Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all of America's tradin...
Its bullshit. You remember that BMW heated seat subscription they tried to sell? If you tried to sell a hack that unlocks that, BMW can sue you. BMW don’t own the car, they sold it, but anti-circumvention law dictates that you are not allowed to mess with BMWs “technological barriers” in order to use the car in a way not intended by BMW.
…it’s a felony – a jailable felony – to modify that code or firmware. It’s also a felony to disclose information about how to bypass that access control…
“You want to mod/fix the half-assed product we strong-armed you into purchasing from us, without our techs, with tools you didn’t buy from us, and without our permission? …ya know, it would be a real shame if we had to buy our {export important to your economy} somewhere else. No repairing or modifying without our approval.”
Will watch later, but what’s an anti-circumvention law?
Its bullshit. You remember that BMW heated seat subscription they tried to sell? If you tried to sell a hack that unlocks that, BMW can sue you. BMW don’t own the car, they sold it, but anti-circumvention law dictates that you are not allowed to mess with BMWs “technological barriers” in order to use the car in a way not intended by BMW.
Not only can they sue, it’s also a felony:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
that you need to use the product as intended by the company and circumventing the intended use case is illegal.
“You want to mod/fix the half-assed product we strong-armed you into purchasing from us, without our techs, with tools you didn’t buy from us, and without our permission? …ya know, it would be a real shame if we had to buy our {export important to your economy} somewhere else. No repairing or modifying without our approval.”