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So do you no longer own the car? How can they stop you from hacking it once the warranty is over? It's your car, doesn't need internet for more performance.
by sschueller 4y ago
So do you no longer own the car? How can they stop you from hacking it once the warranty is over? It's your car, doesn't need internet for more performance.
- NovemberWhiskey 4y agoAbout two-thirds of Mercedes-Benz cars (and three-quarters of BMWs) in the U.S. are leased; so the driver never owns the car in the first place. The reality is that most cars in this price range are leased and returned at the end of their leases ... if your monthly payment never actually includes an ownership element (only depreciation) then it's not actually that big of a stretch, is it?
- highwaylights 4y agoYeah but there’ll be software updates that you want in the future. I’m pretty surprised regulators aren’t already on this given that car subscriptions is a pretty massive story already.
- blackbear_ 4y agoThey will just do the same shit that's done on android smartphones, locking the bootloader and showing you the middle finger.
- PartiallyTyped 4y agoThis is why right to repair, not only for mobile devices for all electronics MUST exist. We are effectively at the mercy of a cartel. Auto companies are pushing propaganda around this and exploit the less informed among us.
- froh 4y ago"the vehicle software, part of the functional safety critical infrastructure, has been modified. please call a technician." that's one very viable scenario to control "your" car. for your safety, of course.