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You can still do plenty of tinkering with cars. In fact, one of the things that I love about Hyundai is that last I looked, they provide their entire tech/servi
by leviathant 17y ago
You can still do plenty of tinkering with cars. In fact, one of the things that I love about Hyundai is that last I looked, they provide their entire tech/service manual free, online. I used this to swap out my thermostat, to replace the fuel filter, to swap in a bigger sway bar, to take apart my dashboard, all kinds of things I'd never really even thought of handling myself, except that the information was there for me.
By comparison, you're not supposed to change your iPad's battery by yourself.
- roc 17y agoYou can still do plenty of tinkering with some cars. E.g. you're not supposed to change the battery on the Prius yourself either. Suffice to say, not all manufacturers are the same and not all products are the same. And frankly, so long as the tinkerers are being serviced, I don't see society as having lost anything yet, just because a single more appliance-y product has hit the market. And --specifically to the matter at hand-- particularly not when the appliance-y product in question has a first-class, standards-compliant web browser.
- sstrudeau 17y agoRight, but if you were to change the battery in your Prius (and publish instructions on how to do it) you might void your warranty but you're not going to get sued under the DMCA. It seems insane to me that something that could have dangerous side effects (changing a battery in a complex vehicle) is less regulated than code.