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[-] somnuz@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

Well.. Plenty of cars are actually becoming a rideable PC where “ride” is just an option too. This is one of this things where I can’t decide, is it more sad, scary or stupid.

[-] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

It's moneeeyy. That's all there is to it, money. They finally have an easy way to control what you can or can't do with the things that (at least on paper) you own.

I just knew this was gonna happen... I warned about these things ever since music/movie subscriptions became a thing. You don't own a copy of what you (allegidly) bought, thus, it's not yours.

Now, you do own the thing... at least on paper, but you can't do much with it unless you pay extra cash to the one who sold it to you, so it can... you know, do the things it's supposed to do. It's basically extortion, no matter how you slice it. It's malware, period.

[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago
[-] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

If it's easy enough to actually steal, everyone does it. It's human nature, we're greedy by nature.

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[-] grue@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

This is one of this things where I can’t decide, is it more sad, scary or stupid.

It's criminal. Locking up capabilities of hardware you already bought and trying to extract rents for them is literally no different than a mafia protection racket. These car company execs deserve to go go prison for racketeering.

this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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