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user3939382today at 4:05 PM0 repliesview on HN

Laws are meaningless de jure. Especially where megacorps are concerned, the de facto law (ie the only one that matters) is the text, multiplied by the enforcement mechanism, multiplied by the political will to enforce, multiplied by the 10-15 year process of the megacorps draining their legal warchests into challenges and appeals. Then, after all that, maybe… you get a change to corporate behavior.

The laws in this country are primarily written by and for large corporations. They’re not going to meaningfully practically restrain them just because something got passed.