this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why they just can't go to a car mechanic and like change that?

[–] TIEPilot 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have this issue in my industry. You have to have the (as we say) the golden code to unlock features of a device you already own. The DLC of bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A lot of cars already have access ports made by third parties to flash ECU tunes on.

If cars like this become the norm, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of these to bypass paywalls on your own cars

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

yeah, but why not just hack it?