" corporate power over government regulatory action to protect consumers rights"
Ah well NOW yer getting nasty! I was being NICE. And incidentally they are both - greedy dictator wannabes who are also whining pansies. Probably should continue this on plug-talk, BTW. Sorry but BOTH groups have no interest in consumer's rights. If government did then I wouldn't have lost a TIRE on my Wife's car last week when she drove through a pothole so large it popped the tire. And this tire was 5 months old. No, government is more interested in taking our road tax money and wasting it on Better Nato, Road Diets and Bicycle Lanes than actually fixing potholes. It's all about pet projects for special interest groups. The only reason that any right to repair legislation got passed at all was because of a small minority of cell phone repair businesses got together, pooled some money, and started waving it around some politicians. Don't delude yourself that the politicians gave a rat's ass about "consumers" The RtR legislation was very carefully tooled to exclude a LOT of electronics. Pretty much it was crafted to allow small shops to continue repairing cracked iPhone screens. Total First World Problem since the Iphone is the most expensive cell phone out there. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of MC_Sequoia Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 12:18 PM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Celebration time, COME ON Apple SHUT THE F UP!!! "I notice Google and Android are not out there whining like pansies." Quoted from the article. "A cell phone industry trade group and various other electronics organizations and companies opposed the legislation." The aforementioned trade groups and organizations are unnamed and the companies they're comprised of are unnamed. Also, calling things what the really are, corporate power over government regulatory action to protect consumers rights verses "whining pansies" goes a lot farther in better informing & educating folks on what is really going on
