[reissbaker]

Device manufacturers don't have to follow random Utah laws: they can simply not sell phones in Utah and not have corporate operations there. Utah has 3 million people, it's not exactly a major population center. There are many cities in the world with more people than Utah.

And I'm pretty sure "Verizon bloatware" is not installed at point of sale. What would stop a random employee from installing keyloggers? This stuff is centrally managed.

They'd very likely be losing money by complying with such a law. They wouldn't be leaving money on the table, they'd be taking it off the table.

[imwillofficial]

Sure, they don’t have to. They will however.