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Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
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[โ€“] hesusingthespiritbomb 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If this becomes common enough there's gonna be a whole cottage industry of jailbreaking cars.

[โ€“] AutistoMephisto 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. Until the find a way to remotely brick your vehicle like how John Deere does to its farm equipment if you hack the software. Or Microsoft bricking your PC if you don't have Genuine Windows installed.