1. Louis Anthony Rossmann was born on November 19,1988 and is an American independent electronics technician, YouTuber, and right to repair activist.
17 Facts About Louis Rossmann
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Louis Rossmann is the owner and operator of Rossmann Repair Group in Austin, Texas, a computer repair shop established in 2007 which specializes in logic board-level repair of MacBooks.
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Louis Rossmann started the Repair Preservation Group, a non-profit organization advocating for the right to repair.
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Louis Rossmann owns a channel on Odysee, which mirrors the content on his YouTube channel.
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Louis Rossmann has actively campaigned for right to repair legislation to be passed in multiple city and state legislatures.
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Louis Rossmann explained that a pin that connected the MacBook Pro's backlight was simply not seated properly.
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Louis Rossmann explained his repair shop would likely not charge for simply re-seating the backlight pin.
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Louis Rossmann has spoken and testified in right to repair hearings in Boston, Maine, Washington state, and Nebraska.
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Louis Rossmann has appeared in right to repair campaigns related to farming machinery in Nebraska in March 2020.
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Louis Rossmann was initially completely against any restrictions by companies on farmers from repairing their equipment.
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However, Louis Rossmann later admitted that his opinions were not completely correct due to a lack of expertise in farming machinery; this came after he received mail from a John Deere employee stating how allowing farmers to tune their tractors can result in harm to themselves and possible violation of environmental laws.
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Louis Rossmann has criticized the design of the third-generation MacBook Air.
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In March 2021, Louis Rossmann started a crowdfunding campaign on the GoFundMe platform, with the goal of raising $6 million to start a direct ballot initiative protecting consumer right to repair in the state of Massachusetts, citing previous similar successes in the automotive industry.
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Louis Rossmann directs the Repair Preservation Group Action Fund, which is a 501 non-profit that actively lobbies for the passing of right to repair legislations.
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In January 2025, Louis Rossmann founded the Consumer Action Taskforce Wiki as a means to document consumer rights violations for the general public and consumers to read.
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In 2018, Louis Rossmann testified as a witness in a lawsuit from Apple towards an independent smartphone repair shop owner in Norway, Henrik Huseby, regarding the right to repair and authorized smartphone parts.
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On June 5,2019, Louis Rossmann posted a video on YouTube where he appeared as a key witness in the case.