Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."

Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a “Memorandum of Understanding” to prevent “a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions.”

  • ZeroFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    74·
    1 year ago

    So what they’re saying here is that it’s cheaper for them to drag rtr laws to court everywhere for years than it is for them to make devices repairable. Or, in other terms, planned obsolescence makes them so much money that they can spend billions in lawyer fees and still make a profit.

    • ZILtoid1991@kbin.social
      311·
      1 year ago

      Not really, a big driving factor behind making devices irreparable is to uphold the illusion of infinite growth.

    • Dangdoggo@kbin.social
      26·
      1 year ago

      Yup, or the Apple play which is just walk right around these regulations with some additional tricky bullshit while outwardly ‘supporting’ RtR. If I was a lawmaker I would be so fucking livid about this circumvention I would come back even harder but I guess I don’t know a lot about that process.

      • BobVersionFour@kbin.social
        14·
        1 year ago

        Forgot something if you were a lawmaker you probably had so much money from those company that you would not care.

        The goal here always been to make it look like they do something usefull not actually do it.

        • somegadgetguy@lemdro.idEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          It’s supremely disappointing, looking up campaign contributions, how little money is required to influence our politicians.

          • BobVersionFour@kbin.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            Yeah at least make the corruption worth it but it’s hard to up the price when the guy next to you would take a trip to Delaware to vote the way they want