How bootlickers make the world worse

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Komentáře • 2,2K

  • @TheTundraTerror
    @TheTundraTerror Před 20 dny +2268

    Of all the things you can be loyal to, people choose to be loyal to a company that has no loyalty to them.

    • @RD-io6sm
      @RD-io6sm Před 20 dny +36

      Respect needs to be a two-way street. It's also a great tool. It's a great way to find out who to trust.

    • @aj.j5833
      @aj.j5833 Před 20 dny +70

      This includes "local" sports teams and celebrities.

    • @aj.j5833
      @aj.j5833 Před 20 dny +59

      @@RD-io6sm Government and corporations work best not when both sides respects each other, but when the government and corporations fears the customers.

    • @bbbbbbb51
      @bbbbbbb51 Před 20 dny +28

      Companies, sports teams, & even nations. It's idiotic.

    • @aj.j5833
      @aj.j5833 Před 20 dny

      @@bbbbbbb51 Loving ones nations (family, friends, neighbors and community) is only logical. Not loving your nation is being a fool, you foolish globalist.

  • @EDVERSiTY
    @EDVERSiTY Před 20 dny +1737

    Can't wait to have pay $1 for each and every time I start my car, lmao.

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 Před 20 dny +75

      Engine start is a feature... Save .50c when you don't use it.

    • @kryptkeeper457
      @kryptkeeper457 Před 20 dny +202

      Its only a dollar. 🤷‍♂️ dont know why its such a big deal. (Sarcasm)

    • @roderickcortez138
      @roderickcortez138 Před 20 dny +54

      Don't give them any ideas.

    • @no_name4796
      @no_name4796 Před 20 dny +48

      Honestly a great ad for trains
      Damn, image how nice the world would be, if you could reach anywhere with trains, and city had sooooo few cars, you can actually let child play in the street
      Oh wait, that was the case before cars where invented!

    • @MikoYotsuya292
      @MikoYotsuya292 Před 20 dny +44

      $0.20 to open the door
      $0.50 use the radio/infotainment system
      $1 to use the aircon

  • @groothewanderer9472
    @groothewanderer9472 Před 20 dny +496

    Louis has the greatest character arc: started by teaching us how to repair our phone, and is now teaching us how to fight back aginst the cyberpunk dystopia

    • @07wrxtr1
      @07wrxtr1 Před 20 dny +26

      It starts with choosing the right woman leading to strong families leading to sons and daughters willing to stand up and establish and enforce boundaries when people or corporations step over them
      What we have today is a society where $ is god - so that means everyone will sellout and hurt others if they’re paid enough
      It comes with all the excuses
      “I’m jus doin muh jawb bro!”
      “It’s for the shareholders bro!”
      Etc

    • @guyangelo9875
      @guyangelo9875 Před 12 dny +3

      The "Fight Back With David Horowitz" of this generation.😂

    • @NHamza-ew5bc
      @NHamza-ew5bc Před 8 dny +1

      You forgot the anti new york real estate arc

    • @patrikpass2962
      @patrikpass2962 Před 4 dny

      @@07wrxtr1My parents divorced. I hung out with underground people my whole life. I didn't have a good start but i kept fighting for freedom. It seems it's the other way around. The safe families produced children who see the world as a fun park where everyone is nice. Becoming gullible.

  • @notweewee
    @notweewee Před 6 dny +42

    The worst argument from corporate bootlickers i have ever heard is "they're a business, they're maximizing their profit" like maximizing profit gives them license to do whatever they want and not be criticized for it.

    • @SolDadguy07
      @SolDadguy07 Před 5 dny +6

      You can blame that thought process on the 1919 Dodge v. Ford case, in which the court decided that Henry Ford had to operate HIS business in the interests of the shareholders, and not his employees or customers. US corporations have to show growth every year, it doesn’t even have to be actual profit, but the shareholders want to see growth year over year so now this late in the game every corp is grasping at straws trying to hit those numbers.

  • @destiny.cookie
    @destiny.cookie Před 20 dny +202

    “If you can’t afford the subscription you can’t afford the car” 😂 they will say

    • @itsdokko2990
      @itsdokko2990 Před 20 dny

      _bro you're just broke, admit it_ 🤓
      said the bootlicker, while getting rawdogged by corpos

    • @uNiels_Heart
      @uNiels_Heart Před 20 dny +3

      Often times I can't even afford public transport 😅

    • @dukenukem5768
      @dukenukem5768 Před 18 dny +14

      I can afford it. That doesn't mean I will pay it.

    • @USBEN.
      @USBEN. Před 18 dny +21

      Ah "guilt shaming" the oldest tactic of all.

    • @TimSlee1
      @TimSlee1 Před 9 dny +3

      "You're not too poor to afford an itty-bitty heated-seat subscription, are you Mr. Customer?"

  • @vincei4252
    @vincei4252 Před 20 dny +1896

    Louis, as my Romanian friend reminds me often: "The mother of idiots is always pregnant."

    • @kevinmiller5467
      @kevinmiller5467 Před 20 dny +143

      That's the premise of the 2006 movie Idiocracy.

    • @vincei4252
      @vincei4252 Před 20 dny +25

      @@kevinmiller5467 LOL. I did not know that. I need to watch that movie again.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před 20 dny +25

      @@kevinmiller5467not really. It was more that the smart people weren’t having kids.

    • @aj.j5833
      @aj.j5833 Před 20 dny +86

      @@aluisious That is literally what that saying is saying.

    • @muhdiversity7409
      @muhdiversity7409 Před 20 dny +4

      @@aj.j5833 whoa. Fancy meeting you under a Louis video! 😆

  • @Dice-Gamble
    @Dice-Gamble Před 20 dny +1866

    i HONESTLY think that we need to start mentioning the names of people who make these decisions. BMW is not an autonomous sentient body, it's made up of people, in which specific people made these decisions. The moment we start mentioning their names, and showing their photos - they will start making better decisions.

    • @starbock
      @starbock Před 20 dny +161

      Citizens United ... never forget ...

    •  Před 20 dny +132

      Corporate personhood isn't just a legal fiction, but a legal fish tale.

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny

      Same with the evil corrupt politicians, especially the evil Democrats who are hostile to business, and soft on crime, and stealing our elections.

    • @desertdude540
      @desertdude540 Před 20 dny +83

      Exactly. Everyone should channel his inner Sam Hyde.

    • @kernsanders3973
      @kernsanders3973 Před 20 dny +117

      Other youtubers will asap come out of the woodwork to day dont target people only the corporation, while the people making these horrible decisions keep hiding behind the corporate label. Glad the Unity people woke up and started pointing at THE person that was causing Unity's downfall. Before that moment he was also hiding behind the Unity logo and kept on pushing the horrible practices. As soon as the cover was lifted, change happened.

  • @ZonkerRoberts
    @ZonkerRoberts Před 20 dny +736

    The number of people who, when slapped in the face by one of these rapacious corporations, respond with "thank you sir, may I have another?" is truly depressing.

    • @deezelfairy
      @deezelfairy Před 20 dny +73

      No one wants to admit they've been suckered. Never fails to amaze me how far the human brain can go when it comes to rationalising shitty behaviour.

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny +5

      Easy financing from other related greedy corporations.
      Sort of like the crappy deal going on, on my video game island. Sure, I love the economic/political messages that I think I see in _Animal Crossing New Horizons_ but how in the world does Brewster the pigeon get away with charging 200 bells just for a cup of bitter coffee? Converting to dollars, that would be around $20, which makes even Starbucks look cheap in comparison. Yet I keep buying, because if I do it during the promotion, I get so many miles that if I sold those miles, then I am actually getting paid to drink the bitter coffee. Kickbacks much? Brewster and the owner of the island are such great friends? Overall, I think that life on my video game island is such a great deal, just my pet peeve about The Roost so over-charging just for a cup of bitter coffee. Good thing that the island does not have a health department, because Brewster rarely actually washes the coffee cups. Just wipes them out. And I do not even like coffee. "Make mine a hot chocolate with extra mint." If only that was on the menu.

    • @KOZMOuvBORG
      @KOZMOuvBORG Před 20 dny

      Bandwagon of (stockholmed ) lemmings

    • @Deathrape-if4kl
      @Deathrape-if4kl Před 20 dny

      It's only lame if BMW doesn't tell them up front. Otherwise it's criminal fraud, etc. Riding them around in a demo pretending the features R included with the car price is a crime, & also can $ue them in civil court, etc. It's perfectly OK 2 $ell people stuff they won't necessarily use, but not 2 pretend they can use features that R not actually available 4 the price they promised, etc. It's like buying a computer with a fancy video card for editing, & the software 2 do it is a time limited demo. They need 2 make U aware of it is all.

    • @tomppeli.
      @tomppeli. Před 20 dny +5

      @@deezelfairy The mind will try to avoid emotional damage to one's self image. Evolution has determined that rocking one's foundations isn't exactly conducive to propelling genes onward.

