I don't really care because he can afford it many times over. At the same time I understand that moving abroad with your computer can be a huge pain in the ass, so I would like to see that suck less.
Easiest way to avoid the dismissals of the personal belongings tax exemptions is to just mildy damage the product in front of the officials, scratching the laptop cover with keys for instance or in a funny case I read on reddit about a dude who pulled out a hammer and dented a fridge he was trying to get thru customs tax free
Are we having a theory of mind moment here? People that bring excess personal belongings get an ATA Carnet. How is a custom's person supposed to know that he doesn't intend to sell this equipment. Do you think that people smuggling electronics haven't played the "oh you don't understand it cost 40 bucks at this pawn shop here is a photo of the receipt on my phone". The only think that was a possible shakedown was the estimated price of the imported goods. Every country does that too. Try getting something from aliexpress and the seller classifies it under a non fee'd category to dodge import cost. If a random inspection catches it you will get taxed out the ass.