Re:Car manufacturers break promise about sharing location da...
by mdp2021 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:23AM
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> I can fix it myself
If, if this disastrous piece of history ends up well, the reaction to it will be a market that demands repairability, vendor agnostic.
Among the circulating information about new vehicles is, for example, that * batteries may tend to drain in days and * a flat battery cannot be simply replaced or restarted: the car must be brought to its manufacturer's service premises. Evident absurdities like this could trigger a reaction, they should wake up people...
It could and should make people want to be able to fix their car themselves.
If, if this disastrous piece of history ends up well, the reaction to it will be a market that demands repairability, vendor agnostic.
Among the circulating information about new vehicles is, for example, that * batteries may tend to drain in days and * a flat battery cannot be simply replaced or restarted: the car must be brought to its manufacturer's service premises. Evident absurdities like this could trigger a reaction, they should wake up people...
It could and should make people want to be able to fix their car themselves.