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idiotsecantyesterday at 10:02 PM1 replyview on HN

Can you point to a single case where a manufacturer was held responsible for what the owner of the equipment did with it?


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cucumber3732842yesterday at 10:49 PM

It'll be hard to do because it's like the more restrictive gun laws. It'll never stick so they never take it though court, but they threaten it to get the conduct they want. OEMs have spent huge sums locking down computer systems "because emissions".

The EPA has a ton of ways to expensively scrutinize (heavy on the "screw") oems at their discretion so it doesn't really need to be a serious threat, just a warning.

Same dynamic as local business vs local code enforcers basically.

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