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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by amalcon on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:33PM (#38198151)
LoJack-alike and accident alerting features do make some sense to be offered directly by the car maker. The latter is obviously difficult to retrofit, and the former would likely be easier to defeat if retrofitted.

I don't buy the music and navigation arguments in a smartphone-equipped world, but I think a good case can be made for those two.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:41PM (#38198257)
Fine. Still, those two could be made as optional features that could be turned on or off at purchase, and/or during visit to a dealership or authorized repair shop. And neither of these should be sending telemetry during normal operation of the vehicle.
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