Did you see the Rossman video about this? The patent explicitly calls out that the reason for this design is to prevent people from using it without the proper “authorization” or told or whatever. It is not about branding or better functionality or anything else
So it’s just another pattern of tamper resistant screw, this time with tacky branding. Those have been used for decades on cars, idk this feels very blown out of proportion. People are acting like it’s evil when it’s just a normal thing but cosmetically way uglier.
Did you see the Rossman video about this? The patent explicitly calls out that the reason for this design is to prevent people from using it without the proper “authorization” or told or whatever. It is not about branding or better functionality or anything else
Idk what a rossman video is, but bmw, being a german company, is beholden to Right to Repair. They need to make the tool available
Here you go
https://youtu.be/oM0W1li-a7g
So it’s just another pattern of tamper resistant screw, this time with tacky branding. Those have been used for decades on cars, idk this feels very blown out of proportion. People are acting like it’s evil when it’s just a normal thing but cosmetically way uglier.
That’s fair, an on brand for BMW.