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Mazda's $10 Subscription For Remote Start Sparks Backlash After Killing Open Source Option (www.carscoops.com)

submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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Right-to-repair advocates believe that car owners should have full ownership of the technology embedded in their vehicles

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Additionally the “workaround” that someone provided still uses those connected services <...>

It literally didn't. All it used was API endpoint, which by definition is not proprietary.

“right to repair”

Right to repair is about ownership. If a company can take away features or product you paid for, you don't own it, you rent it.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah the problem is Mazda was abusing the DMCA instead of setting up their API properly. The API should fail if you try to use it without a subscription. It seems like this check was done elsewhere, which is just bad design. And then they used the legal system to cover it up.