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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by DocMcStuffin to c/technology
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Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

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[–] Uglyhead 258 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just start charging exorbitant amounts of money for every API call; problem solved! —Spez

(Also: Fuck Spez)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Sadly it would end the same like with reddit or netflix: The loss due to the amount of pissed-off and leaving customers is obviously way less than the gain due to the ignorant or root-problem-agnostics. Makes me a sad panda...