> Tesla set up DRM to artificially limit the driving range of their cars until you pay them a ransom to simply let your car drive longer distances! I think the

> Tesla set up DRM to artificially limit the driving range of their cars until you pay them a ransom to simply let your car drive longer distances! I think the effect of this sort of DRM is underestimated in many conversations about post-scarcity. People don't seem to appreciate that cryptography will create programmatic scarcity where previously we only had scarcity due to physical laws.