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In October 2025, Rossmann began uploading green-screen videos in the style of silhouette interviews, which are commonly used outside of news broadcasts to visually represent an anonymous party; in this case, the anonymous party is the collection of editors for Consumer Rights Wiki and members of, or subscribers to, the FULU Foundation.<ref name="first Rossmann silhouette | In October 2025, Rossmann began uploading green-screen videos in the style of silhouette interviews, which are commonly used outside of news broadcasts to visually represent an anonymous party; in this case, the anonymous party is the collection of editors for Consumer Rights Wiki and members of, or subscribers to, the FULU Foundation.<ref name="first Rossmann silhouette">{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_XQX7di2Y | title=Synology reverses course on requiring branded drives: NOT ENOUGH! | date=9 Oct 2025}}</ref> These videos consist of Rossmann depicted as a featureless silhouette, speaking about a specific company's malpractice, and occasionally holding up a large paperclip against the background, visually representing the vast number of "Clippy" users online. | ||
On 9 October 2025, Rossmann uploaded his first silhouette video, an annunciatory reaction to recent decisions from the company Synology. The video, titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_XQX7di2Y Synology reverses course on requiring branded drives: NOT ENOUGH!]", begins by dedicating the announcement to restoring consumer rights and the rights of ownership. The core of the video refers to the company formerly requiring users to use only Synology hard drives in their network-attached storage units, a policy enforced by DRM. Synology reversed their decision, but Rossmann points out that it is not enough to simply undo the action; the company has to indicate plainly to its customers that they will not engage in further anti-consumer practices in the future. The video ends with a call to action for members of the Clippy movement, declaring that the fight for consumer rights had moved into a new era, in which companies reverse the detrimental actions which had previously characterized their policies toward their own customers: | On 9 October 2025, Rossmann uploaded his first silhouette video, an annunciatory reaction to recent decisions from the company Synology. The video, titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_XQX7di2Y Synology reverses course on requiring branded drives: NOT ENOUGH!]", begins by dedicating the announcement to restoring consumer rights and the rights of ownership. The core of the video refers to the company formerly requiring users to use only Synology hard drives in their network-attached storage units, a policy enforced by DRM. Synology reversed their decision, but Rossmann points out that it is not enough to simply undo the action; the company has to indicate plainly to its customers that they will not engage in further anti-consumer practices in the future. The video ends with a call to action for members of the Clippy movement, declaring that the fight for consumer rights had moved into a new era, in which companies reverse the detrimental actions which had previously characterized their policies toward their own customers: | ||
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[''Rossmann's silhouette holds up a large paperclip against the background.''] Clippy would never require an online account to use a word processor or an operating system. Respect the Clippy. He's watching.</blockquote> | [''Rossmann's silhouette holds up a large paperclip against the background.''] Clippy would never require an online account to use a word processor or an operating system. Respect the Clippy. He's watching.</blockquote> | ||
Rossmann concludes the video by stating that if Microsoft does not reverse its course by the 16th, then he would hold on the 18th a public event on behalf of the FULU Foundation, where users can get their computers upgraded, learn how to install free software, and try out Linux (a free operating system) for themselves. Rossmann stated that the goal was to encourage people to help other members of their community, learn new ways of keeping their technology safe from viruses, and prevent computers from populating landfills (because many people have to throw out their old computers which are unable to run Windows 11, but replacing Windows with Linux prevents this). | Rossmann concludes the video by stating that if Microsoft does not reverse its course by the 16th, then he would hold on the 18th a public event on behalf of the FULU Foundation, where users can get their computers upgraded, learn how to install free software, and try out Linux (a free operating system) for themselves.<ref name="second Rossmann silhouette">{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NVtg1tkgSQ | title=Microsoft went too far | date=10 Oct 2025}}</ref> Rossmann stated that the goal was to encourage people to help other members of their community, learn new ways of keeping their technology safe from viruses, and prevent computers from populating landfills (because many people have to throw out their old computers which are unable to run Windows 11, but replacing Windows with Linux prevents this). | ||
==Why Clippy== | ==Why Clippy== | ||