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[–] 12 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

The tech industry lobbyists will crush this idea before it ever sees a sincere vote, but at least someone out there is trying. Though the cynic in me still can't help but feel that this is just an empty gesture in a bid for reelection.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    The timing and the rest of the guy's record seem to confirm your cynicism.

    Also, once again, this is a whack-a-mole approach, trying to legislate every individual symptom caused by the lack of consumer protections against rent-seeking, rather than regulating industries to forbid their cause. In a world where bad-faith action is a standard business procedure, we have to explicitly legally define words like "own" and "purchase", because they'll say they mean something else if we don't.

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