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In the unlikely case of this law passing as written, I'd like to see it blow up in their faces when manufacturers and sellers simply choose not to sell devices
by robmaister 10y ago
In the unlikely case of this law passing as written, I'd like to see it blow up in their faces when manufacturers and sellers simply choose not to sell devices in SC.
- funnyfacts365 10y agoYou trust the industry too much, or you're naive. All of them will do whatever it takes to make money. See Cisco and the GFW, for example.
- jonwachob91 10y agoYou overestimate the greed of today's leaders. See Uber bailing from Austin because of unfriendly regulation. It's true the the original post is too broad, but if just Apple, Microsoft, and Google decided to stop selling devices in S.C. that might be enough to oust a large number of state officials and get the law overturned by the next senate/congress.
- robmaister 10y agoYeah this is pretty much what I was thinking. There will still be plenty of companies that will install the government-mandated malware with glee (or raise prices by $20), but I think there would be enough pushback from a few large companies that it would get overturned pretty quickly. Uber + Lyft in Austin is a good example, so is PayPal + others in NC over HB2.
- technofiend 10y agoI'm still willing to lay money that Uber returns to Austin by SXSW. They can cry regulatory malfeasance all they want but there's too much brand recognition opportunity lost if they skip SXSW.
- jonwachob91 10y agoUBER doesn't need to sacrifice it's position in it's battle with Austin over a little brand awareness at a conference where everyone already knows who UBER is... If anything the absence of UBER and Lyft at SXSW will be louder than if they returned.