Show notes
Louis Rossmann joins Alex Buxeda to discuss why you don't own your devices, how DMCA Section 1201 makes repair illegal, and what right to repair means for consumers, libertarians, progressives and everyone in between.
FULU: https://fulu.org/our-story
Consumer Rights Wiki: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/FUTO
Repairs: https://rossmanngroup.com/
00:00 Right to Repair: Why Fixing What You Own Is Being Made Illegal
01:22 From Mac Repairs to a Movement
07:05 You Can't Call It "Yours" — California's Digital Ownership Law
09:06 FUTO & the Consumer Rights Wiki
11:07 DMCA Section 1201: Repair Is Illegal and People Can Go to Prison
13:15 Your TV Is Spying on You — and That's a Business Model
17:11 Two Types of Activism: Lecturing People vs. Making Their Life Better
22:41 Right to Repair Is Bipartisan — Even Libertarians Should Want DMCA Gone
26:28 Stop Killing Games & Why Patents Actually Kill Innovation
28:41 The Zaxcom Patent: How One Patent Broke an Entire Industry
33:48 Competition Makes Everyone Behave Better (Non-Competes, Monopolies)
37:29 Forced Arbitration: The LG Refrigerator Contract Hidden in the Box
44:07 Why Both Libertarians and Progressives Miss the Point
51:12 How Louis Pitches Right to Repair to Every Political Side
52:14 Open Source vs. Closed Source: The Real Cost of Switching
56:57 FUTO's Business Model: You Can Be Ethical and Profitable
1:00:05 Switzerland Has the World's Most Expensive Subscriptions
1:05:33 EU Consumer Rights vs. US: The Hidden Cost of Bundled Protections
1:12:45 Netflix's Fake 4K, Piracy Ethics, and Books Being Silently Edited
1:16:09 Why Louis Teaches His Competition for Free — and It Works
1:17:28 Living Your Values: Why Both Hosts Left Their Home Countries
1:20:32 eBay's Broken Algorithm: When Markets Don't Self-Correct
1:35:36 Crowdsourcing Repair Knowledge: The Repair Preservation Group Wiki
1:39:02 "I'm a Capitalist Who Believes You Can Make Money Without Being a Dick"
1:42:40 Patience Pays: Ethical Business Takes Years to Be Recognized
1:45:09 The Marginal Revolution: Small Changes Shift Power Back to Consumers
1:50:55 Ad Blockers as Market Reform and What the Internet Could Have Been
1:57:20 AI-Generated Emails, the Em Dash Tell, and the Future of Spam
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