I wonder if they had to exclude farm equipment from the bill to get it passed.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2024
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The Minnesota law covers all electronics except cybersecurity tools, video game consoles, cars, medical devices, and farm equipment.
Wow, not to suggest that this bill isn't better than the alternative, but those are some awful exclusions.
A lot of the early right to repair movement came out of farm equipment, and medical devices are the most obvious need for rules like this.
Being some of the most threatened categories of things is no doubt why they were excluded.
I'm less surprised by that than the exclusion of video game consoles.
Didn't know the Nintendo lobby was a formidable adversary up there.
It's probably Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony working together for that one. In the name of ~~DRM~~ security ~~through obscurity~~, of course.
Yeah, Entertainment Software Association representing all three.
Wow. I didn't even know they had an association along with a bunch of other anti-consumer game publishers.
Surprisingly, yet also unsurprisingly, Epic Games is included in that list, too.
Can't hear about Epic without remembering that hideous ad they ran about how Apple giving them most of the Fortnite money instead of all of the Fortnite money was basically 1984, at the height of the BLM movement no less. Epic can go fuck itself.
Whaaaa. The same company that pays for publishing exclusivity contracts while claiming a competing game storefront is being anticompetitive by abusing their position to... *checks notes* charge the same 30% fee as Microsoft and Sony, who also provide a digital download CDN, social platform, and game services? I'm shocked! /s
Not to say that the 30% fee is fair to small devs, but really... hypocrisy isn't a good look.
You fight battles you can win.
what better to do now than pirate all their games I wouldn't have purchased anyway so they can come up with imaginary losses that are 100% fake.
Damn you're right ☹️
The new Minnesota law covers all electronics except farm and construction equipment, video game consoles, specialized cybersecurity tools, motor vehicles and medical devices.
Of the things on that list ....why are cyber security tools NOT repairable?! The whole fucking point is to not have security by obscurity
Hopefully this means that Louis Rossman has a friend in the White House 🤞
It seems he stays away from politics but I'd love a reaction from him for the new dem ticket.
Actually the white paper for returns and cancellations should get a video soon I hope.
Saints be praised for that...