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I can see the tax charges and I get that the behavior and consequences his device and/or software enables is bad on a few levels, but it's not clear to me that

I can see the tax charges and I get that the behavior and consequences his device and/or software enables is bad on a few levels, but it's not clear to me that it should be illegal to sell something that allows others to modify their equipment toward their own ends. Or, rather, I think it's a pretty slippery slope. I can imagine wanting to buy an aftermarket controller for a tesla and I can see Elon Musk being upset enough about it to push the EPA to fine the company under the same set of laws, but I don't think it would be good for consumers if it happened that way. Should Linus be fined for creating an operating system that gives me the ability to turn off energy-saving configurations on my laptop?

hellisothers 4y ago
The energy saving config is a good reference, it made me think about your post more seriously. I think the answer here is just because a slope can be slippery doesn’t mean it’s not important to get on it. Selling a device that allows a car to be “100s if times” more polluting is not the same as turning off energy savings (which you can already usually do as part of the OS).
- FrameworkFred 4y ago
  and what about mining crypto? I'd bet it's a worse offender by a mile (https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index). why wouldn't the EPA fine the company behind this mining rig? https://www.amazon.com/SOONTECH-Complete-Motherboard-Including-EXCLUDING/dp/B09F2PDVCM/ https://www.amazon.com/SOONTECH-Complete-Motherboard-Includi...
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