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I'm struggling to find nuance in what seems like a black/white issue. If you buy the vehicle, you can do whatever the @#$% you want with it. If you can't do wha
by kevwil 5y ago
I'm struggling to find nuance in what seems like a black/white issue. If you buy the vehicle, you can do whatever the @#$% you want with it. If you can't do what you want, it's a subscription model and the maker is responsible for all maintenance and insurance. I fail to see how the latter is a good option for car makers, so I find this whole issue to be total BS.
"Next on CNN, Kia and Subaru vehicle 'owners' have amassed over 50,000 vehicles in a field in Kansas and will be lighting them on fire momentarily. Let's watch."
- yowlingcat 5y agoYou jest but I believe a Finn did this very thing [1] with a Tesla in a very similar protest: https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-finn-blow-up-his-tesla-model-s-with-dynamite-1848261076 https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-finn-blow-up-his-tesla-model-s-...
- gameswithgo 5y agoExamples of nuance: You buy a Widget. WidgetCorp says you may repair it or do whatever you want with it. However WidgetCorp will not sell you any parts, or any schematics. WidgetCorp sues any third parties that try to make their own replacement parts. WidgetCorp engineers added complexity into Widget solely to make it impossible or harder to repair Widget (anti tamper screws, DRM on batteries). WidgetCorp will refuse to repair the flux capacitor under warranty because you have a modified fusion drive, even though no causal link can be postulated between the two. WidgetCorp will cripple Widgets that have 3rd party parts via software updates. All of the above regularly occur with the likes of Apple, John Deere, Dell, Lenovo, Tesla, etc.