Comment by genmud

We also have an issue of enforcement, I'm not sure if you know... but many, if not all of these behaviors could be acted on with existing legislation. Anti-trust at the federal level and a multitude of state laws on paper make it illegal to do this type of behavior.

The problem is that it's really hard to take action on large corporations. As a consumer, if I wanted to seek remedy for say, false advertising of ingress protection on a phone, it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Without a significant war chest it's almost impossible to hold most companies to account as an individual, and the agencies supposed to be enforcing these issues either won't or can't enforce the laws on the books.