Mazda's $10 subscription for remote start sparks backlash after killing open source workaround via DMCA takedown
Mazda's $10 subscription for remote start sparks backlash after killing open source workaround via DMCA takedown
Right-to-repair advocates believe that car owners should have full ownership of the technology embedded in their vehicles
- Step 1: Kill a free open-source app with a bogus DMCA takedown
- Step 2: Sell the same feature as a $10/mo. subscription.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20749171
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Welp, there goes any chances of buying a mazda. They think I'm going to go verify if a given model has this, or expect them not to slip it in eventually.
Fuck these car companies
Sometimes i think to start a blacklist of car brands, for whenever i end up buying my next car, but i fear it would simply amount to "all of them" in the end.
But that's the thing we need to work to determine which brands don't do this and give them business not just resign that they all do it
My bet is that there will be a point where only russian cars (looking at UAZ) and cars made for busieness (delivery VANs and buses) would be only ones left.