  • @breadmoth6443
    @breadmoth6443 Před 19 dny +49

    at this point im glad Louis is naming / shaming the bootlicker commentor. i am glad he didn't censor the username , that person deserves to named and shamed.

    • @Panzer_Runner
      @Panzer_Runner Před 11 hodinami

      we gotta call out idiots so that we can avoid them. It's like blurring faces of criminals, are you kidding me? blur the victims, not the criminals

  • @AJftwlol
    @AJftwlol Před 6 dny +6

    I remember complaining about Crunchyroll's paid inferior content library compared to free pirate sites and so many people on the Crunchyroll subreddit just defended the company and, believe it or not, blamed me for wanting to watch shows that were not on their website. I realized what bootlicking truly meant that moment.

  • @monsieurlee
    @monsieurlee Před 20 dny +353

    I remember when Tesla release cars where you can pay to "unlock" the extra battery capacity. Fanboys were defending it the same way. They claim that you paid for 80% capacity (or whatever), and that if you want the extra 20%, you should be willing to pay for it.
    Uh, no. You already paid the full 100%. Tesla didn't put 100% in the car and only charge you for 80%, waiting for you to pay the extra 20% if you want, and if you don't, they eat the loss. You already paid the 100% but they only give you 80%. and are double charging you for that extra 20% capacity. It is not a case of paying for what you want. It is a case of NOT getting what you paid for in the first place.
    I don't understand why this is so hard for people to figure out.
    What's even more hilarious is when there was some hurricane that was about to hit, they temporarily unlocked the extra capacity for customers living on the Gulf Coast to help them get out of the affected area, and people were eating it up like Elon / Tesla is some magnanimous figure. They are claiming credit for a problem they solved in the first place.

    • @TeH.j0keR
      @TeH.j0keR Před 20 dny +13

      They were probably subsidizing the cars with the gimmick, but it's definitely a bad look.

    • @HiragamaIkunai
      @HiragamaIkunai Před 20 dny +13

      So sales fraud failure to provide that which is paid for.

    • @kopazwashere
      @kopazwashere Před 20 dny +23

      It's even more deceptive when you read fine print for LIION techs. Charging them to 100% is basically like taking a loan on the battery lifespan where you get more range but reduce its oveerall lifecycle.

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny +22

      It seems quite obvious that it is a double-charge. Yet I have to explain to people on social media, or people around me, over and over again, things that are "painfully obvious" to me. Sometimes even mere animals seem smarter than some people. Even a wild animal would not leave such a trash mess on the parking lot. How can people possibly be any messier or thoughtless?

    • @Alvin853
      @Alvin853 Před 20 dny +1

      If you think a car is too expensive because you're paying for features you aren't getting to use, then buy a different car. By everyone's logic here (the optional features are already built into the base price) the BMW should be so expensive that everybody will just buy a different brand. It's not like BMW has a monopoly on cars without adaptive suspension.
      If the Tesla that you only get 80% of the capacity costs as much as a car from a different brand that has the same battery capacity, are you really paying for those extra 20% that you don't get to use?
      Or do you expect Tesla to lower the price if they had a battery of the proper capacity available? Maybe the overhead of logistics and having to stock a different type of battery and potentially different installation processes would eat up the cost advantage of the smaller battery, so the price would be the same anyway. Economies of scale

  • @StubbyPhillips
    @StubbyPhillips Před 20 dny +714

    Too many people who are too stupid to realize when they should be angry.

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 Před 20 dny +36

      Yep.
      I lived in an area where people had loans on everything... 500k+ house, 2 new expensive cars, and they are a lost job away from losing it all, but everything in the home and life is a subscription or bank loan.

    • @louiscypher4186
      @louiscypher4186 Před 20 dny +27

      It's trust fund kids. People who don't earn their wealth often lack character so they make their wealth part of their character and thus they value things solely through a monetary lens.
      It leads to an absurd world view where everything is viewed as a transaction. So they tend to go to extreme's of either being liberatarians or socialists.

    • @StubbyPhillips
      @StubbyPhillips Před 20 dny

      @@louiscypher4186 Once you realize that most rich people are every bit as stupid as anyone else, a lot of things make more sense. In some ways they're even stupider because they can get through life without knowing how to do anything useful and with no common sense at all. The _REALLY_ dumb ones even buy things *BECAUSE* they're expensive!

    •  Před 20 dny +24

      @@louiscypher4186Not just them but weak minded people who don't complain and just keep spending absurds amount money snd expecting a different result.

    • @Grogeous_Maximus
      @Grogeous_Maximus Před 20 dny +14

      And too stupid to realize who they should be angry at, at well. Outrage is fueling a lot of politics, these days

  • @akosv96
    @akosv96 Před 20 dny +431

    The fact that this is even a discussion and not plain obvious is insane.

    • @deezelfairy
      @deezelfairy Před 20 dny +1

      Fanboys gonna fanboy, boot-lickers gonna boot-lick.

    • @TuskForce
      @TuskForce Před 20 dny

      there are even people who deny the existence of all viruses completely
      sadly misinformation and ignorance are quite popular af

    • @Deathrape-if4kl
      @Deathrape-if4kl Před 20 dny

      BMW is only doing something wrong here if they R not disclosing the fact the 'enhanced suspension features' R behind a $ubscription paywall 4 the '$oftware'. It's only illegal or 'bad practice' if they mislead customers into thinking it is included with the car price. My guess is they don't tell N E 1 & of course then the right thing 2 do is PROSECUTE them 4 their CRIMINAL FRAUD & also class action & individual law $uits 4 the same. 'False Advertising' & 'Failure 2 Disclose' & other stuff makes it an E Z WIN! =D It's like buying a computer with a fancy video card & editing software & not telling customers it is a time-limited demo, or do they reveal this up front?

    • @The13thRonin
      @The13thRonin Před 20 dny +9

      What do you expect after decades of abject weakness and ignorance from the populace?
      People were never meant to be equal.
      The serfs want to return to serfdom... They demand it.

    • @foreveryoungbjj7439
      @foreveryoungbjj7439 Před 20 dny +9

      They played the long game, so many people want comfort and have things done for them. People don't want to learn they just want answers

  • @KS-un3pi
    @KS-un3pi Před 20 dny +27

    Comfort is the WORST addiction!! People don't want to do what is uncomfortable for them. Seek out a different phone, say no to cookies (get out of the habit to saying yes, to make pop up go away) and GO AGAINST the grain!

  • @4bSix86f61
    @4bSix86f61 Před 20 dny +25

    Certain websites straight up refuse proton mail or disposable addresses.

    • @m.m.4609
      @m.m.4609 Před 20 dny +3

      Proton has been compromised LOOOOOONG time ago lmao 😂

  • @kitethetwinblade
    @kitethetwinblade Před 20 dny +291

    This is exactly why I literally got kicked and banned from /r/Libertarian.
    I pointed out that they only consider something bad when Government does it, but if a Corporation does it,
    they suck boot harder than a BDSM party.
    If they were principled like you, they would be equally critical of both, because it's not WHO does it that is the issue,
    but WHAT and HOW and WHY they are doing!!

    • @OGShively
      @OGShively Před 20 dny +36

      I'm sorry you had the misfortune of speaking to Libertarians (capital L is important and is one of many factors distinguishing them from libertarians!). I'm glad you realized how deeply unserious and incomplete their political philosophy is though.

    • @davidgoodnow269
      @davidgoodnow269 Před 20 dny +3

      BINGO!

    • @SPTX.
      @SPTX. Před 20 dny

      libertarian is really just codeword for communist

    • @tiagotiagot
      @tiagotiagot Před 20 dny +12

      It is questionable what percentage of the population there actually feel that way and what a percentage are just bots (digital or biological) the companies are paying to manipulate the community.

    • @Axeallot
      @Axeallot Před 20 dny +23

      We call them Lolbertarians because you gotta laugh in face whenever they talk out of their bounds.

  • @jonchowe
    @jonchowe Před 20 dny +552

    Wait til the wheelchair companies start shutting down power chairs remotely when you lose health insurance for a day.

    • @alexphelps7042
      @alexphelps7042 Před 20 dny +113

      They would do that to insulin pumps and Pacemakers, if allowed.

    • @smokesandalloy9487
      @smokesandalloy9487 Před 20 dny +27

      Because of your skin color. Sound crazy? ACA already charged people more or less depending on which zip code they resided in.

    • @jeffmassey4860
      @jeffmassey4860 Před 20 dny +19

      Louis Rossmann and Jerry Rig Everything are strong advocates for open source chairs.

    • @freeziboi3249
      @freeziboi3249 Před 20 dny +2

      ​@@smokesandalloy9487 sounds about right

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny +8

      Shhh! Do not give them any ideas.

