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We’ve come a full circle where rather than using the “Car Analogy” to picture the consumer realities of personal electronics (”imagine if they locked the perfor
by isametry 4y ago
We’ve come a full circle where rather than using the “Car Analogy” to picture the consumer realities of personal electronics (”imagine if they locked the performance of your car like they do with your phone”), it’s now the other way around (“imagine if they locked down your laptop like they do with your car”).
- htrp 4y agoAnd welcome to the dystopian nightmare that is a subscription based service for features like heated seats.
- chii 4y agoIt stems from the desire to receive revenue without actually performing new work. Physical objects sold never had that option before the advent of a persistent internet connection, and you at least fully owned it. Now, software updates which are mandatory, are making physical objects not be truly owned by the buyers. There needs to be new laws to allow consumers to retain the rights of ownership that is being erroded at record pace.
- pm90 4y agoHeh, this made me smile. The world has changed and keeps changing. When I was a kid, smartphones just weren’t a thing. And yet today I simply cannot imagine life without them. As the world changes so do the metaphors useful in describing it.