Comment on Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California's otherwise important new right to repair bill

topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Doesn’t really matter, Valve are happy for you to do what you like with it already.

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  • CleverFunnyName@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How about if Microsoft made a similar product?

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    • virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My guess is it would be considered a general purpose computer, assuming it runs standard Win/Linux and can run any software even if it’s specs and shape are geared towards games.

      Not a lawyer though, just guessing

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    • NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t get the context of this question at all? Like, would it come under console definition, or just what would I think in general?

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      • CleverFunnyName@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You said it doesn’t matter if it’s a video game system or a handheld pc because Valve doesn’t care what you do with it. Another company might care what you do with their similar device, so perhaps it would matter to you then.

        And the point is that we should consider whether details of a legal decision matter regardless the specific companies involved.

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    • wutBEE@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Assuming there’s no general computing/desktop mode, I’d expect it to be qualified as a console.

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• 520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  PC. It's running PC hardware and PC software.

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