  • @nottiification
    @nottiification Před 20 dny +173

    MS email: "We changed our TOS after the sale, by continuing to use our products, you are signaling that you agree to our new terms of service."
    Me: "I do not agree to those terms, and propose my own terms instead.
    My terms are that i get to use microsoft products free of charge and if MS collects and stores any data about me they have to pay $10,000 per kilobyte.
    Also MS forfeits any ability to sue me in court, all disagreements to be decided by an arbitrator of my choosing.
    By replying to this email with an automated message you are indicating you agree to these terms.
    Thank you"
    MS email: "This is an automated message, this mailbox is not monitored."
    Me: "I'm glad we're in agreement, I'll expect payment by the first of the month."

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Před 20 dny +8

      ..like a boss

    • @gabrielmitran643
      @gabrielmitran643 Před 20 dny +4

      Beautiful

    • @horrorhotel1999
      @horrorhotel1999 Před 20 dny +24

      I'm curious:
      Is there actually any legal basis for amending a contract like that?
      Obviously this is an extreme example, but if anyone around here has some actual legal expertise, it would be interesting to take this to court and set a legal precedent

    • @nottiification
      @nottiification Před 20 dny +16

      @@horrorhotel1999 I dont see how its any different than what they've done.

    • @crypto66
      @crypto66 Před 20 dny +24

      @@horrorhotel1999 If the customer can't do that, then does it not stand to reason that the corpos can't either? If the customer can't do it, than y'all need to take a look at your consumer laws or whatever.

  • @ptrinch
    @ptrinch Před 20 dny +51

    Let's not forget that you have an extra cost as the vehicle owner. The suspension has weight to it. You are paying in extra fuel by carrying around hardware that you are not allowed to use.

  • @lian_drake
    @lian_drake Před 20 dny +23

    I've quoted this previously and I'm gonna do it again:
    "Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or mistreat its users." - Richard Stallman
    This has literally been true ever since it was first said, and for each new year and each new technological advancement, this law still stays true.

  • @deezelfairy
    @deezelfairy Před 20 dny +260

    The biggest problem with boot-lickers, is they're completely unaware they're boot-lickers.

    • @ghostdragon3297
      @ghostdragon3297 Před 20 dny +7

      Underrated comment

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 19 dny +22

      no, they're ignorant to it
      if they were simply unaware, telling them that they're bootlickers would make them stop, but no, they don't

    • @gta4everrr
      @gta4everrr Před 18 dny +6

      Or that they know and are proud to be a bootlicker.

    • @2kwh
      @2kwh Před 17 dny +3

      my friend pays for ps plus and oh is he aware hes a bootlicker

    • @deezelfairy
      @deezelfairy Před 17 dny +7

      @@TorutheRedFox Yeah, most people don't just up and change their mind because you tell them they're wrong - not how humans work unfortunately.

  • @jesser_p
    @jesser_p Před 20 dny +170

    Dead internet theory... Not saying people do not suck, there are corporate simps. But I wonder for every simp there is, how many bots are saying the same things to influence our perspective on societies beliefs?

    • @kryptkeeper457
      @kryptkeeper457 Před 20 dny +34

      Always important to keep this in mind! Perception is reality.

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před 20 dny

      Welcome to capitalism, where it's more profitable to just coerce and/or brainwash your slaves, sorry, customers into accepting less and less heh

    • @strangersound
      @strangersound Před 20 dny +21

      Top comment. Running one actual person is a lot of work and energy. Running a hundred bot accounts spewing nonsense, not so much in comparison.
      "Be like captcha, my friend. Assume all are robots until proven otherwise." - Bruce Lee

    • @RicardoSantos-oz3uj
      @RicardoSantos-oz3uj Před 20 dny +3

      @@kryptkeeper457 Perception is just that. Perception. Not reality.
      Lets say you perceived the car to be one more meter in front of you than it really is. The crash won't care about your perception.

    • @uNiels_Heart
      @uNiels_Heart Před 20 dny +7

      @@RicardoSantos-oz3uj Maybe the crash and the resultant injuries are also just your perception and not real? 😅
      Joking aside, at some point you accept some level of your perception as being good or strong enough to call it your reality, for better or worse.

  • @zwerko
    @zwerko Před 20 dny +414

    I'm eagerly awaiting BMW's next SaaS offering: Steering as a Service.

  • @JoMcD21
    @JoMcD21 Před 8 dny +8

    The people who fight against the right to repair are the same ones who don't care about unsafe workplace environments.

  • @mjc0961
    @mjc0961 Před 20 dny +65

    I absolutely hate the "voluntary market transaction" defense.
    1. Of course I'm not going to be their customer. But I'm still allowed to complain about it, and explain to people why I'm not going to be their customer.
    2. The company in particular might want to know why people aren't being their customer in case they might care to improve and gain more customers in the future.
    3. It completely misses the point in the first place - in this case, that the hardware for the suspension or the heated seats is already in the car and was already paid for when buying the car. There's no further upkeep needed on BWM's part, therefore a subscription model is not appropriate. The person writing the stupid sportsball seats comment very likely has no defense for why this business model is good actually, so they argue in bad faith by changing the subject.

    • @mjc0961
      @mjc0961 Před 20 dny +12

      Also I like how Louis replaced a boring stupid football game with a based interesting orchestra.

    • @Dennis0824
      @Dennis0824 Před 17 dny +5

      What if there is a malfunction in the heated seat components that affect the function of other components? If you did not subscribe for the heated seats (never used them), who pays for the repair? It would seem logical that since BMW is charging you a subscription for the heated seats, BMW owns those components so they should be responsible to pay for the cost of the repairs. Why would it not surprise me that BMW would stick you with the repair bill?

    • @okinakamura4122
      @okinakamura4122 Před 16 dny +3

      It’s BS, because we live in an age where choice and competition has been limited to such an extent where “voluntary” is rarely an option anymore.

    • @ereticor
      @ereticor Před 10 dny

      @@Dennis0824 so you're saying that if compaty sells you something falty - it's on you and therefore subscription is okay. You paid for this to be in your car and if it fails - it goes under the warranty fix. If your warranty expires - then you pay for the repairs

    • @Dennis0824
      @Dennis0824 Před 10 dny +1

      @@ereticor No, I am saying that if you buy a car and it includes a component that you cannot use without a subscription and you do not subscribe to it, and a breakdown of that component affects the function of other components that you bought and use, the onus should be on the manufacturer to make the necessary repairs at THEIR cost. Conversely, if you do subscribe, the cost of any repairs should be included in the subscription price, regardless of any warranty.

  • @mike5989
    @mike5989 Před 20 dny +201

    As a friend of mine mentioned one of the big problems with this is the fact that the suspension that you now have in your car costs 400 more than a regular one. So even if you don't pay for the "special" suspension features, if your suspension gets damaged and you need to replace it, you now pay 500 instead of 100 :)

    • @janzibansi9218
      @janzibansi9218 Před 20 dny +20

      lol, repair😂 just throw the car away and get a new one

    • @Gormadt
      @Gormadt Před 20 dny +39

      ​@@janzibansi9218The BMW owner way of doing things

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před 20 dny +14

      The adaptive suspension in a bmw costs a lot more than $500 per wheel. It was $700 in my Caddy.

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny +2

      @@Gormadt
      How do you "keep up with the Jones" with an 11-year-old Big Money Wasted? At what point do you start to look "cheap"?
      And in my limited anecdotal experience, why would I ever want a pricey Mercedes when I have seen one that makes horrible noises like it is about to die or something, and another Mercedes would not even start and had to be towed away? So then, we get nothing extra for all that extra money that it costs?

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před 20 dny +2

      Welcome to capitalism ...

  • @trapexit
    @trapexit Před 20 dny +63

    Thank you for differentiating between theft and IP infringement. Too many conflate the two despite the very clear legal, historical, and political theory differences.

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 Před 20 dny +6

      despite the fact that *ideas are not property*
      ftfy

  • @khajiit8221
    @khajiit8221 Před 20 dny +115

    I live in the UK. About 15 - 20 years ago I noticed manufacturers started selling new cars with no spare wheel. In its place was a sh1tty repair kit for punctures. I couldn't believe someone would walk into a dealership and pay all that money for a new car and accept it with no spare wheel!

    • @davidgoodnow269
      @davidgoodnow269 Před 20 dny +8

      Interesting. It's been a while since I bought a vehicle, but I always bought a full-size wheel and tire to carry as a spare, plus a tire repair kit (and, depending on the manufacturer and model, a couple of spare parts that are known to have random break-down: fuel pumps for all GM vehicles, a spare starter for Ford pickups, a spare ignition for all Hondas). The annoying thing is when the trunk/boot only has a relieved storage space for an "emergency" spare!
      I also carried an excavation tool, boards, and a proper jack, and an air compressor, blankets, fire extinguisher, and water, beyond the basics of a 12-volt solar battery charger and battery tools and a multi-meter and baking soda, since most problems are either battery-related or wiring.

