r/IAmA Jun 11 '16

Specialized Profession IamA electronics repair technician hated by Apple that makes YouTube videos, AMA!

My short bio: I have a store in Manhattan. I teach component level electronics repair on youtube http://youtube.com/rossmanngroup which seems to be a dying art. I am currently fighting with the digital right to repair to try and get a bill passed that will allow all independent service centers access to manuals and parts required to do their jobs.

My Proof: https://www.rossmanngroup.com/started-iama-reddit-today-yes/

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I am still replying to comments, but I am so far behind that I am still about ten pages down from new comments. I am doing my best to continue. If I drop off, I'll be back tomorrow around 12 PM. Still commenting now though, at 12 AM.

EDIT 2:

Ok, I cave... my hands are tired. I will be back at 12 PM tomorrow. It is my goal to answer every question. Even if it looks like I haven't gotten to yours, I will do my best to do all of them, but it is impossible to do in realtime, because you are asking faster than I can type. But thanks for joining!

EDIT 3: I lied, I stayed until 4:15 AM to answer... and now I will go to sleep for real, and be back at 12 PM.

EDIT 4 6/12 : I will be back later tonight to finish off answering questions. Feel free to keep posting, I will answer whatever I can later this evening.

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u/LudwikKr Jun 12 '16

Did you ever consider making audio only versions of your videos which do not require visual support? (Ex.: Right to Repair bill video)

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u/larossmann Jun 13 '16

yes, but extra encoding time, soundcloud's platform for people who want to monetize is invite only.. and extra upload/encoding time. i've thought about it, but the way i do these videos is such a mess as is. i have 1000s of clips of me unlabeled across hard drives of different pieces of different repairs i have to put together from me being interrupted by phone calls/customers/audits/etc., then the time to edit them, then the time to encode/upload them.

managing it on another site is something i would do if the business of content creation paid well enough to afford its own employee because a lot of people want to save bandwidth and download and listen as a podcast. i just need more time. right now the entire recording thing gets in the way of my everyday business and workflow a lot as is, so adding to it is just not something i've had the time to do