"Jailbroken", exactly. The mobile industry has taken this lockdown approach as well. It's working for them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it works for the auto industry too.

I'm not sure this is inherently bad or good. I don't like it personally, but I do see the reasoning. Self-driving cars probably shouldn't be hackable, and the first attempts need to be airtight as possible (what with the media jumping at every chance to spread FUD). But it concerns me that the days of opening the hood to hack away at your pickup truck might someday, largely, go away... That's not good for anyone.