This tact has been plied by a dozen different replies in a dozen different but similar ways (some talking about prose, while others claim it's incomprehensible).
Groan.
A large number of the replies I have gotten would normally be deleted by mods, for good reason. If you're rewording to conjure up flamebait or attacking by conspiracy because you don't like a position, better to not post it.
"you're saying his primary motivation isn't right to repair; it's to extract cash from his viewers."
Don't add your own pejorative narrative and then strike it down. It adds nothing to HN and is flamebait.
Rossmann took his right to repair advocacy and branched out into a personality engagement. For YouTube viewers who are into that, or people who sympathize with his other positions, good for you and good for him, but for the rest of us it's just noise. I no longer pay attention to what he says because his motives have been perverted.
> This tact has been plied by a dozen different replies in a dozen different but similar ways (some talking about prose, while others claim it's incomprehensible).
> Groan.
defaultname, I'm sorry you took offense. I'll see if I can present it a bit differently.
The GP comment reads as if its author added fluff to distract from the true nature of the comment — an entirely unsolicited rant that acts as flamebait on HN.
Every comment on HN is "unsolicited". I certainly didn't ask for your observation on this. Further, "rant"? Give me a break.
Humorously the top comment to this submission is that Rossmann is a "national treasure", along with some commentary about some other guy and how they should do a podcast together.
Nothing whatsoever to do with the submission. Just slathering praise and adulation. Whatever floats someone's boat and no skin off my back.
Did you, perchance, berate that comment for being some sort of NSA-tactic astroturfing "praise-job" that was an unsolicited rant? No? Gosh, I wonder why. Did you conspire that it's subterfuge dropped by Google?
Declaring my comment flamebait is telling. It's a completely banal observation about a conflict in someone's position. The many angry personal attacks (such as yours) are not my doing, and reflect on your own rather bizarre motivations.
> Declaring my comment flamebait is telling. It's a completely banal observation about a conflict in someone's position. The many angry personal attacks (such as yours) are not my doing, and reflect on your own rather bizarre motivations.
Hm... I applied the label to the original comment I replied to, not yours.
But defaultname, I do see you're pretty new. Try not to take things personally; even me labeling their comment as flamebait is a description of the comment and style of discourse rather than an assertion about the person.
The goal in the end is to have quality discussion where we can all learn something and grow a bit, and none of that happens if we either attack each other or perceive each others' words as attacks.
For what it's worth, I do apologize if my words rubbed you the wrong way. Certainly wasn't my intent.
Defaultname’s original comment isn’t flamebait. It just expresses a fairly mild opinion about the direction that Rossman’s channel has taken. It’s especially ironic that you should be so concerned about assuming the best intentions. When has Rossman ever done that in the case of Apple?!
Like defaultname, I also think that Rossman has done a lot of good, but that doesn’t mean that everyone has to love his YouTube channel or refrain from saying anything critical about it.
Groan.
A large number of the replies I have gotten would normally be deleted by mods, for good reason. If you're rewording to conjure up flamebait or attacking by conspiracy because you don't like a position, better to not post it.
"you're saying his primary motivation isn't right to repair; it's to extract cash from his viewers."
Don't add your own pejorative narrative and then strike it down. It adds nothing to HN and is flamebait.
Rossmann took his right to repair advocacy and branched out into a personality engagement. For YouTube viewers who are into that, or people who sympathize with his other positions, good for you and good for him, but for the rest of us it's just noise. I no longer pay attention to what he says because his motives have been perverted.