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Modding cars has been a thing since time immaterial. Tesla is fighting against a long tradition I enjoy, and I hope they lose. I don't want every piece of tech
by throwaway189262 6y ago
Modding cars has been a thing since time immaterial. Tesla is fighting against a long tradition I enjoy, and I hope they lose.
I don't want every piece of tech in my life to become "look but don't touch". There needs to be a right to repair and tinker with the things you own. We're slowly becoming serfs to our own possessions and the giant tech monopolies that control them from afar
- belval 6y agoI understand and respect that point of view, if you buy something it os your property and whatnot, but the counter point to that is that Tesla when not running still pack +70kWh on 400v busbars so this isn't your typical iPhone repair either. Yesterday I saw a video of a few people in a garage from what I assume is a garage in the US, salvaging the cells in a Tesla battery pack and not one of them had decent protective gear. Again I don't disagree with you, but I understand why it might bea serious liability for Tesla.
- swiley 6y agoI’ve seen videos of teenagers being careless with angle grinders but you don’t see homedepot freaking out. Label things and write decent manuals don’t write broken software with safety as an excuse.
- throwaway189262 6y agoThey're not liable for anything you tinker with. Same with gas cars which are just as dangerous