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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by scifibestfi on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:16PM (#34193159)
The government's #1 excuse for anything they want to do without having to actually justify it:

"Safety"

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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by fear_and_coffee on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:26PM (#34193204)
The government's will mysteriously synched with corporate interests
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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by richbell on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:44PM (#34193317)
The word of the day is "Regulatory Capture".

(Yes, I know that's two words, "don't @ me" as the youths would say.)

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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by hyperhopper on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:14AM (#34194133)
Just say "phrase"
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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by joshspankit on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:47PM (#34193342)
“The only safe way to do _____ is for our competitors to have to play by our rules, on our turf, and with us making sure they don’t do anything we consider unsafe.”
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Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair by RobotToaster on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:54AM (#34195304)
And what is "safe" just happens to be exactly what their corporate "donors" want.
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