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Yes, but phones have a reason to be online most of the time. A vehicle should be able to be used without ever being online. Otherwise you are at the mercy of
by BiteCode_dev 3y ago
Yes, but phones have a reason to be online most of the time.
A vehicle should be able to be used without ever being online.
Otherwise you are at the mercy of udpates, the provider good will (and John Deere as little), network availability and so on.
- anilakar 3y agoSo are CNC machines. Are you aware that if you move a modern one, it's gonna be bricked?
- NinjaKitten 3y agoYes and we don't like it.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoAnd it's a very bad no good awful thing. Stallman is extreme, but he got that part right. DRM and other bricking mechanism are not our friends.
- notjulianjaynes 3y agoI did not know this. Is it for theft prevention, or more like a deterrent to e.g. would-be clandestine arms manufacturers. I'm aware CNC machines can be quite pricey, but they otherwise seem like an impractical target for theives. At least a tractor has wheels.