[coderaptor]

These are not the same things. You are not necessarily capable of protecting yourself from their use by another party.

If these magnets are used incorrectly, why should the responsibility for that not be the users?

[kristopolous]

The user I was responding to didn't make that distinction.

As far as your question, I've spent enough time with corporate legal to know many of these protections are industry driven to scaffold up a legal framework to protect themselves.

That's what "self regulation" actually looks like in material reality. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what was done here.

It's producer protection - doing say $100mil in sales on a legally grey product makes attorneys nervous