Re:Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site
by maxsilver on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:05AM
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> and this actually works for California because, well, they matter. Businesses want access to their market.
Well, that, but also California law is usually somewhat reasonable and/or pro-consumer. We can make fun of things like the "everything is known to cause cancer" stickers or whatever, but most of sold-in-California laws are doing something to help society, at little-to-no cost. And when the costs of doing the right thing get high, they unite with other states to ensure companies don't skip out (see CARB states).
This, in contrast, does not help anyone. Utah is just doing this to punish people and enforce a pseudo-religious standard. They really have nothing to lose, by blocking the entire state. Even if they attempted to comply with the state punishment, the "0.9% of national GDP" is lost to them anyway, most people aren't going to willingly put an ID card on file for this.
Well, that, but also California law is usually somewhat reasonable and/or pro-consumer. We can make fun of things like the "everything is known to cause cancer" stickers or whatever, but most of sold-in-California laws are doing something to help society, at little-to-no cost. And when the costs of doing the right thing get high, they unite with other states to ensure companies don't skip out (see CARB states).
This, in contrast, does not help anyone. Utah is just doing this to punish people and enforce a pseudo-religious standard. They really have nothing to lose, by blocking the entire state. Even if they attempted to comply with the state punishment, the "0.9% of national GDP" is lost to them anyway, most people aren't going to willingly put an ID card on file for this.