Comment by ClumsyPilot
4 years ago
"If this was a law they might even change the model number randomly for CYA/malicious compliance reasons. eg. firmware updated? new model number."
Judges are a bit smarter than linters, they can tell when someone is fucking with them
That's why the examples I listed are plausible reasons for changing the model number. For firmware, it's plausible that it warrants changing the model number because firmware can and do affect performance, as other comments has mentioned.
Also I really don't see this being something that judges will stop. You see other CYA behavior that has persisted for decades, eg. drug side effects (every possible symptom under the sun), or prop 65 warnings.
Doubtful. That already happens with the "known to the state of California to cause cancer" labelling on products sold in California. Some companies just put that on everything when they have no idea if it contains those chemicals or not.