    • @kamo7293
      @kamo7293 Před 20 dny +7

      what's funny is that in many of the cars I've had, there is space for a spare wheel in the trunk... but no spare wheel, which is very helpful, tells me that i have to buy my own spare wheel

    • @NotTheRealRustyShackleford
      @NotTheRealRustyShackleford Před 20 dny +11

      I know here in America AAA has actually been lobbying against removing spare tires which is impressive considering they as a corporation would benefit from people needing roadside service for a blown tire...

    • @vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763
      @vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763 Před 20 dny +1

      This is mostly due to government regulations regarding fleet average mileage carmakers have to achieve.

    • @davidgoodnow269
      @davidgoodnow269 Před 20 dny +2

      @@NotTheRealRustyShackleford AAA have to represent the best interests of their members!

  • @Furzkampfbomber
    @Furzkampfbomber Před 20 dny +45

    I once knew a guy who worked for McDonalds and I've asked him the following question: Why is it that I have to pay for every additional package of sauce I want with my nuggets, but when I buy a box of nuggets and pass on the sauce that comes with it, I don't get my nuggets cheaper?
    His answer? That's because the sauce that comes with the box of nuggets normally are a gift from McDonalds that I get 'for free'. That was the moment when I knew this guy was full of crap.

    • @ladyarmourlapras
      @ladyarmourlapras Před 16 dny +10

      "for free if you buy something actually priced higher" is one of the fatter lies corpos managed to peddle and get away with.

  • @harleyspeedthrust4013
    @harleyspeedthrust4013 Před 20 dny +110

    I'm a software engineer who likes to write software outside of his job. All of my software is free software, licensed under the GPL and AGPL to ensure that it remains free. I'm sick of all this subscription and SaaS nonsense, and I'm sick of corpos trying to tell me what I'm allowed to do with MY hardware and MY software. Before long, phone manufacturers are going to start selling "subscription phones" where you pay a monthly fee for the privilege of using the device... if you stop paying, the phone shuts down and stays off. They've already started selling laptops with locked bootloaders and "protections" to prevent you from doing anything "harmful" (whatever that means). Next, Windows will switch to a subscription model where you pay every month or the OS locks you out of your files and your work. And you can't get system level access because "you might cause damage." And people are just going to spread their legs and take it because they don't care about their freedom...

    • @Deviated09
      @Deviated09 Před 20 dny +16

      that's essentially what windows wants to do. Starting in the next couple generations of windows OS, they want it to be a subscription based OS. Pay monthly to use the system. And as recent as windows 11h22 is now attempting to be phased out to accomplish this... You may have only been partially joking, but what's scary is that is exactly where we are going...

    • @m.m.4609
      @m.m.4609 Před 20 dny

      Its always the same frog NPC's. so sick and tired of them. I actually understand why elite wants to rid of 70% of the world. they're using and abusing everything in this sorld except their damn brains.

    • @qui-gonsgin8747
      @qui-gonsgin8747 Před 20 dny +6

      ​@@Deviated09 Then everyone with a brain starts using Linux, but it sucks if it comes to this.

    • @foldionepapyrus3441
      @foldionepapyrus3441 Před 20 dny +3

      I mostly agree, though I also accept it is possible to have SaaS and other subcription services done right - the early days of MMO video games for instance really could justify the fee, ongoing content and at the time the servers and bandwidth required to run the game would be ruiniously expensive compared today. Streaming services as well could be justifiable as well - the content costs money to licence and the bandwidth even today as videos are such large files isn't going to be cheap. Though they actually have to do it right to earn the money and as far as I know none of the paid for streaming services are really worth paying for - but I don't much care for that sort of entertainment so mostly I hear Louis' rants about Netflix...

    • @Monsuco
      @Monsuco Před 15 dny +1

      I mean to be fair you do have to pay a monthly subscription to use your phone, that's how phone plans work. Your phone is basically useless without one.

  • @fzigunov
    @fzigunov Před 20 dny +61

    A thing to be noted: for computers, YES, they are orders of magnitude faster than in the past. How can it be, though, that the loading times are the same or slower no matter how much technology advances? I think this gotta be discussed more. We have computers that are -literally- quadrillions of times faster than in the 1990's and we still need to wait 30 seconds for a computer to boot, 2 seconds for an app to open, etc. Makes no sense.
    The bloat, the lazy library usage, the incompetence of programmers, the spyware, everything wastes computer resources in an unbelievable way. My colleagues who code sometimes dare to say "oh, I use this library that is OPTIMIZED for doing this operation". I have seen codes for libraries that are (and this is a generalization) completely the opposite of optimized. People just don't care to really code to optimize resource usage anymore. It's truly sad!!

    • @uNiels_Heart
      @uNiels_Heart Před 20 dny +13

      While in general you are correct, of course, the whole thing is not that trivial. Rising expectations we have regarding programs means rising complexity. That's the real problem. And there's some non-linearity there. While one could in theory try to combat complexity, there's also this competition thing that compels businesses to release as soon as possible, throwing quality under the bus along the way.

    • @m.m.4609
      @m.m.4609 Před 20 dny +6

      its true. I'm also a coder but these days "coders" just grab some well known library / framework and build on and around it, not knowing the implications and complications later on. It became worse after chatGPT and lots of script kiddies now trying and claiming to be "programming".

    • @eclipse2445
      @eclipse2445 Před 20 dny +7

      as someone who exclusively uses decade old hardware, absolutely, us programmers have gotten worse at our work, no longer caring about resource usage

    • @legacysage
      @legacysage Před 19 dny +7

      They take all that power and technological innovation and harness it to load more fucking trash to make the user experience even worse. It's an insult to all those who stood before in the creative process. Like powering a toaster with a supercar.

    • @idogaming3532
      @idogaming3532 Před 19 dny +1

      Computers were objectively slower and less powerful, but that encouraged optimization. See DOOM.EXE.

  • @FreeTimeMastermind
    @FreeTimeMastermind Před 20 dny +292

    Louis serving up the most unpopular topic of all: personal responsibility.

    • @tomppeli.
      @tomppeli. Před 20 dny +3

      Forgive my ignorance, but I don't get it.
      Personal responsibility of avoiding BMW in this case or what?

    • @SkylineFTW97
      @SkylineFTW97 Před 20 dny +4

      ​@@tomppeli.Of not buying from companies that screw the users over. The users have to put their feet down if they want bad behavior to stop before it becomes the norm, irrespective of what industry or practice it is. This applies to BMW, Apple, DCS, and anyone else doing shady shit.

    • @FreeTimeMastermind
      @FreeTimeMastermind Před 20 dny

      @@tomppeli. There is an ongoing theme to his channel:
      "Companies abuse customers because customers tolerate it."
      My industry is insurance. We have people that have been paying policies for thirty years that they've never read. Then they wait until they have a claim to try to understand what it covers.
      This is the equivalent of getting into a car accident to find out if your airbags work. Customers blame "greedy" insurance companies but it is the customer wanting the lowest possible price, only to complain when it barely covers anything.
      I've seen people complain about how "America doesn't make anything anymore". Then the same person goes into Harbor Freight to get their tools which is nearly 100% Chinese products.
      Louis stresses individuals to get education about the contracts, agreements, EULA's, etc. to prevent this problem. You could zoom out and also apply this to a political level. Most people would quote Jefferson here but I'll leave you with Madison:
      "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

    • @tomppeli.
      @tomppeli. Před 20 dny +1

      @@SkylineFTW97 It seems to have been proven that corporations' hiding efforts are effective, since people can still make purchases with affected companies without a lot of research.
      With research, more people could avoid these sorts of purchases, but companies keep hiding their more nefarious schemes.

    • @patheadroom7072
      @patheadroom7072 Před 20 dny +6

      That list of corporations that don’t screw over their customers is getting smaller and smaller. You can do all the research and then bam, company becomes consumer hostile.

  • @MSMW23
    @MSMW23 Před 20 dny +160

    My friend recently had to replace the battery in her BMW key fob. I was in shock when she told me it would cost $750 to replace from BMW, and as it was a sealed unit, she had no choice. I had to replace mine once. 2 small screws removed to open it, a $1.95 CR1616 battery replaced and I was good to go.

    • @JustInspiredKent
      @JustInspiredKent Před 20 dny +18

      Okay that is ridiculous. I had no idea it was that bad.

    • @MyAramil
      @MyAramil Před 20 dny +25

      My 01 litterally is friction sealed, I just take a coin, twist it and it pops free. But... almost 800$ to replace a battery in a fob? That is BS

    • @Hanselljlh
      @Hanselljlh Před 20 dny +16

      Now I understand why there was a key and keyfob replacement warranty offered when I bought a vehicle back in 2010.... Testing grounds.

    • @chrishartley1210
      @chrishartley1210 Před 20 dny +7

      While I agree that the price is ridiculous, it's not quite the same as saying here's a key for 750 but if you want it to open ALL the doors that's another 250.
      She bought a BMW, if she didn't understand (and it's easy enough to find out) how stupidly overpriced every replacement part is for a BMW that's down to her. Does she really think that BMW are outrageous? Or will she buy another?

