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OPT OUT OF REPAIRSHOPR DATA COLLECTION NOW
- Channel: Louis Rossmann
- Video: OPT OUT OF REPAIRSHOPR DATA COLLECTION NOW
- Date: 2025-01-06
- Description:
https://www.repairshopr.com/repairshopr-user-access-and-license-agreement
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AI Summary[edit | edit source]
Louis Rossmann discusses his concerns with RepairShopr, a software he previously recommended to his customers. He explains that Synchro, the company behind RepairShopr, has changed its terms of service without his consent, allowing them to collect and use his customer data for machine learning purposes. Louis urges his viewers to opt out of this data collection immediately.
RepairShopr's New Terms of Service[edit | edit source]
Louis highlights that RepairShopr's new terms of service allow Synchro to collect, analyze, and use user content and other usage information to provide, maintain, improve, and enhance the service. This includes training their AI tools with Louis' customer data without his consent.
Data Collection and Machine Learning[edit | edit source]
He explains that the software is essentially used for communicating with customers inside tickets, but Synchro's new terms of service allow them to use this data to train their AI tools. Louis emphasizes that users should opt out of this data collection immediately if they value their customer's data, privacy, and ability to communicate privately.
No Reply Email and Lack of Transparency[edit | edit source]
Louis criticizes Synchro for sending a no-reply email to notify him of the changes in terms of service, making it impossible for him to respond or disagree. He compares this to a "rapist mentality" where companies change the terms without consent and expect users to agree.
Opting Out and Migrating Off RepairShopr[edit | edit source]
Louis advises his viewers to opt out of RepairShopr's data collection immediately if they use the software. He also plans to migrate off the platform at his business, citing concerns over data security and customer privacy.
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
The video concludes with Louis emphasizing the importance of users being aware of these changes in terms of service and taking action to protect their data and privacy.
AI Transcription[edit | edit source]
hey everybody how's it going hope you're
having a lovely day many of you may know
that from my repair shop I use a piece
of software called repair Shopper this
is a piece of software that was created
by Troy it was an amazing piece of
software back in the day if you were
used to using QuickBooks as your POS
system or even something like work
Tracer I used to like a little nice
little program called work trace for
managing my tickets but it just didn't
have what I needed I I wanted to have a
piece of software where when I checked a
customer out that it would take that
item code for exactly what I did and it
would sync it to an item code in
QuickBooks and then just post it
directly to my Quickbooks I wanted
something that when a customer purchased
something from me or they paid for a
repair would automatically send it right
to my shipping software I wanted
something so that when a customer called
me I could see exactly what their ticket
was not have to ask them for the ticket
number but literally just click a button
on my screen and it shows up and on my
caller ID it would show me the status of
that customer's ticket this was great
software so $50 to $100 a month for this
back in the day take my money Troy he
earned it the problem is that he
recently sold the software lovely
software to a company called Synchro
that has been doing their best to D
destroy what was otherwise a good piece
of software a few weeks ago I was
posting my Community page about one of
the many issues that we've been having
with the software after it was purchased
by another company that doesn't give a
[__] about the users where you literally
were not able to use this piece of
customer service ticketing software that
you're paying $140 a month now not 100
because they've raised the price by
40% to send email you can't send email
on now you may think oh they just must
have misconfigured their sntp relay or
they just something like no no no you
you could set up your own SMTP relay and
it still wouldn't work because the
problem was somewhere in their own
system before you're even getting to the
point where it's using SMTP relay like
it's that broken and for weeks they just
let
it man it's like sucks to suck I'm sorry
you're stupid enough to use our software
but this is what R what was really risen
to the point of it needing a video which
is that every single one of you who have
ever decided to use this software
because I recommend it in the past you
all need to opt out right now from this
[__] so this is from their new terms
of service and again this is one of
those pieces of [__] where I never
agreed to a new terms of service but
somehow you emailing me constitutes
agreement to Mining and going through my
not only my data but my customer data as
well AI tools and related data the
service may include artificial or
augmented intelligence or other machine
learning self-improving and or
predictive analysis tools that make
recommendations based on rules or
statistics learned from the data the AI
tools for the avoidance of doubt the AI
tools any AI tools provided by serly
will be considered part of the service
and subject to the terms of this
agreement you acknowledge and agree that
serly may collect analyze and use user
content and other usage information in
order to provide maintain improve and
enhance the service including in future
modifications of the service or in other
Surly products or services and that
surfly may use user content and other
usage information in an anonymous and
aggregated form in order to train
validate test and improve collectively
training the AI
tools now what what is this software
this software is essentially me
communicating with my customers inside
of tickets like 99% of what this
software is is I am communicating with
my customer like
really no no you don't get to train your
