Re:eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts H...
by jameshart on Friday October 16, 2026 @03:44PM
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Yes that would never happen to the internet
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Re:eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts H...
by eddythompson80 on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:19PM
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yep, we can just throw a cloudflare turnstile on everything instead.
Re:eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts H...
by kstrauser on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:54PM
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When it does, it often leads to prosecution, or at least reputational damage. But I can go nuts on my own LAN without affecting yours in any way. It's not possible for me to conduct wild RF experiments in my own house and not affect my neighbors.
It would be hard for me to physically interfere with an airport without having armed guards descend upon me. It would not be hard for me to build a radio that could strongly interfere with airplanes on final approach. The FCC rules that make it illegal and also bring the wrath of the feds down upon you are the sorts of regulations I actually support, along with air and water pollution controls, weight limits on trucks using taxpayer-owned highways, banning of mining in public parks, and other things that keep our shared spaces safe and usable.
Re:eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts H...
by cowlevel on Saturday October 17, 2026 @08:08AM
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Who's prosecuting the botnet spamming my site with 1000/second expensive requests eh?