you could “sue” for any reason just to waste everyone’s time and money.

this is literally what happens today, all the fing time. examples of it as a legal strategy appear all over the place.

I’ve addressed the ‘standing’ nonsense in plenty of places. standing isn’t a thing that is set in stone. examples of lack of standing cases going to court and case that should have standing being denied are everywhere. you just need to find a willing judge either ideologically or bribable.

off the top of my head: student loan relief was challenged by companies who managed the payments process as contractors for the government, widely agreed upon by legal experts to not actually have standing. cases involving abortion being tossed out due to lack of standing due to the birth or death of the fetus. Obviously US examples, but if i bothered looking into the EU id find examples there too.

Okay so firstly that’s not true. If a lawsuit isn’t reasonable it can be filed but it won’t make it to court.

yes it can and will. someone hasnt been paying attention to literally the entire trump presidency and general behavior of republican AGs i see. How much time was wasted in courts on the election steal nonsense. All you need is to find a judge who will hear the case and you can bribe one for that. Now obviously that example doesn’t directly apply to the EU but im sure if i go looking I’ll find examples of everything i’ve said in EU jurisdictions.

Secondly even if that was the case it wouldn’t make any difference because you could also sue companies for not following rules.

remember the issue here is the money that is wasted on lawyers and courts preventing low capital groups from getting traction. they literally wouldnt have the money to do that.

The behavior i’m describing is a extremely well known strategy. It comes in a number of forms.

Thirdly please look up the actual law. There’s no requirement to use a particular port you simply have to include whatever the currently recommended standard is

I did look up the law and I’m aware of this. Please learn some ability to connect the dots. developing a new standard -> costs money. ensuring the new standard is interoperable with the old one such that it can do this -> costs money. low capital groups lack money. Therefor by definition there will be a chilling effect on new development due to this law.

Finally, Im in favor of this law. I just don’t deny the side effects it will have and how it’ll potentially be abused by companies. The only way it doesnt have the effect I’ve described is if it carves out exceptions for individuals and small revenue companies.

standing isnt some mythical unambiguous concept. in fact its almost entirely a legal fiction. times when standing should be granted its not and times when it shouldnt be it is. trying to make an argument that standing invalidates my point is fairly silly, since the very existence of this law has a chilling effect. denying that is foolish.