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The control of the computer is getting shifted from you, who bought the computer, to the seller of the computer.
This should not happen.
You should be angry about this.
You should refuse to be controlled.
You should resist.
My camera shoots fascistsFor many years now, Apple products have been the "devil I know" and I could kind of hold my nose and accept the compromises (and prices). But, damn, the compromises are piling up faster every month! I've accepted that I'm going to have to learn Linux at some point, but it's not just Linux, it's photo and video editing software, and every other app I use that I will have to relearn.
Or, maybe, I will ditch every digital everything from my life and become a hermit hanging out on the porch in the desert with my lizard and bird friends. That is sounding better all the time.
In the meantime, yeah, seize the means of computation as Cory Doctorow says. With torches, pitchforks and guillotines if necessary.
mike805@Mikal @Em0nM4stodon Apple is overwhelmingly the one that did this to the tech industry. If the iPhone had never existed we would still have:
Replaceable batteries
Headphone jacks
Ability to install software from anywhere
Unified messaging
No app stores
The rest of the industry only went that route because Apple got away with it.
I got a Black Friday laptop and went fully to Linux.
Now what do I do when my car breaks? I went car shopping in 2025 and aborted because of hostile antifeatures.
🍄slow learner, ❤️🔥deep feelerI'm going to find a good mechanic because the antifeatures are too much for me.
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@vervain @Mikal @Em0nM4stodon Likewise. I liked the Honda Accord feature wise, but it has a cellular modem you cannot turn off.
I asked dealers, independent shops, search engines, and AI if there is a hack or workaround. So far nothing.
If my car got wrecked tomorrow, I might get a 10th generation (2022) because some of the lower tier ones do not have a built in modem. I would just not install any apps and hang a Garmin for navigation.
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This is something that truly amazes me. Why isn't car hacking a thing? I mean FFS, if corn farmers can share cracked codes for John Deere tractors that allow them to work on them and program them themselves, you'd think all the privacy oriented tech nerds would have figured out how to crack car codes so that we could turn off all the surveillance or tweak the settings to our liking.
Till that happens, I'm sticking with my 2012 non-telematics truck.
I spent this morning replacing some of my house's original cracked and corroded cast-iron drain pipe with modern, standard ABS. This is a very useful skill when you need it! But I would readily swap it out for the "car hacker nerd" skill module if I could.
@Mikal @vervain @Em0nM4stodon People do all sorts of car hacks. Audio, performance, appearance, fancy lighting and gauges.
Why no privacy hacks? Some people claim to have pulled fuses or antennas, but where is the model specific howto?
The telematics in the Accord is basically Android. I spent some time playing with it (out of Turo) and I doubt it's as secure as the average smartphone.
I would happily pay quite a bit to anyone who could defang that thing, because then I could have a new car.