[__] on my [__] 10 years of
conversations with my customers but
here's why you need to opt out right now
don't delay act today if you wish to opt
out of any future collection and
aggregation by serly of your user
content or usage information in an
anonymous form in order to train sera's
AI tools please contact us as set forth
for below for clarity such opt out will
apply only on a go forward basis and
will not obligate sbly to cease using
any previously anonymized and aggregated
user contents or other usage information
as otherwise permitted in this
agreement AKA we changed the terms of
the sale by sending you an email that
probably went to spam if you want us to
change it back to the way it was before
we can but we're going to keep all the
[__] that we took from you in the
meantime F you needless to say I'm going
to be putting together a plan at my
business to be migrating off of this
garbage platform uh I love Troy he's a
good dude ran a good company I loved
repair Shopper back in the day he never
paid me to say that it was just the
truth it was damn good software I could
email him and say Troy why the [__] does
a repair Shopper have this and instead
of telling me go [__] yourself [__]
you only pay me $50 a month and that's
going to cost me $30,000 in programming
time he would say sure let me figure it
out for you Troy was a good dude he
still is a good dude I love what repair
Shopper was back in the day but it ain't
that anymore you have software now that
is almost doubled in price that you
can't even [__] email your customers
from when this is literally what what
the software is made for you see I think
I finally figured it out because it was
only a few weeks after I made this
community post that I got an email
saying that my terms of service were
changing magically without me ever
having to agreed to it and I think I
finally figured out what happened they
were testing this new service and
instead of having my emails send to my
customers they must have accidentally R
routed them towards their machine
learning AI [__] where they suck out
all of my customer data as well as my
data without my consent whoopsie my bad
I'm
sorry I thought that I was paying you to
send my email emails to my customers
apparently I'm paying you to be a beta
tester of your shitty ass new system
where you take all of my data you suck
it up without my consent and you use it
to train your AI which you will then
Bild people more money
for un [__]
believable at least they had the good
sense to not have it come from a no
reply email how many of you have gotten
changes to the terms of the sale where
you get notified via email and it's
literally a no reply email where you're
not even able to say hey I do not
consent to
this like imagine just being a character
in Black Mirror that that has a a block
on you and you're blocking somebody
while you're telling somebody remember
the episode White Christmas I don't want
to [__] spoil it's such a good
episode if you're ever next to somebody
who says I want to watch something
uplifting for Christmas just tell them
Black Mirror Has a Christmas episode
because it says white Christmas and they
might be open to watching it for you it
might damage a little bit of trust along
the way but it's a small price to pay to
have a really fun Christmas this is why
call this [__] a rapist mentality at
least these Pricks had the good sense to
not have this email come to me from a no
reply email how many times have you had
a company try to change the terms of the
sale and you want to respond back but
you literally can't because they sent
the change notice from a no reply email
it's like a company's going we are
changing the terms of the sale please
tell me if you disagree in the next 5
seconds I disagree I disagree I can't
hear you I can't hear you sounds like
you agree like this is becoming a
[__] meme at this point I like
I really want to send an email back
saying I plan to file a chargeback on
four years of
transactions please send certified mail
to 2410 San Antonio street with an
envelope the exact color of the hair on
my balls if you disagree with it opt out
while you can if you value your
customer's data your customer's privacy
your data your privacy and your ability
to not have your personal and private
Communications with your customers be
sucked up by some [__] company's AI that
is just going to be sold to another
company that gets sold to another
company that let's be real like
anonymized my balls that's it for today
and as always I hope you learned
something don't use repair Shopper and
if you know anybody that's about to
start using repair shopper because
they've heard me talk about it
positively in the past make sure they
know better also kills me this wasn't
even sponsored content
like see like at least if if I had
gotten paid to recommend repair Shopper
in the past like it would suck having to
do this video but it's okay fine
whatever I got paid for it I didn't even
get paid for it I recommended it because
I thought it was good software because
it was good software anyway if you know
anybody any repair shop that uses repair
Shopper tell them to opt out of this
[__] immediately immediately and tell
them [__] you I don't care if it says
that any of the material from before I'm
not allowed to opt out of since you
never got me to sign something new that
[__] ain't
real you can't change the terms of the
sale after the sale that's not how this
works if you want me to sign a new
[__] terms and conditions you need to
send me a dialogue box it's got to got
that little checkbox on it I got to sign
and I got to hit submit like [__] this
whole you sent this serious like [__] in
the ass this entire idea that you sent a
spam email to me from a no reply email
address and somehow that constitutes a
new terms and conditions of a contract
that I've somehow agreed
to cuz if if this is the way we're
playing this game if that's the way this
is going to work like we could start
playing that game
too I just don't think you're going to
have a lot of fun with
it that's it for today and as always I
hope you learn
something [__] you
Synchro [__] you I can't believe I pay
$140 a month for this
[__] $140 a month for this [__]