Louis Rossmann YouTube channel
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Recommended for repair explainers and consumer-rights advocacy, and because it takes no sponsorships. One critic says his videos lost punch after he left New York.
Recommended for repair explainers and consumer-rights advocacy, and because it takes no sponsorships. One critic says his videos lost punch after he left New York.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Advocates for repair and consumer rights
“Louis actually supports people and projects. There's no 'schtick', consumer repair is core to his business and his channel.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to 'Go (Bleep) yourself'” “90% of his content is about advocating for consumer rights like ownership and repair”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to 'Go (Bleep) yourself'” “he's one of the biggest voices pushing the right to repair movement.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Consumer Rights Wiki” Takes no sponsorships or ad money
“refuses to take sponsorships, actively does not want money from making YouTube videos and just wants to get the word out”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death” “Louis Rossman does not take sponsorships, and turns off ads for his videos as much as YouTube allows.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death” Raises public awareness of repair issues
“His YouTube channel raises awareness, but there's a lot of substance behind the style.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to 'Go (Bleep) yourself'” “I am so glad that people like Louis Rossmann have worked to change that perception.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “The Curse of Soldered RAM”
Other YouTube channels people recommend
The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Blue1Brown | 96 | 4 | 96% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Veritasium | 44 | 12 | 79% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Louis Rossmann YouTube channelThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I am so glad that people like Louis Rossmann have worked to change that perception.”
“refuses to take sponsorships, actively does not want money from making YouTube videos and just wants to get the word out”
“Louis Rossman does not take sponsorships, and turns off ads for his videos as much as YouTube allows.”
“My skill went up quite a bit when I started watching Louis Rossmann's explainer videos.”
“he's one of the biggest voices pushing the right to repair movement.”
“when Rossman was in New York, his videos had a better punch”
“I'd recommend watching a few videos about this such as this one from Louis Rossmann”
“I'm just saying I'm not interested in his channel anymore”
“Louis actually supports people and projects. There's no 'schtick', consumer repair is core to his business and his channel.”
“90% of his content is about advocating for consumer rights like ownership and repair”
“His YouTube channel raises awareness, but there's a lot of substance behind the style.”
“Louis is great - the right to repair movement is much bigger, though.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.