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minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·16 hours agoAs those are not general purpose computing devices, and additionally have no app store - no, and no. From the law text: © “Application” means a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.
minus-squaredondelelcaro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoThe law defines a public webpage as a covered app store. Anything that can run doom and view a webpage is potentially covered. It’s way overbroad and unclear how it could be implemented, and likely to be challenged in court if it even gets that far.
As those are not general purpose computing devices, and additionally have no app store - no, and no.
From the law text:
The law defines a public webpage as a covered app store. Anything that can run doom and view a webpage is potentially covered.
It’s way overbroad and unclear how it could be implemented, and likely to be challenged in court if it even gets that far.