Pluralistic: Canada's ground-breaking, hamstrung repair and interop laws (15 Nov 2024)

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Canada's ground-breaking, hamstrung repair and interop laws: It's time for the "radical extremists" to have their day.
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The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry: The only kind of DMCA exemption that makes a difference.
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How to design a tech regulation: A modest proposal for a transatlantic self-equilibriating system.
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They brick you because they can: Samsung and Spotify are too big to care (and that's just the 'S'es).
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Your car spies on you and rats you out to insurance companies: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product.
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The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
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Kinkslump Linkdump: A week's worth of assortment.
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Apple fucked us on right to repair (again): "Parts-pairing" is a scam.
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Tesla's Dieselgate: How DRM let Tesla defraud every one of its customers.
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