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Re:Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can cha... by encom on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:25PM (#50355016)
Has it? Feels like we're just getting more of it all the time.

"Hold on babe, the christmas lights have to finish installing a firmware update", is a real sentence that actual people are saying in 2026.

Re:Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can cha... by zodwick on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:07AM (#50367595)
I think there are two aspects: 1. like no I don't want my microwave sending random blips of location data to a server and no I don't want hyper-personalised ads on my coffe machine 2. I want my machine to do what I want and not be limited by random limitations set in the software, either intentionally or via incompetancy.