    • @yosefmacgruber1920
      @yosefmacgruber1920 Před 20 dny +7

      When my key fob finally failed, I just used it like manual locks, since back then, actual physical "keys" were still a thing.
      On another car, I thought that the electric locks were making random noises. Pulled the fuse out, "fixed". Who can afford to put much money into an old car?
      I used to change my own watch batteries. I must have a couple of sets of jeweler's screwdrivers around somewhere? Now they have the watch battery lasting 7 or 10 years, by the time a watch needs a new battery, it is about time for the watch to be replaced, as the buttons are likely failing by then anyway. And often the crappy watch bands will not even last as long as the watch. I like my current watch, so I took it to the mall repair guy, let him put a different band on it for me. And I have already bought the next watch for when it eventually fails.
      I suspect Louis could replace her battery for far less? Sealed unit really? So that means that she could take it swimming with her, and it would be just fine? Or is that BMW utter BS?
      Before I switched over to a Linux desktop, my Mac mini desperately needed more RAM, its 2 GB was just not getting the job done. Because I had the older Mac mini, it was easy to replace myself, only costed $50 to max it out at 16 GB, even more RAM than my current Linux has. The newer "better"? Mac mini has soldered in RAM. Is Apple becoming a crap brand?

  • @GinaOhNo
    @GinaOhNo Před 20 dny +6

    I see them all the time on Reddit. I was nearly decapitated once for simply saying that Spotify "sells" you music that it doesn't even "own". To make it worse, it was on a piracy sub! People are constantly being the PR mouth pieces for these companies but they are the first ones whining about subscription prices going up or how their playlists are being removed.

  • @SA-gf3th
    @SA-gf3th Před 18 dny +18

    I pay for hardware.
    I own it
    I can do whatever I want to it.
    Not a company. You sold it. It's gone.

  • @captain150
    @captain150 Před 20 dny +83

    The color vs black and white TV is a great example. The NTSC went to great lengths to ensure the new color TVs were both forward and backward compatible. Existing B&W TVs would receive color signals, and color TVs could receive B&W signals. There's none of that now. Oh your phone is 2 years old? Too bad, buy a new one.

    • @Code7Unltd
      @Code7Unltd Před 20 dny +1

      Of course, most monochrome video still has colour, too. It's just grey for things without it (unless it's one of Ted's colouring jobs).

    • @beanmeupscotty
      @beanmeupscotty Před 20 dny +25

      The key difference is the character of the average customer then vs now. The primary customer for them was middle-aged men who had come of age during WWII. Imagine how well an attempt so swindle them over slightly improving a source of entertainment would go. Versus today, where the primary consumers were raised more by a conglomerate of corporate entities than any one person in their life. Of course they'll still be blind to the fact that their chronic abuser is still abusing them.

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer Před 20 dny

      The NTSC is controlled by the FCC, a government body. They didn't screw anyone over because they had no incentive to do so.

    • @thanhhuynh272
      @thanhhuynh272 Před 20 dny

      Actually the Isreali Government believed prople should watch in monochrome and despite both colour sets and colour broadcast equipment at the stations, the government decreed that the colour burst part of the signal be blocked…so colour did not work even of you had a colour set. This generated s marked for third-party “pirate” colur bust generators with hue control tact could be added to your folour set to enable almost full colour reception. i say, “almost” becsuse colour is PHASE encoded and needs the burst to set the reference phase pg the local subcarrier oscillator in the TV set. The third party dongles cpuld not lock in phase because there was nothing to lock to, so they jut slowly “freewheeled” and the hue o the picture slowly changed over a few hours…so they were fitted with s manual hue control that required tweaking every half hour or so.
      So, yes, in a nutshell, it has been tried with colour TV…but by a government…not private sector as Louis is debating here.

    • @durschfalltv7505
      @durschfalltv7505 Před 20 dny +1

      ​@@beanmeupscotty how true

  • @KiljiArslan
    @KiljiArslan Před 20 dny +100

    I agree unquestionably that bootlickers make the world worse Louis.

  • @havaqmusic
    @havaqmusic Před 20 dny +189

    Imagine wanting to own the product you bought. Smh

    • @Hanselljlh
      @Hanselljlh Před 20 dny +3

      Get off my grass!!!

    • @MoreEvilThanYahweh
      @MoreEvilThanYahweh Před 20 dny +3

      It's unreal how certain forces are trying to include such a reasonable sentiment as being extremist or right wing...

    • @ryank6322
      @ryank6322 Před 20 dny

      It's no longer ownership. It's an indefinite rental.

    • @crypto66
      @crypto66 Před 20 dny

      @@ryank6322 You know what that sounds like? Home "ownership" in ch*na. The system there is you lease the property from the government for 80 years; you literally cannot own your own home. Is that where this is headed? Imagine that; corpos taking cues from a "commie" playbook.

  • @zolaarczakle
    @zolaarczakle Před 20 dny +14

    Orwell and Huxley never thought that we would buy ourselves the mean to be spied with.

    • @RhondaFizzleflint
      @RhondaFizzleflint Před 20 dny +7

      Contrary to Orwell Huxley's Brave New World tells exactly this story: we give up our freedoms voluntarily for consumerism and Soma.

  • @1vbAPiYk
    @1vbAPiYk Před 20 dny +31

    Lately corporate bootlicking and consooomerism are the most American things imaginable

    • @zf436
      @zf436 Před 20 dny +7

      Don't ask questions, consume product and get excited for next product.

    • @1vbAPiYk
      @1vbAPiYk Před 20 dny

      @@zf436 exactly xD

    • @AngryVikingwGuitar
      @AngryVikingwGuitar Před 12 dny

      They're cultural staples. And the dipshits that subscribe to those staples are the large majority. People I have nothing in common with.

  • @rustymustard7798
    @rustymustard7798 Před 20 dny +131

    But Louis, have you even TASTED their boots? YUM! IYKYK

  • @gordonpearce
    @gordonpearce Před 20 dny +21

    Louis is right in saying this is the general population's fault. I had a friend complaining about toll charges the other day. I told him there are tolls only because he and many others use those roads. My GPS is set to avoid tolls, and I will never buy a BMW with their current business practices.

  • @johnathonallen3503
    @johnathonallen3503 Před 19 dny +13

    If the animals in the farm are too busy fighting amongst themselves there is no need for a fence.

  • @mikaay4269
    @mikaay4269 Před 20 dny +16

    This is why I am becoming an electrical engineer! You can literally just "hack" cars at that point.

    • @lektrikzz8763
      @lektrikzz8763 Před 20 dny +1

      Maybe so, but the vehicle is connected and will report 'unaurthorized' usage to the higher authority

    • @mikaay4269
      @mikaay4269 Před 20 dny

      ​@@lektrikzz8763 you can just disconnect it lol

    • @Roberts1171
      @Roberts1171 Před 19 dny

      ​@@lektrikzz8763 phone home functionality can be circumvented.

    • @arib515
      @arib515 Před 12 dny

      So

  • @tobyzilla2.074
    @tobyzilla2.074 Před 20 dny +30

    I hate corporate bootlickers so much that I sometimes think they are brainwashed

    • @SvengelskaBlondie
      @SvengelskaBlondie Před 20 dny +13

      That's a possibility, I think another reason is ego. They tie themselves to brands cause they on some level think they are the brand, i know it sounds dumb but that's cause it is. People are not the brands they like, just as little as they are the thoughts they think or the feelings they have.

    • @Theweouthereforrealclub-
      @Theweouthereforrealclub- Před 19 dny +2

      @@SvengelskaBlondieBrave new world

    • @GruntoSkunko
      @GruntoSkunko Před 14 dny

      They're an old phenomenon; lumpenprole.

  • @Fyrebaugh
    @Fyrebaugh Před 20 dny +20

    Well we did have this in the computer industry, I worked for a large multinational multimedia company and when they came out with a new chipset, it would be able to do more, but be limited in the driver.. The driver was locked to other settings on the card. Then a new "card" would come out with the exact same chipset but the driver for it would enable other capabilities that were present on the main DSP chip. A user found this out and edited the driver himself and gave himself access to the additional features that he didn't "pay" for but the hardware was capable of.

    • @user-lh5re8jh7u
      @user-lh5re8jh7u Před 20 dny +6

      It's like buying a 2k Sq ft house and being locked out of half of it.

    • @uNiels_Heart
      @uNiels_Heart Před 20 dny +2

      This practice is widespread with enterprise-level hardware

  • @tiramisucocolands7952
    @tiramisucocolands7952 Před 20 dny +23

    When you have a plate of food in your hand but you have to pay a subscription fee to unlock the taste, texture, nutrients and to feel full 😭

    • @user-lh5re8jh7u
      @user-lh5re8jh7u Před 20 dny +8

      That's what carbon credits are. It's a subscription for air. It's all a scam.

