MA passed a right to repair bill requiring tools be made available to third party mechanics. So car companies shifted all the functionality of those tools into

MA passed a right to repair bill requiring tools be made available to third party mechanics. So car companies shifted all the functionality of those tools into "telematics" (so for example, instead of a Subaru tech plugging in a scan tool, now he logs into a Subaru website which talks to the car over its cellular based telematics link) and said "neener neener, you didn't say telematics in your law, HAW HAW!" So MA passed a second right to repair bill specifying telematics is included, and slapped back harder by speccing that they had to establish various systems to grant third parties access, etc. A couple of automakers responded by petulantly disabling telematics functions for any vehicles sold in MA. Of note: both bills were general ballot measures, because the Right To Repair folks knew that they'd never get a bill like it through the MA legislature due to lobbyists and legislative corruption (aided by much of the MA legislature's activities not being public record; the executive branch has also declared itself exempt from public record/meeting laws, as has the judiciary.) The other thing of note: automakers ran a massive advertising campaign including videos strongly implying that women would get stalked and sexually assaulted/murdered, presumably by third parties given access to their vehicle's telematics. They basically called independent mechanics rapists and murderers. Worse, they claimed that a sexual assault victim's NPO (RAINN I think? I forget) was against the bill. Turns out it was a bald-faced lie and the org wasted no time reaching out to press to inform them of that. It really tells you how much was at stake here profits-wise, and how important right to repair is, that automakers were willing to shout "YOU'LL BE RAPED BY YOUR MECHANIC!" and lie so blatantly about NPOs supporting them