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[–] displaced_city_mouse@midwest.social 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So reading the commentary in the first link, if you flash your printer with new GPL firmware that bypasses these restrictions, you're now in violation.

And what if I move (back) to WA with my printer purchased out of state that I've already modded?

I see what they're trying to do, make ghost gun production illegal, but turning makers into criminals for flashing their printers with new firmware seems the wrong way.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

It always is. Always blanket laws that cover so many legal things to get normal law abiding citizens in a bind.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's Washington state, not DC.

Surveillance capitalism and the fascists always find a way to debase everything good that people like.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Until they can wring money out of it