Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features
by nescioquid on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:01PM
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There are semantic games at play here, I suspect.
The manufacturer sold the hardware configured in a certain state; could have been configured different depending on price for the same device. Once the device is sold, the new owner is a petty tyrant over the state of his own property.
But if I don't own the heating feature, I don't care. I am pretty sure the warranty indemnifies the company against the hardware be actually fit for said purpose and they will not guarantee a result anyway, so what do you "own" in the first place, if not the device itself?
The manufacturer sold the hardware configured in a certain state; could have been configured different depending on price for the same device. Once the device is sold, the new owner is a petty tyrant over the state of his own property.
But if I don't own the heating feature, I don't care. I am pretty sure the warranty indemnifies the company against the hardware be actually fit for said purpose and they will not guarantee a result anyway, so what do you "own" in the first place, if not the device itself?