Idk I'm a bit conflicted. I do think protecting fingers is good even if it promotes a monopoly. The Government can always fight them later, if it wants to.

Not sure if it's an appropriate comparison but look at vaccines, I would rather have patented vaccines that are atleast available over no vaccines. Obvi, I would prefer to have it all be publicly owned.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

I don't have a horse in the race, but my take is that they should just bust the monopoly ASAP but pass the regulations right now. SawStop doesn't get away with it, and consumers don't lose their fingers. Win-win. In an ideal world, table saw manufacturers would be nationalized and the cost of the safety mechanism would be subsidized by sales of other woodworking equipment to address the issue this congresswoman brought up, that tradespeople are just gonna use circ saws and other unsafe tools instead of table saws should the bill pass.