Comment by mindcrime
1 day ago
Lots of interesting discussion here, but let's cut to the real question:
1. Since people are still going to find a way to buy items the FCC doesn't want them to have, what's that new outlet going to be? I saw somebody mention TikTok. OK... what else? Facebook groups? Craigslist? Private old-skool phpbb forums? Usenet? Mastodon? AliExpress? Something that hasn't been invented yet?
Aliexpress / Temu most likely. People already buy cheap Chinese radios from those places now, since they can be cheaper than ebay.
it's great for the manufacturers when regulators crush 2nd hand markets.
Deplorable for consumers, but why have circular economies when you can increase your foreign dependencies?