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

• CleverFunnyName@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How about if Microsoft made a similar product?

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  • virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Someone specifically asked what it would count as and I pointed out that valve are already repair friendly. I was only talking in the context of that specific machine.

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  • wutBEE@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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