[ginko]

> A similar law for electronics would be useful, but where do you draw the line?

Does there need to be a line? Arguably small custom electronics manufacturers may not be able to do that, but surely something similar would apply to custom car makers.

Arguably small electronics manufacturers would have an easier job fulfilling this since they usually use off-the-shelf parts anyways.

[greedo]

I'm pretty sure that Apple doesn't just use off the shelf parts in the iPhone etc.

[Brian_K_White]

"but then where do you draw the line?" wasn't asked out of concern for Apple or anyone like Apple. They obviously can afford to make their parts available. You can't draw a line anywhere that would be unsustainable for them.

The question was asked out of worry that some agressive rule targeted at a big guy, might have unintended consequences that hurt the little guys.

To which question I agree with "doesn't matter, draw it anywhere and adjust as needed" because there are easily identifiable reasonable ranges, and not knowing the final perfect answer is not a good enough excuse for not doing anything at all, and what we have now is already worse than a line that was drawn a bit off the mark. Waht we have now is a defacto line drawn 100% off the MAP.