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It's totally possible for a US law to say something to the effect of "all goods manufactured in or imported into the US must...".
by josephcsible 3y ago
It's totally possible for a US law to say something to the effect of "all goods manufactured in or imported into the US must...".
- bruce511 3y agoThe 5% of problem Android devices on the Internet are not manfactured or imported in the US. So the US law sounds great, but isn't solving a problem. Plus, given that the proposed law dictates -future- behaviour I'm not sure who, how or where an affected person (one who only has money for an ultra cheap phone they haven't updated in 7 years) would get relief from.
- josephcsible 3y agoTo fix the "future behavior" problem, maybe the law could work like this: make selling a device at all require escrowing the full source code, and if the manufacturer stops releasing security updates, the government releases the source code.
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoonly if it's interstate commerce
- jowea 3y agoI don't think it is possible to build a phone without involving interstate commerce. And wouldn't it be international commerce anyway?
- psnehanshu 3y agoYes, because US is the world. Other countries are alien civilizations.
- hfkwer 3y agoNo, but US laws can only mandate something for goods that enter or are manufactured in the US. Other countries can pass their own laws.