Apparently, from clicking the link in the article:
(g) “Operating system provider” means a person or entity that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.
But I fully agree with you that they didn’t think this through very well. Seems that nowadays, politicians see it as their jobs to destroy all the beautiful things that technology built. :(
That’s going to be so much fun for the literal millions of automatically provisioned servers owned by silicon valley companies.
On a related note how do they define a computer? Will smart tvs need it? What about smart thermostats? Cars?
What about desktop PCs with no webcams?
Apparently, from clicking the link in the article:
But I fully agree with you that they didn’t think this through very well. Seems that nowadays, politicians see it as their jobs to destroy all the beautiful things that technology built. :(
Hey now, dipshit politicos have existed since forever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill
That one ended up not passing, and while arguably it was more stupid, it was considerably less harmful.