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    Spanish import taxing for <64k computers also caused the premature release of the Spectrum 128, long before it was available in the rest of Europe. Commented Apr 30, 2017 at 19:37
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    In the US, there used to be a tariff on LCD screens--but not on devices containing them--that was larger than the combined value of all the non-screen components in a cheap laptop. Commented May 1, 2017 at 18:31
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    @supercat how was this exploited commercially? Commented May 2, 2017 at 11:40
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    @RobertColumbia: I don't know of that, but I have heard of wholesale quantities of laptops being imported for purposes of disassembly. I think if an entire production run were used for no other purpose customs might have decided that the units weren't bona fide laptops, but if a reasonable quantity were actually sold and apparently used as laptops, the fact that the displays could be yanked wouldn't cause them to be otherwise. Commented May 2, 2017 at 14:20
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    Playstation 3 is not retro yet, but its capability to run Linux (playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/index.html) apparently was designed as a 'tax break' feature. It was removed in 2010. Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 22:06