  • @danielshaw7288
    @danielshaw7288 Před 19 dny +11

    7:38 - "When I download a file the person who originally has the file still has it, so that's not stealing. Here you're not depriving someone of their suspension nor are you depriving the manufacturer." BWM would like to "Umm actually..." this argument because that's exactly what they're doing as they're depriving a person who paid for the suspension from using it fully.

    • @yehldyehld
      @yehldyehld Před 12 dny

      Coincidentally I started reading your comment just as he started saying it in the video haha

  • @KylesGuide
    @KylesGuide Před 20 dny +3

    We have the same problem with CNC machines, especially Haas. They love to nickel and dime you for "software" activations on hardware that can already run the features. For example, they want $900 for "high speed machining". This simply turns on a feature that allows the controller to "look ahead" up to 200 lines and uses an algorithm to plan out its moves for faster machining. If you use a Mach4 controller ($150 software), you can set the look ahead manually, essentially up to the limit of your computer's RAM. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

  • @test-rj2vl
    @test-rj2vl Před 20 dny +106

    I have been trying to share Stop Killing Games recently and I have seen very similar attitude. People for some reason just like to give their unconditional support to those who take advantage of them. And they love to talk those who actually want to make their lives better. And the bigger problem is that most of people just never fact check what they are told, they just mimic whatever the majority is doing.

    • @HiragamaIkunai
      @HiragamaIkunai Před 20 dny

      world wide stockholm syndrome or the general populations IQ is dropped that bad, and all the people who believe in turning the other cheek when wronged the world has become both more dangerous but also spineless and toothless.

    • @PURENT
      @PURENT Před 20 dny +6

      The problem with Stop Killing Games is that it's very naive just from reading the FAQ.
      It talks about how easy it to migrate to private servers based on pre-conceived notions of simpler games where you just double click an executable like Minecraft servers and it all just works. Meanwhile games relying on SQL databases, API endpoints, content delivery networks, third party services, etc. will be absolute hell to convert. And then it just says "oh but if they just designed better...", when the whole reason for that particular design can be anything from security, scalability, or cost.
      Then it follows up with just saying "we don't expect all functionality to work," what level of functionality is acceptable? And who is going to measure the level of functionality and enforce whether or not it is met. Would an independent developer have to submit their game for review to some regulatory board and if they fail, they have to either refund all customers or spend the next however many months developing at a loss?
      And well the funniest part is when it just says releasing internal executables is "not at all" a security risk. Releasing executables that aren't meant for the public is 100% a security risk, especially if you're going to reuse the code for said executables. There is no program immune to reverse engineering.

    • @ahuatltelicza7874
      @ahuatltelicza7874 Před 20 dny +6

      you're describing MAGA

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer Před 20 dny +7

      So many games use generic unity or unreal executables. That sounds like a self-induced problem.

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny

      ​@@ahuatltelicza7874Maga isn't a "majority". Turn off faux news.

  • @robertalaverdov8147
    @robertalaverdov8147 Před 20 dny +110

    They're really trying to see how far they can take things before they're reminded that they're made of flesh and bone.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před 20 dny

      Ok tough guy

    • @robertalaverdov8147
      @robertalaverdov8147 Před 20 dny +56

      @@aluisious Found the bootlicker.

    • @HiragamaIkunai
      @HiragamaIkunai Před 20 dny

      if thats the case they would have already found out westerners are toothless.

    • @therasco400
      @therasco400 Před 20 dny +20

      @@robertalaverdov8147 Found A bootlicker, never assume there is just one.
      Once you remove all legal recourse the only action someone will take will be illegal. The recourse will still happen, just not in the manner the people who are in charge will approve of.

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon Před 20 dny +28

      @@aluisious when someone actually does something, oooh they are a terrorist and you cry. when they don't you talk like this.

  • @kryptkeeper457
    @kryptkeeper457 Před 20 dny +34

    3:30
    Its like if you purchased a theater seat and when you got there, you were charged a fee to get access to the row to be able to utilize your purchased seat.

    • @wendyhoag9637
      @wendyhoag9637 Před 20 dny

      Perfect!

    • @freeziboi3249
      @freeziboi3249 Před 20 dny +3

      Don't forget the fee to lean back in your seat

    • @RicardoSantos-oz3uj
      @RicardoSantos-oz3uj Před 20 dny

      Or a fee to getting a sit on a plane. When you already bought the ticket.

    • @uNiels_Heart
      @uNiels_Heart Před 20 dny

      Also, the extra access fee is only for 15 minutes, each. If you don't renew it, you will be expelled from the row and have to go to the standing areas.

  • @custos3249
    @custos3249 Před 20 dny +3

    Gotta love how "they're trying to run a business" is a magical get out of jail free card for these people. This mentality is why business naturally trends toward monopoly.

  • @Jakeurb8ty82
    @Jakeurb8ty82 Před 18 dny +6

    Divide and conquer is how they operate always. People in this country used to understand this and the importance of solidarity 80 years ago.

    • @rocketmunkey1
      @rocketmunkey1 Před 18 dny +1

      And those doing the dividing, There is only one group who gets constant praise and a free pass from both the "left" and the "right"

  • @rustymustard7798
    @rustymustard7798 Před 20 dny +57

    Used to be you had to provide value for profit, now it's just extortion. This is basically corporate tip culture.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před 20 dny +4

      It never used to be “you have to provide value for profit.”
      You good old days people are fawning after a time that never existed.

    • @rustymustard7798
      @rustymustard7798 Před 20 dny +3

      @@aluisious No, it existed, it just hasn't existed in your lifetime. All that went away in the 70s and 80s.

    • @ShaiyanHossain
      @ShaiyanHossain Před 20 dny

      That was only because they didn't have the internet or access to developing countries to exploit for profit ​@@rustymustard7798

    • @ShaiyanHossain
      @ShaiyanHossain Před 20 dny +1

      Corporations do not serve customers they serve shareholders

    • @rustymustard7798
      @rustymustard7798 Před 20 dny +1

      @@ShaiyanHossain Lately they haven't been serving anyone but Larry Fink. Even the shareholders are getting screwed over by DEI.

  • @jasonbrasington7880
    @jasonbrasington7880 Před 20 dny +47

    Some philosophers refer to most humans as a herd animal. While most humans are choosing to comply, there is still a tremendous effort being made to train people to be more compliant.

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před 20 dny +6

      All part of the plan - welcome to capitalism and the long game heh

    • @jasonbrasington7880
      @jasonbrasington7880 Před 20 dny +11

      @@3nertia This demand for compliance is primarily a feature of government and is not limited to capitalism. As governments become more centralized and less capitalistic, the greater this demand for compliance becomes.

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před 20 dny +1

      @@jasonbrasington7880 Even governments are beholden to capitalism or do you imagine that their water, electricity, internet, etc. are all free? 🙃
      cap·i·tal·ism
      /ˈkapədlˌizəm/
      noun
      an economic and political system in which a country's *trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit*
      Never heard of lobbyists either? 🙄

    • @jasonbrasington7880
      @jasonbrasington7880 Před 20 dny +5

      @@3nertia Do you still count it as being capitalism when a government owns or controls trade and industry for the government leader's personal profit?

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před 20 dny +2

      @@jasonbrasington7880 You mean a government that doesn't get its currency from a privately owned bank anyway? lmao
      What you said is still literally capitalism by definition lmfao
      cap·i·tal·ism
      /ˈkapədlˌizəm/
      noun
      an economic and political system in which *a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit*

  • @aluisious
    @aluisious Před 20 dny +43

    I wonder how much of bootlicking is “I can’t be a victim (loser) if I agree with what they’re doing to me.”

    • @RicardoSantos-oz3uj
      @RicardoSantos-oz3uj Před 20 dny +5

      There is accepting things under duress. As well as information hidding when you sign an agreement.
      Notice that no one sits with you and reads alloud at a reasonable pace the countract. Or let you take it home to read it and sign it at your leasure.
      Is impossible to agree to something that you didn't know. So there is no agreement. Only a signature from either a fool or a desperate person.

    • @jeanlasalle2351
      @jeanlasalle2351 Před 19 dny +2

      ​@@RicardoSantos-oz3ujThere is an agreement if they vocally agree to it and even defend the company.

  • @jordanimatedstreaming
    @jordanimatedstreaming Před 20 dny +3

    "The classic example of rent-seeking, according to Robert Shiller, is that of a property owner who installs a chain across a river that flows through their land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about the chain or the collector, nor do passing boats get anything in return. The owner has made no improvements to the river and is not adding value in any way, directly or indirectly, except for themselves. All they are doing is finding a way to obtain money from something that used to be free."

  • @nope6471
    @nope6471 Před 9 dny +2

    21minutes of pure wisdom no one will heed, it's depressing.

  • @classichank60
    @classichank60 Před 20 dny +73

    I'm liking this video for the title alone. When I read it, I immediately yelled "YES, EXACTLY!!"

  • @dunk7073
    @dunk7073 Před 20 dny +33

    laziness and stupidity, pretty simple.

