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Shouldn't be too big of a problem for those comfortable with spending what could be a months salary on a broke down vehicle.
Plenty on here seem to feel that way as it is
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I don't have a problem with it, we can still do some work like fluid changes and brakes, and really, that's what classic cars are for, they provide plenty of wrenching fun.
DMCA has been ruining video games for years. It's stupid. If you want your PC game to be pirated, embed some ridiculous DMCA. Spore had one of the worst - you could install the game 3 times, after that you needed to contact Electronic Arts and get a new authentication code / product key to do it; And they where not exactly good at honoring it. The result? Spore is was one of the heaviest pirated games of all time.
The music and movie / video industry is enshrouded in this BS as well. Apple is horrid with this stuff, you buy a song / album and you don't own sh*t. You own the right to use it, but try to move it around between PC's in your house and it's a nightmare / impossible.
They (auto industry) are just following suit for precedence already set in other industries. It's rampant in the TECH industry, it's full of patent trolls. It's not the small businesses either, the big guys are horrible about it. Apple being one of the guiltiest.
It's stifling progress in what I'm taking a good guess is pretty much every industry. One of our best visionaries alive IMO has an excellent quote about this:
"If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal." -Elon Musk... What an awesome quote from an incredible person and this concept can be applied to anything. IMO patent law needs some serious re-working. It is the major force / factor that is pushing this behavior.
I will say, as someone that has a decently modified Subaru WRX, this pisses me off. Frankly though, just like pirating games when a developer decides to go a route that is contrary to serving the customer; There will always be solutions to those that are willing.
If anything drives us back to the 1700s, it'll probably be these copyright protections and things breaking down to the point of "can't be fixed, the code authors can't be found(ie,. died a long time ago.)"
Stifling advancement to the point of "who cares", I'm going to hook the plow up to the donkey.
I used to work on cars, and still give advice to those that do, sorry but I agree the average person has NO business working on a car. You might think that is harsh, but if you saw the stuff I do everyday, you'd agree
I used to work on cars, and still give advice to those that do, sorry but I agree the average person has NO business working on a car. You might think that is harsh, but if you saw the stuff I do everyday, you'd agree
Some mechanics have NO business working on cars either.
I used to work on cars, and still give advice to those that do, sorry but I agree the average person has NO business working on a car. You might think that is harsh, but if you saw the stuff I do everyday, you'd agree
Until the price comes down to the point where people aren't going broke over a catastrophic repair disaster, ride a bike and think twice about those doing so.
Honest mechanics and techs are hard to come by when navigating a endless sea of swindlers.
This is not really aimed at the back yard mechanic who wants to replace the alternator or swap out the brakes to avoid being raked over the coals at the shop. They want to restrict access to the technology in the car, which I think is to shut down the people who are altering the computer programing for tuning purposes.
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