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It's actually a "feature." Automakers like to have easily sun-settable, hard to replace parts to quickly remove old cars off the market. Now, they want to do i
by baybal2 6y ago
It's actually a "feature." Automakers like to have easily sun-settable, hard to replace parts to quickly remove old cars off the market.
Now, they want to do it even quicker.
DRMed autoparts are a new craze. A tsunami of them is coming in 2021+ cars.
They all now want to do the the John Deere trick. They gave the industry a very bad example to follow.
- bluGill 6y agoAs an employee of John Deere I can assure you that is false. We are proud that machines made in the 1950s are still in regular use, and we make a ton of money providing replacement parts for machines that old. We have also spent large amount of dollars over the last decade replacing electronics that have gone obsolete, not to mention buying and storing spare parts so we can continue to replace those old electronics for customers. Our bottom line would look a lot better if we didn't have to redesign perfectly good electronics all the time. I can't go into more detail than that.
- CamperBob2 6y agoOur bottom line would look a lot better if we didn't have to redesign perfectly good electronics all the time. Well, I can think of at least one easy way to avoid that problem. If you document your hardware and put a leash on your lawyers, you'll find that your customers and their independent service organizations will be glad to take on this responsibility for you.