Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.

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    8 hours ago

    they dont charge those paywalls to dealers, this is just a way to force consumers to service their cars with expensive partners

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      It’ll be reverse engineered and a tool on AliExpress for $50 within a few months. Dealer software will be cracked.

      Then it’s just an arms race between the OTA updates and the pirates.

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        15 minutes ago

        yeap but then we lose warranty…

        this would be easily addressed through legislation but our govs are just too corrupt to function