How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
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#2As usual, throwing babies out with the bath water
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#4I imagine what will happen in practice is that the makers will simply ignore the law and hope not to get prosecuted or audited?
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#5Odd that there not already is a minimum threshold in place.
This would even apply when selling a few electronic knik knaks on ebay?
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#6It's funny, because what's actually, literally killing people is pollution...
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#7It is possible to ignore laws if it's too much bother to comply with them... it's hard to imagine the authorities will come after someone for mailing out 10 anti-static bags.
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Yeah there's very limited anti-tampering in HN. Grok posts are full of bots and fake votes
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#9Seems like a problem Lectronz could solve for its makers.
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#10This echos the FCC rules in the US, which I believe are gotten around by not complying.
Even if you are not making an intentional radiator, and/or are using datasheet-specified layouts or modules, you still must comply, which makes these businesses non-viable if complying.
I believe Adafruit gets around certifying every device by declaring themselves a cellphone company and being on good terms with regulators. This isn't viable for the sort of businesses and people described by this article.
I'm not sure about the Ali/Amazon products. I'm assuming they just are not complying.