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It appears this is a result of the harmonization of laws between Mexico, Canada, and the US.
by barney54 6y ago
It appears this is a result of the harmonization of laws between Mexico, Canada, and the US.
- gruez 6y agoRepairing phones and installing custom ROMs are illegal in us/canada?
- blendergeek 6y agoUnder section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright, it would be illegal to install a custom ROM or repair your phone without permission from the manufacturer. However, the Copyright office get to make official exceptions to the law and they made an exception for jailbreaking a phone. I'm not sure about repairing or installing custom ROMs. Those might fall into different categories.
- inetsee 6y agoWouldn't the recent "Right to Repair" push in the US counter any efforts to prohibit repairs by independent repair businesses?
- xtracto 6y agoThat's right, this was an "ask" from the USA in order to implement the T-MEC (USMCA in English). Given the current US political climate, Mexico got the short stick in this new "deal": Tax was increased (from 16% to 17%, 18% and even 19%), Mexico has to implement these laws and we keep being the "cheap maquila labour" that guarantee the country won't develop in the short/mid term.