    • @ryank6322
      @ryank6322 Před 20 dny

      Where do all the lazy and stupid people come from? 🤔

  • @PURENT
    @PURENT Před 20 dny +12

    But Mr. Rossmann, I love being a subscriptoid, I love giving money every month to dozens of different companies offering products that were once a one time purchase. I love seeing my credit card bill go up any variation of a price ending in 99 cents ranging from $6.99 to $24.99 several days each month as the billing cycle renews. Wow is that a new subscription, 50 cents a day? What do I get out of it? Nothing? Sign me up!

  • @damon22441
    @damon22441 Před 20 dny +5

    While we're on it:
    Gatekeeping is a good thing, helps protect against boot lickers and people who want to steal your stuff and warp it into something it's not.

    • @TheDraconicBard
      @TheDraconicBard Před 20 dny

      RIP warhammer. Gate could not be kept hard enough

    • @lemonscentedgames3641
      @lemonscentedgames3641 Před 2 dny

      Yep they put emulators on iphones and vimms lair was down in a month. Clear op to find the most popular emulation site

  • @Mortalcoil100
    @Mortalcoil100 Před 19 dny +6

    I hate spam emails, but, one day, I finally realized we get them because they work... because some a-hole clicks on it... spam was the penance we all paid because a small percentage of ppl that didn't get ate by lions.

  • @TruthNTime
    @TruthNTime Před 20 dny +61

    "Bootlicker"
    A term to describe a person who commits the act of bootlicking. The act of bootlicking is when an oppressed person or persons, such as the working class, sucks up to the oppressor in hopes of appeasing them. The reason it is referred to at "bootlicking" is because the oppressor metaphorically has a boot over the face or neck of the oppressed, suffocating them, and the oppressed licks it in an attempt to dissuade the oppressor.

    •  Před 20 dny +10

      Stockholm syndrome but the victim perpetrates, condones, and/or amplifies additional harm to others.

    • @AulusAugerius
      @AulusAugerius Před 20 dny +6

      Where did you find that? My understanding is that it was a licking to clean the boot, by doing someone a demeaning service to gain favour.

    • @JimB-yh3iq
      @JimB-yh3iq Před 20 dny

      His source is that he "made it the fc up". Modern losers have to figure out how something fits into their flavour of power paradigm, even things that are inherently about a power paradigm.

    • @grejsancoprative
      @grejsancoprative Před 20 dny

      ​​@@AulusAugerius
      Ignore the OP. He's just trying to sound smart. Let him have his moment of pretend intellectual™.

    • @truetech4158
      @truetech4158 Před 20 dny

      Bombvests never produce afterlives, but sandal lickers of stockholm syndrome saying otherwise, you know how it is.

  • @r4vr4m12
    @r4vr4m12 Před 20 dny +11

    This Channel is not just a good view into tech and the past but a good way to learn how to argument/defend yourself for such cases

  • @heroslippy6666
    @heroslippy6666 Před 20 dny +15

    Have you ever considered that at least 50% of the inflation we are experiencing is completely artificial?

    • @PURENT
      @PURENT Před 20 dny

      Of course it's artificial, the federal reserve has removed 2 trillion from the market, prices still go up.

    • @user-lh5re8jh7u
      @user-lh5re8jh7u Před 20 dny +5

      All of it is.

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 Před 20 dny

      @@user-lh5re8jh7u Haha Yup.

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny +2

      Whatever. Just print more money.

    • @SvengelskaBlondie
      @SvengelskaBlondie Před 20 dny

      Inflation is by default artificial, maybe if the feds didn't spend all their time running their money printers on blast we wouldn't have this bad of an inflation.

  • @tannerarmstrong1496
    @tannerarmstrong1496 Před 20 dny +2

    A better example with the symphony would be this: Imagine instead of paying for a seat, you straight up bought the entire auditorium and paid the orchestra to put on a show. But the people you bought the auditorium from left the door to the booth seets locked, and when you ask them for the key they tell you they can either sell you the key for a lump sum or you can pay them a monthly fee to come in to your auditorium and let you into the booth whenever a show is scheduled.

  • @learigg
    @learigg Před 20 dny +7

    The issue with the BMW suspension is that your car is fitted with very expensive suspension struts to facilitate adaptive suspension, even if you don't have it enabled. If or when the suspension fails then your repair costs are going to be significantly higher. Therefore you end up with the running costs of a top of the range model while you're still driving the bottom of the range model.

  • @EllisThings
    @EllisThings Před 20 dny +219

    Tori Amos has always been, and will always be, better than BMW

    • @rbae
      @rbae Před 20 dny +12

      When was this ever a debate? You say that like Tori Amos is bad enough to ever be compared to BMW

    • @Thesickempire
      @Thesickempire Před 20 dny +2

      How else are they supposed to pay for the servers you have to connect to every time you start your car?

    • @amandajean7738
      @amandajean7738 Před 20 dny +5

      Don't compare that amazing artist to a malicious tyrannical corporation.

    • @jamis0nify
      @jamis0nify Před 20 dny +5

      @@Thesickempire The sale of your data, is what most of their actual profit is.

    • @pomodorino1766
      @pomodorino1766 Před 20 dny +2

      @@jamis0nify Yep, we are the product.

  • @Tooob
    @Tooob Před 20 dny +26

    I have a good friend that's a bootlicker. I try to ignore it, but he's a coward and it seems like nothing is going to change him.

    • @fs127
      @fs127 Před 20 dny +5

      Generally an inability to think past their own experiences.

  • @dunk7073
    @dunk7073 Před 20 dny +8

    "When something was made better, it was made available to everyone." yes exactly this, more and more proprietary garbage has been coming out in every industry and I'm getting sick of it. It decreases overall progressive efficiency if less minds are able to utilise it in the long term. Seems like every company is worried about leaks and reverse-engineering that they go to unfathomable lengths and cripple the end-user experience by the end of it. We need more standardisation to occur to raise product expectations.

  • @H33t3Speaks
    @H33t3Speaks Před 20 dny +4

    Long have I paid a price for refusing the be bullied, however it’s important to have this courage and if you don’t have it; to intellectually exercise it even in the face of terrible fear. Our collective refusal to follow this example, is why we are here.

  • @85TransAm406
    @85TransAm406 Před 20 dny +4

    What used to happen was manufacturers just called something that they decided to put on every car a "standard feature" and used the list of standard features as a tool to sell more cars? More standard features would raise the perceived value, then they would sell more cars, and thats how they made more money. If you wanted something that cost more to add to the car, you just paid more for the option. 100% fair and straightforward. Normalizing all these subscription based features is the real problem with this, not whether or not people choose to buy a BMW. Too many people arent getting that.

  • @courage3535
    @courage3535 Před 20 dny +36

    I remember when Louis would reply to me years ago about me being too pessimistic when I said everything bad happening is the consumer's fault. Look where we are now. Children raised by the same services that exploits them and breaches their privacy. If you go on forums like reddit, it's all mindless individuals who can't make the smallest choices by themselves. It's too late man, we've already lost. The new generations cannot live without an authority choosing everything for them.

    • @UselessKnowbody
      @UselessKnowbody Před 20 dny

      Cataclysm is coming, and the magnetic pole shift has already begun. 2040 - 2050 is the hard end of this era. Most will not survive what is coming. Humanity will return to the dark ages and lose the technology. As the bible puts it, "I make all things new and the former things will not be remembered."

    • @starbock
      @starbock Před 20 dny

      There's a study that documents how a majority in new generations would be perfectly fine with the government installing cameras inside their homes to ensure their safety. They've been conditioned into believing this insanity.

  • @Anonymouthful
    @Anonymouthful Před 20 dny +8

    People stopped thinking critically, why bother protesting when you can pay more to get rid of whatever annoyance you have. All the standards are set by corporations and trying to pushback is just a waste of time and comfort and that is something the average consumer hates. Being taken out of their comfort zone where their blisfully ignorant and none the wiser how their being fucked over for having to keep paying more and more for extra shit, all in the name of not having go against the grain and interrupt their haze of simplicity.

    • @TeH.j0keR
      @TeH.j0keR Před 20 dny

      The same concept applies even toward protesting. You can read all about it from the era of the Occupy Wallstreet protests. Not only does the police state harass any dissent, but so do hired mercenaries which sabotage the protests, and the deep state does the same. It's pay-to-win and the jackbooted thugs know who they work for.

  • @MyAramil
    @MyAramil Před 20 dny +9

    AshiStarshade's argument is disingenuous.
    This is not you having a car with a type of suspension, then running over to your neighbor and then taking their suspension. This is the automaker saying "pay us to get full functionality of your vehicle" A better example would be that although you bought the seat, you are not entitled to lower it unless you paid an extra fee.

    • @HiragamaIkunai
      @HiragamaIkunai Před 20 dny

      in legal this is called strongarm...which is a felony

  • @cest7343
    @cest7343 Před 16 dny +1

    in the light of virtualized scarcity - piracy isn't theft - the owner isn't lacking an item in its inventory - he has nothing stolen off of him.

