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Game consoles should be considered appliances, phones as general purpose computing devices.
by Andrex 3y ago
Game consoles should be considered appliances, phones as general purpose computing devices.
- gruez 3y agoIs "general purpose computing devices" a relevant factor with current legislation? Is this yet another area where people want activist judges when it suits their agenda?
- PawgerZ 3y agoIt is in right-to-repair legislations going on right now. "general purpose computing devices" and "gaming consoles" are two legally distinct classes of electronics.
- filleduchaos 3y agoGame consoles are general purpose computing devices.
- PawgerZ 3y agoMost right-to-repair legislation is singling gaming consoles out as excluded while general purpose computing devices are not. Legally, gaming consoles are not general purpose computing devices at the moment.
- filleduchaos 3y agoI know they legally aren't, my point is more that the difference between a PS5 and an iPhone when it comes to general purpose computing capability is entirely arbitrary. If Sony is allowed to claim that their perfectly normal desktop tower running their proprietary flavour of Linux is not a general purpose computing device because reasons, then Apple should be free to claim the same for their phones (and vice versa).