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[–] 92 points 2 years ago (12 children)

This seems similar to the EUs requirements. It really speaks about the US laws when even archaic Japanese legislators (see Japanese copyright laws) are ahead of that market in customer rights/options.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Has the US ever been ahead of any of its peers when it comes to consumer rights?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Has the US ever been ahead of any of its peers when it comes to consumer rights?

    Fair Use is cool.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In principle it is cool, but large corporations can still bully you into submission even when it should fall under Fair Use.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ahhh America. "Yeah we're wrong, but we can afford lawyers for centuries, lol good luck" land of the free

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Ooh, ooh, do the nintendo switch next!

    There's a lot of irony here considering how so many Japanese companies have a track record of pulling this kind of shit themselves.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The switch is already open source at this point thanks to all the awesome homebrew people

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This will forbid "Prevent application developers from using features controlled by the OS with the same level of performance as the one used by Designated Providers."

    Which is a huge win if it is enforced.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago
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    Google already was?

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