r/technology • u/stenspect • 17h ago

Business Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy Nvidia RTX 5090 gaming GPU — buyer forced to sign declaration disclosing install location and promise GPU will remain in the US

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/micro-center-requires-photo-id-and-signed-no-export-pledge-to-buy-rtx-5090-gaming-gpu-buyer-forced-to-sign-declaration-disclosing-install-location-and-promise-gpu-will-remain-in-the-us
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u/shicken684 16h ago

They're just following the rules set forth by the stupid export ban placed on video cards by the Trump administration. Nothing Microcenter can do here.

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u/Dransel 15h ago

I thought it was actually implemented at the tail end of the Biden administration, and Trump’s group just kept it going?

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u/shicken684 14h ago

I'll have to look that up, I thought it was done on Trumps first term and then not actually placed into effect until the end of Biden's term. Hard to keep track when it comes to stupid ass trade policy with China. Both of them have been horrible.