Contact: youtube@rossmanngroup.com - Louis reads this(if not written by AI) For cases where a company has taken part in anti-consumer practices, PLEASE ADD TO https://consumerrights.wiki ! I started as a studio repair technician at Avatar & started a Macbook component level logic board repair business. This channel shows repair & data recovery work & shows how to perform these repairs step by step. There are many things that make it hard to fix things now; willful actions from manufacturers to limit access to parts & schematics. I talked about this to try and spark mainstream recognition of the "Right to Repair" movement. Restrictions placed on repair were just a canary-in the-coal-mine for many of the anti-ownership, anti-consumer practices that would become common in every industry, which I discuss & try to push back against every day. If you need data recovery: rossmanngroup.com For macbook board repair advice: boards.rossmanngroup.com
Caring for the Chips: Repair and Reuse as Permacomputing – Michelle Kaczmarek
Repair Wars: Cory Doctorow on the State of Right to Repair - Make:
They’ve stacked the decks against servicing your own purchases; The community is now resisting — and winning.
Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo boosts laptop repairability
Multiple teardowns and Apple’s own repair documentation suggest the new $599 MacBook Neo is unusually easy to service for a modern Apple laptop. Inside, the layout is simplified and comes apart quickly with standard Torx screws. Reviewers point to modular, swappable parts—USB‑C ports, speakers, and the headphone jack—plus a battery secured with screws instead of the strong adhesives and tapes that have complicated many prior Mac repairs. One standout change: the keyboard is replaceable as its own part, rather than forcing a swap of the entire “top case” assembly. That shift could cut both downtime and parts costs for common failures. Several outlets frame the Neo as Apple leaning further into Self Service Repair—and responding to broader right‑to‑repair pressure—which could be welcome for schools, businesses, and anyone trying to keep a budget laptop running longer instead of replacing it.
Home - Right to Repair Europe
We believe products should last longer and be easy to repair. We are asking for the right to repair in Europe. Join the movement!
Repair Culture: Learning to Fix Instead of Replace – Wayfinders Now – Living small to gain abundance.
Repair culture is the growing mindset of choosing to fix what’s broken instead of immediately replacing it. It challenges a habit that has become almost automatic in modern life: when something stops working, we discard it. A new phone, a new appliance, a new chair, a new everything. Repair culture asks a quieter question: What […]
Repair Café - Fixing Together, Worldwide
Repair Café is a global initiative that promotes the culture of repair. Join us in fixing things together and contribute to a more sustainable future.
salvage computing
Salvage Computing is the art of utilizing only already available computational resources, to be limited by that which is already produced. It's about figuring out how to make the best possible use out of the millions of devices which already exist.
Apple Archives | TechRepublic
Get the latest Apple news, hands-on tips, and best practices for supporting and managing Macs in the workplace.
Permacomputing and the Dance of Repair Amid the Vestiges of Digital Obsolescence « Performing the Internet
Assuming this is an AI generated image for ELECTRONICS < > ECOLOGIES series
Spectre/Meltdown Pits Transparency Against Liability: Which is More Important to You? « bunnie's blog
There is a lot of righteous anger directed toward Intel over CPU bugs that were revealed by Spectre/Meltdown. I agree that things could have been handled better, particularly with regards to transparency and the sharing of information among the relevant user communities that could have worked together to deploy effective patches in a timely fashion. People also aren’t wrong that consumer protection laws obligate manufacturers to honor warranties, particularly when a product is not fit for use as represented, if it contains defective material or workmanship, or fails to meet regulatory compliance.
Everything I own, owned
Turning Claude loose on the firmware of five USB and WiFi peripherals, and finding a command shell in a microphone, a defeatable webcam activity LED, and unauthenticated memory writes over the network.
Former Apple Developer Explains Why The Company's Software Is Struggling - BGR
In recent months, Apple's software development has been called into question like never before. Between a critical security bug in macOS, a brand-new product being…
Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself
The long read: Tech insiders have finally started admitting their mistakes – but the solutions they are offering could just help the big players get even more powerful
Consumer Rights Wiki - Anti-Consumer Practices Database
The community-built wiki documenting anti-ownership, anti-consumer practices ranging from right-to-repair restrictions, planned obsolescence, subscription traps, & digital rights issues.
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
Technicians in India’s refurbished laptop shops give discarded electronics a new life.
Improving My Hardware Workflow With CI and Nix
One thing you might notice if you read my blog is that I do a lot of hardware projects. Generally, these include a board, some software, and possibly some extraneous components (like CAD design, such as a case). Software tooling is quite mature, but I find that hardware had traditionally lagged quite a bit behind. For a while, I just lived with this, but over the last few months I've put in a bunch of effort to improve my workflow.
