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[–] [email protected] 92 points 5 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

No, but it also stands to profit from those violations of consumer rights, where other countries do not.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

Fair Use is cool.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It’s ridiculous. I think the law should be written with the expectation that the common citizen cannot afford legal counsel for an unlimited period of time.

I am not a lawyer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

How is that ahead? You mean in head count?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That might be the only thing, actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

We're trending in the right direction but we're not at all in a position to be saying we're better than anyone on that front, given how much industry pushback there's been.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

At the very least it's seems heavily inspired by the Digital Markets Act, which is why I'd hope that their wording will be specific enough to close those "loopholes" Apple is currently attempting in the EU.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I meant their app store, as per this article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I see. I misunderstood that. Sorry

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It sounds vague and will either end up being a very powerful tool or almost useless. If it's the former, it would be gigantic win indeed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Google already was?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago