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Comment by akerl_

4 years ago

Cars and coffee are regulated in ways that improve health and safety. What is the health and safety impact of not being able to run homebrew on my Nintendo Wii?

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wvenable  4 years ago

What about environmental and first-sale issues? I have a piece of hardware tied to a company that went out business and it no longer functions. So I'm both deprived of my device and it's now e-waste.

Apple preventing repairs? John Deere preventing repairs? These have real-world impacts.