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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by tiahura on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:40PM (#30646947)
As a lawyer that sues car companies, and the spouse of a lawyer that does work for car companies, I can assure you that lawyers aren’t the ones who convinced them to make things more proprietary and difficult to repair.
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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by cupofpython on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:36AM (#30671651)
What kinds of things do you sue car companies for?

I do not think lawyers literally encouraged it, I just think that they are expensive and going proprietary helps avoid issues.

What's your take, though? Genuinely interested. It is widespread across the entire industry, so there appears to be an industry-related driving factor for it

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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by Ansil849 on Friday March 11, 2022 @06:08PM (#30647251)
> As a lawyer that sues car companies, and the spouse of a lawyer that does work for car companies

This is interesting to me. Do conflicts of interest with both of your respective employers come up?

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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by tiahura on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:36PM (#30648174)
Not really. I don’t cases involving her clients.
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