That really stinks! It's wrong to make a law like that without offering a remedy to those impacted by it and need the money to survive. They should offer programs to get newer models rather than just take away some poor old man's way of surviving. Governments all too often forget to care for those who most need it, in the name of progress...
Progress can’t be achieved at the cost of someone’s survival. I remember once I was in a conversation with Spiritsurge (CEO of Surgent Gaming Studio), and we were discussing the high level of abuse by Pakistanis on Hive. You might have noticed that most of the botnet operators from Pakistan have now left Hive and moved to blurt. He was emphasizing compassion and reminding me how the teachings of Islam are rooted in compassion.
Later I stopped being strictly anti-abuse and shifted my focus toward rewarding authors I could trust, almost like my own version of personal KYC. It didn’t mean seeing their faces because even someone with a face can still abuse. It was more about hearing them on voice, reading their comments across different places, and sensing their authenticity.
Anyway, the point is that compassion is something I learned later in life. In the beginning I was very strict. Now as I participate in different communities, I keep compassion as part of my plan and approach.
Sorry for going a bit off-topic
If you ask the government, they probably have their own logical explanations for their actions, but they still lack compassion like I said. I’m sure they can justify their reasoning in some technical or administrative way, but morally it still feels wrong. And yet sometimes I wonder what really is right or wrong. I guess I’m still stuck in that dilemma.