I have never owned or operated a car and this doesn't really make me want to.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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Why they just can't go to a car mechanic and like change that?
We have this issue in my industry. You have to have the (as we say) the golden code to unlock features of a device you already own. The DLC of bullshit.
A lot of cars already have access ports made by third parties to flash ECU tunes on.
If cars like this become the norm, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of these to bypass paywalls on your own cars
IOTs are pushing us towards subscription hell-scape. We must demand dumb, non-connected machines and devices.