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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by nmfisher on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:52AM (#26176437)
> Hypothetically: a friend borrows your car, but you didn't fix the break fluid leak, and he runs over someone.

> Who's at fault?

Legally the answer is crystal clear. If it was intentional? He is. Unintentional? You are.

I don't really see the comparison.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by africanboy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:18AM (#26180032)
> Legally the answer is crystal clear. > If it was intentional? He is. Unintentional? You are. > I don't really see the comparison.

That's weird...

In any country in the World the answer should be "it can only be decided by a judge, nobody can tell a priori"

In the case you tweak the software in your car and something happens, the justice system is there exactly to settle these kinds of issues.

That's the comparison.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by Wowfunhappy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:53PM (#26183109)
But "criminal negligence" is a thing, right? Maybe you didn't intend for X to happen, but the law expects you to have known better.
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