• tuxrandom@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    And now you’ve got carmakers looking to charge by the month for features.

    When I reach the point at which I am forced to buy a car like that, I’d just find out from where the feature gets controlled and hack in my own controller and a good 'ol switch.

    • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Right now it’s your right to do what you want to your car as long as it still passes vehicle inspection, but it appears that car makers want new laws that prevent you from modifying your own car.

      If we just sit on our hands now, well likely move into a future where we will be forced to either pay subscription or take public transit, which requires subscriptions.

      • tvarog_smetana@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        The Library of Congress added “software that runs land vehicles” to their copyright exceptions somewhat recently. That’s why farmers are legally allowed to use cracked software from Ukrainian grain farmers to run/repair their tractors