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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by thereisnospork on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:00PM (#39985257)
But what do the goals matter? The only relevant question I can see is 'are the fingers worth the rent?'

To that point, a regulation requiring "if and only if" per unit licensing is available at (much) less than the worth of the fingers should be a no brainier.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by InvertedRhodium on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:26PM (#39985390)
Given the relatively small market share that SawStop enjoys, you can only assume that most people feel like the fingers aren't really worth the rent.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by thereisnospork on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:37PM (#39985458)
It's not really their choice to make though. (trivially, see seatbelts, smoking, airline regulations, ...).

Should it be? Maybe, but that's a discussion out of scope from 'is it in society's interest to mandate inclusion of sawstop's technology, or it's equivalent?'.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by InvertedRhodium on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @11:12PM (#39986608)
As of right now, it's 100% their choice to make. Next week, who knows?
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by lobsterthief on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:20AM (#39989411)
A lot of people simply can’t afford their saws though.
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