The top comment is from a legal expert basically saying that TPM's success in this lawsuit depends on avoiding Texas a jurisdiction, and the product in question is not possible without winning this lawsuit.

It's not that Texas is inconsequential. It's that the choice is "cut off Texas or risk the entire business in the other 49 states".

Oh, it absolutely is regionalism, in the form of "Texas is a corrupt legal shitshow and it can be a smart business move to refuse to do any business there."

And because HN only allows me like 3 comments a day, I'd like to emphasize "can."