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Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by lockhouse on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:19PM (#36988808)
Is there though?

Even on game consoles, the “DLC” is often a couple meg download because the actual content is already built into the game.

You could turn Windows NT 3.51 Workstation into Server by just changing a registry key!

https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/ms/differences_nt.htm...

Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by pbhjpbhj on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:38PM (#36989893)
I'm not sure 'MS charged $800 more for NT server when it was basically the same as NT', given how much they're known for unfair and fraudulent business practices, is the greatest argument.

Expecting capitalism to be fair is probably where we're all going wrong here.

Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by lockhouse on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:48PM (#36990829)
I’m not arguing whether or not it’s fair, just that at this point this is a long standing industry practice going back decades.
Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by LocalH on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:53PM (#36990100)
This is less true nowadays than it used to be, some games have quite a substantial amount of DLC of which no part is shipped with the base game. The Rock Band series comes to mind there, for one.
Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by lockhouse on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:30PM (#36990604)
I see it all the time with RPGs still.