Human Brain Enthusiast6h ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116377687987470957

“But you can still read your existing books! And jailbreak it to upload more!”

Imagine having a car that the manufacturer one day just declares that you can’t put gas in anymore.

To get gas you’d have to cut a hole into your car so you can sneak some in bypassing the inlet. But you can’t go to real gas stations anymore so you have to get gas in a back alley from some random guy.

Show threadFrère Jacques5h ago
@thomasfuchs
Are you aware that there were already car manufacturers that tried to force their customers into in subscription plans to enable hardware features like seat heatening etc.?
Show threadBård H. (lvl 49 🇳🇴)

@frere_jacques @thomasfuchs

Nissan recently pulled their app for no valid reason at all.

I choose the car back in December, partially because I knew I could pre-heat it from my phone whenever I needed to.

Now preheating only works if I need to use the car at the exact same time every single day, regardless of temperature outside.

But hey... fuck me, right?

1:47pmWeb
Show threadHuman Brain Enthusiast5h ago
@baardhaveland @frere_jacques