alt Hacker NewsCalifornia Assembly Bill 2426 (AB 2426), effective 1 January, 2025. Expands the state's false advertising laws to explicitly ban companies from using words like "buy," "purchase," "own," or "keep" if what the customer is actually getting is a revocable digital license governed by shady T&Cs.
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ikekkdcjkfke • today at 2:59 PM
Remember that the power is always with the people. We can enact any law we want
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giancarlostoro • today at 4:01 PM
Effective after most people likely bought their movies.
dataflow • today at 2:58 PM
Is it working/being enforced? Anecdotally I haven't seen or heard of any changes in verbiage, but I haven't been paying that much attention.
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I don't think this type of legislation will have any kind of real world effect. Apple App store labels all their buttons with "Get". Google Play Store just prints the price on the button for paid apps/games.