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Re:American mask makers are going out of business by WalterBright on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:31AM (#30658857)
One reason the software industry in America is so successful is because there is no government license required to write software, and software can be shipped without needing approval from the government, and the government doesn't regulate how the software is written.

Yes, I know if you write software for a medical device, the FDA will have to approve it.

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Re:American mask makers are going out of business by jalk on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:03AM (#30659030)
Perhaps because software on its own is unlikely to hurt people, while we have seen plenty of physical products causing deaths and mutilation: Failing car breaks, cellphone batteries catching fire, strollers cutting off fingers, playground structures collapsing and so on. It only takes a few shitty products in a category for regulations to be set up
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