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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like wayyy too many engineer minds lean back on “too vague” without understanding how many judgment calls judges make in cases every day. It’s not uncommon for them to have to decide what someone’s intent or knowledge was when taking a certain action.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Software engineer here. I find the petition to be very specific, and totally feasible.

Anyway, this isn't a true referendum where its text would become immediate law as soon as it passes. It's a petition that would be presented to legislators who would write the actual law. The petition doesn't need to be written in legalese.

(Also: if the customer paid them even one cent, then they DO owe the customer something. Also: They should be forced to release the server software when they shut down the servers.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's a petition that would be presented to legislators who would write the actual law.

Oh-ho-ho! It's about to get better: they can instead say, that existing laws cover this. Which will have even greater impact.