• yamanii@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Is this actually good news? What can a single state do? Shouldn’t this be federal?

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      3 months ago

      Special exceptions are hard to deal with when you’re mass producing. That’s why a fair amount of the rulings made by the European Union also end up applying to North America when it comes to international businesses.

      It basically means someone like Apple has to decide between not selling in Oregon at all, making special phones for Oregon, or making all of their phones not have paired parts. It’s a pretty big thorn in their side, and it would only take a few more states to join in before they really have to start committing to a solution.