  • @aruce9
    @aruce9 Před 9 dny +1

    Hardcore agree. I don’t understand why people do so much bootlicking when the company doesn’t care about you or can easily replace you with someone just as stupid who lacks critical thinking to demand better from companies

  • @thephilguy1
    @thephilguy1 Před 20 dny +18

    Louis, progress and freedom do not go up in a straight line. When Britain first adopted mass industrialization in the 18th century, quality of life decreased, cities became overcrowded, people worked *MORE* and had less ability to spend time with their families. Hershey and Ford made good products, but they also made company towns. When gold, oil, coal booms came to town, robber barons always tried to monopolize and squeeze as much possible out of their workers. Labour organizations forced governments to adopt regulations. We always have to fight to keep our freedoms, now is no exception.

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny +7

      They figured out that you could just outsource or import cheap foreign labour to do the jobs for pennies.

  • @mannypardo1080
    @mannypardo1080 Před 20 dny +80

    Thinking for yourself isn't in vogue anymore.

    • @sr2291
      @sr2291 Před 20 dny +11

      When was thinking for yourself ever in vogue?

    • @aj.j5833
      @aj.j5833 Před 20 dny +3

      @@sr2291 That is why I always supported religion and know we need religion because it is instruction manual for living smartly and properly for all people who don't want to do any thinking for themselves.

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman Před 20 dny

      @@aj.j5833 Specifically Christianity. The other religions are inventions of the same wayward sheep who just follow the herd.

    •  Před 20 dny +1

      @@Carl-GundersonLunatic?

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před 20 dny +1

      It was never in vogue

  • @cmas5854
    @cmas5854 Před 20 dny +18

    car manufactures put hardware in our cars we need to pay a subscription. That extra hardware belongs to the car manufacture, surely that means they should pay us for that extra fuel used to carry their hardware.
    Maybe a tiny amount of extra fuel but they still should pay us to carry things we don’t own

    • @j100j
      @j100j Před 20 dny +2

      That's a good point. We never wanted the hardware then why do we have to expend our resoirces for it.

  • @BunkerSquirrel
    @BunkerSquirrel Před 20 dny +2

    It’s been this way with oscilloscopes for decades. Putting the exact same hardware in all of them and kneecapping the cheaper models in firmware. My fist o-scope was the cheapest in the lineup, and I was able to literally quadruple the performance out of it by loading cracked firmware on it. Saved myself nearly $3000 this way.

  • @jpsuper
    @jpsuper Před 20 dny +1

    I worked (about 10yrs ago) for a company that was a supplier for BMW.
    BMW wants to pay peanuts for certain services. I never wanted to drop my hourly rate, so I never was with BMW, but colleagues did.
    BMW had Bavarian suppliers for certain hardware (CNC work ant manufacturing), those specs went to a Chinese company to save money.
    Those savings ARE NEVER passed on to the customer, as you say too. I don‘t understand why fanboys or corporate bootlickers defend companies for „stealing“ from their wallets!?

  • @Kyle496
    @Kyle496 Před 20 dny +15

    "imagine if crumple zones were a subscription".
    This was a thing for motorcycles and their airbags about 5 or 8 years ago now, was a huge story.

  • @triduck
    @triduck Před 20 dny +6

    2:24 tldr "everything is worth what people are willing to pay for it". But we already payed for it. What happened to standard features. If it's already installed it's standard. This is purely well if I got to do this then I'm gonna try to get extra money

  • @redneckcoder
    @redneckcoder Před 20 dny +5

    Next thing you know, they are going to put sensors in it and charge you by how much roughness the suspension absorbs. every bump is a penny.

  • @BarcelonaMove
    @BarcelonaMove Před 15 dny

    I hate that people so much, thanks for bringing it up and comment on the topic, you saved me a lot of time trying to explain it to other people

  • @ChakatStormCloud
    @ChakatStormCloud Před 20 dny +1

    There is ONE situation where these unlocks make sense, and it if the manufacturer is selling the "base model" at a loss, and the unlocks make up for it.... that doesn't happen, no manufacturer in the world is going to sell a car at a loss. Some markets ARE willing to do this, namely airlines, since they'd rather fill the seat at a loss than not fill it at all, and free to play MMOs, since a more active popular game is one of the primary ways to attract high paying customers. Cars can just sit in a lot until they're sold, and more people driving a certain car doesn't increase it's value to a consumer, so they would absolutely never do that.

  • @TheGameBench
    @TheGameBench Před 20 dny +16

    They do love their false equivalencies.

  • @michaelshrader5139
    @michaelshrader5139 Před 20 dny +33

    I understand monthly subscriptions for software that absolutely has to be updated weekly or monthly in order for it to work... but for software that doesn't really need any updates in order to do what it was designed to do, I want to buy a 1 time license for the current version and then if a major update to the software comes out in the future AND I want it then I can pay a smaller fee to upgrade to it! Anything else, is a rip-off! Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions are a ripoff for most people who only use it on 1 PC and it's the only PC they have, for example. But most people just don't know that! Just saying.

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman Před 20 dny

      It's a ripoff in general. There's this thing called LibreOffice. :P

    •  Před 20 dny +2

      Almost everyone under the age of 30 believes renting is somehow superior to ownership.

    • @MyAramil
      @MyAramil Před 20 dny

      Unless its something for a security means, No software needs weekly updates.

    • @MrMsedek
      @MrMsedek Před 20 dny

      i absolutly love intellij IDE full and id gladly pay 300usd for a licence, but im not gonna pay a monthly sub so i use vscode lol

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny

      Because it is. Renting beats "owning", because you never actually "own" anything.

  • @Brrrap743
    @Brrrap743 Před 20 dny +29

    As a big supporter of the 1A community, I never thought I'd hear the word "Bootlicker" come out of your mouth. Love it.
    Edit: I added the word bootlicker to my comment to make more sense.

    • @rossmanngroup
      @rossmanngroup  Před 20 dny +9

      ?

    • @Brrrap743
      @Brrrap743 Před 20 dny +1

      @@rossmanngroup Bootlicker.
      We use the word bootlicker very often when it comes to submitting to cops unlawful demands.

  • @peregrinecovington4138

    You are truly a real one Louis. Thank you.

  • @MarjaMariachi
    @MarjaMariachi Před 20 dny +2

    Don't act on that threat! You'll make all the fish have tummy-aches, eating dudes who subsist entirely off a diet of shoe polish!

  • @PsyOpSoup
    @PsyOpSoup Před 20 dny +22

    Weak men have made bad times. Now we have to live in a dystopian world filled with no freedoms and under the control of oppressors that look to keep us under more and more control.

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny +1

      We literally live in the safest and most prosperous period in human history. The past sucked. Nostalgia is a drug.

    • @PsyOpSoup
      @PsyOpSoup Před 20 dny

      @@gfys756 Keep telling yourself that. Your controllers thank you for your participation in the brainwashing. The protocols have worked perfectly on weak minds such as yours. Ignorance is bliss.

    • @klausschwab11
      @klausschwab11 Před 20 dny +6

      ​@@gfys756Ignorance is bliss. Brainwashing has worked perfectly on you.

    • @gfys756
      @gfys756 Před 20 dny

      @@klausschwab11 lol okay boomer. The past is gone. Dead and buried. Get used to it.

    • @klausschwab11
      @klausschwab11 Před 20 dny

      @@gfys756 I am 38 kiddo. I am referring to the past beyond 100 years ago. Again you know nothing. Only sheep say Boomer when confronted by intelligence

  • @Shadeamous
    @Shadeamous Před 20 dny +6

    instead of that i become a software engineer hacker and mechanical engineer

  • @joeskinner6225
    @joeskinner6225 Před 20 dny +4

    Also we have allowed it to be acceptable for appliances to last 5 years, they used to last 40 plus, so progress, im not so sure in many cases that matter. I keep my appliances going but no matter what there not going to last same as a 70s or 80s version period!

    • @user-lh5re8jh7u
      @user-lh5re8jh7u Před 20 dny +1

      Right. Which proves this isn't about waste and pollution since everything is practically disposable and super expensive.

    • @joeskinner6225
      @joeskinner6225 Před 20 dny

      What I been saying for ever now, it's profit driven, The CONvient truth is we waste as a society and pollute for profit with a green smokescreen!

  • @SanctifiedLux42
    @SanctifiedLux42 Před 5 dny +1

    "He really needs to find a different word for us." -Bootlickers after I call them bootlickers

  • @VishalKjha
    @VishalKjha Před 7 dny +1

    I have a simple motto
    Show loyalty to people in your life, not the companies, not the trends, not the billionaires, celebrities or political parties. It's a mouthful but it gets the message across.

  • @imnotusingmyrealname4566
    @imnotusingmyrealname4566 Před 20 dny +6

    The problem is with new EU Euro emissions standards come "cybersecurity" standards which try to prevent owners from modifying the software of their vehicles.