Mastodawn

Show thread

fanf42 Jun 21, 2024

@pluralistic

#autoenshittification #fool

Ah, it's even better, written down 👏👏👏

Show thread

Cory Doctorow Sep 9, 2023

Cars, after all, are nightmares of privacy invasion and rent-extraction, the source of #autoenshittification on a massive scale, a mobile form of #technofeudalism:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon

23/

Pluralistic: Autoenshittification (24 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Uncle Josh Aug 4, 2023

#autoenshittification ideas to come:
Safety as a Service: Subscribe to ensure your seat belts secure in place. Premium subscribers also ensure the air bags will deploy in case of impact.
Visibility as a Service: Subscribe now to enable exterior lights to be turned on at night. Premium subscribers will have them turn on automatically.
Signal as a Service: No more sticking your hand out the window to tell other drivers where you're going. Subscribe now to activate turning signals.

Steve England Jul 30, 2023

@drinkswriter not necessarily optimism if what comes next is feudalism 😬

See @pluralistic essay on #autoenshittification https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/

Pluralistic: Autoenshittification (24 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show thread

Led By Gilded Fools Jul 29, 2023

@GossiTheDog Per this article, https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/

I would expect no less of Tesla than to attempt to charge the customers to
a) not disable the car when the camera lense is blocked and
b) take down those videos

#Autoenshittification #Tesla #EV #Surveillance

Pluralistic: Tesla’s Dieselgate (28 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show thread

Cory Doctorow Jul 28, 2023

You don't own your car at all: when you sell it as a used vehicle, Tesla strips out these features you paid for and makes the next driver pay again, reducing the value of your used car and transfering it to Tesla's shareholders:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update

To maintain this rent-extraction racket, Tesla uses DRM that makes it a felony to alter your own car's software without Tesla's permission. This is the root of all #autoenshittification:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon

Tesla remotely disables Autopilot on used Model S after it was sold

Tesla has remotely disabled driver assistance features on a used Model S after it was sold to a customer, Jalopnik reports. The company now claims that the owner of the car, who purchased it from a third-party dealer — a dealer who bought it at an auction held by Tesla itself — “did not pay” for the features and therefore is not eligible to use them.

The Verge