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Small claims court is likely where this is filed. So, it’s very likely he will get the desired outcome.
edit: ended up watching video on yt at 2X. It is indeed his plan to file suit in small claims court, or as he puts it in his email, "Justice Court of Travis county, Texas" if his demands to replace at current market value or provide replacement are not met.
The video implies he is willing to spend time and money that exceeds the cost of drive to get the outcome desired. But I think that’s more of a performative statement since it’s going to small claims which has very reasonable case fees and can defend self.
It also draws a bunch of negative attention to Samsung for this scummy move. Ideally more media pick this up.
That samsung doesn't have a replacement drive in stock is a blatant lie. They just want to sell him one for the inflated price.
They never used to give you full refunds when these drives lost value over time. And if they did it wasn't what you paid origionally. Now their price is ballooned and suddenly they are eager to do so.
It's extremely clear what Samsung is doing here.
Edit/Addendum that i take no credit for:
Evidently it's against their own warranty terms: https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/warranty/
Also in that policy, however:
Shitty? Absolutely. Legally sound? Could really go either way.
Its crazy that a small claim made the news to be honest.
It's probably because it's Louis Rossmann against Samsung (both giants in their respective fields)...
It's definitely because of Louis. He's been doing a lot of work in the right to repair field, as well as this whole fuckin fiasco that Bambu (the 3d printer company) got themselves into by violating the LGPL license with some software. Streisand'ed themselves good on that one.
Even a small court can have a notable impact when it's between not able figures.
This is less about the case and more about the message. Hench why it makes the news.
Should it somehow go beyond that, somehow, I have little doubt Louis will put his money where his mouth is. He's paid $10.000 bounties to people demonstrating they can crack locked firmware, and done lots of other things.