edge.
There have been plenty of attempts. The problem is the high barrier to entry. Hosting videos costs a lot and you need a lot of content to keep viewers engaged/paying. If you go the advertizing route, companies don't really want to invest time and money into a platform that doesn't have a wide enough userbase. The only reason why YouTube worked like this is the silly amount of money Google was willing to sink into it.
There is something to be said about more specialized sites like Nebula, but I, for example, canceled my subscription there because the focus was too narrow.
I think they would if the mobile phone app started uploading a bunch of content and eat into bandwidth and battery. If the app doesn't upload, we still have a centralized system with a very inefficient transport layer.
Besides, even if you work around that problem somehow, YouTube has an insane amount of videos with very few views. That means there are not enough people to upload content, the centralized server or the original uploader needs to keep hosting them.
Nebula isn't really a competitor. It's more of a life raft for a select few YouTubers. A competitor would let people outside a group of already successful channels upload stuff.
A competitor has got to be a sustainable business first. Opening the floodgates to host everyone's videos can be a very quick way to burn all your money.
Not to mention their moderation burden is way down if they only accept people who are known quantities and are unlikely to get them in trouble by posting copyrighted material or other problematic things.
To be clear: I think it's fine to be exclusive. A bunch of YouTubers got together to make a backup in case YouTube did what YouTube often does. If they ever open it, I'll call it a competitor. Right now, it just isn't unless you have some unconventional definition of competitor. They're trying to survive YouTube, not beat it or even operate in the same space. Nebula is currently a backup for a (large) niche of YouTube.
> A competitor would let people outside a group of already successful channels upload stuff.
Why compete with YouTube on YouTube's terms? You cannot beat on e.g. storage costs. There may be a market niche for a smaller, more cost-efficient platform that pays established creators a bigger fit than YouTube can.
nebula is like one youtube channel being hosted off a server. a more comparable example would be rumble that pretty much has each major feature of youtube on its own.
This is part of his plan to demonstrate the usefulness and need of Grayjay which gives creators a nomadic identity that allows people to easily follow someone on another platform once cancelled from another.
Not really an alternative per say, it's more or less an app that will let you subscribe to people instead of youtube.
So it makes it very easy for you to get a feed from your favourite channels even if the youtube algorithm changes, or Youtube have decided that you've made a boo boo and should no longer be visible or promoted as much.
But, it also incorporate many platforms such as Odysee, Rumble, Patreon Twitch, Kick etc.
And the creator can verify them selves and could upload the same videos to different platforms and only one would show up in your feed for exaample.
So it is a very neat little app. Rossman is part of Futo, but he's not a developer and doesn't develop anything for the app himself.
Guys. Since YT doing that...why not just pay his GrayJay app and actively promote it. YT clearly wants a Streissand effect. We cannot let down YT expectation!
He was unable to upload videos due to the strikes. Google allows you to expire strikes if you take a short online training on the community guidelines. He recently completed that and was able to start uploading again.
