this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is one of this things where I can’t decide, is it more sad, scary or stupid.

It's criminal. Locking up capabilities of hardware you already bought and trying to extract rents for them is literally no different than a mafia protection racket. These car company execs deserve to go go prison for racketeering.