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Motorola doesn't have to do that, they can hang up on Joe Average who did installs the mod ... Cars aren't phones. The cost of installing a new engine is very

by ant5 16y ago

Motorola doesn't have to do that, they can hang up on Joe Average who did installs the mod ... Cars aren't phones. The cost of installing a new engine is very different than the cost of installing a phone hack, the set of people likely to do so (and the associated cost to the manufacturer and other vendors) isn't the same, and there's going to be a lot more consumer awareness about what they're doing by replacing the engine. And really -- modern cars are locked down.

Zak 16y ago
Modern cars are fairly proprietary, but they're not intentionally locked down. They certainly don't attempt to self-destruct upon detecting tampering. Cars actually do the opposite: they attempt to keep going even in the event of improper modification or malfunction (limp-home mode, etc...). I find locked-down devices annoying, but not unethical. Self-destructs are simply vandalism, and should result in legal action.