“There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks.”

  • jabjoe@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    In a decade or two, they will be electric and there won’t be a carburetor. It will all be more like that parking system. The moment software comes in, much easier to lock people in. That needs to not be the case. It’s always made out that somehow working on software of these things is dangerous, but somehow working on a mechanical machine of controlled explosions of flammable liquid is not. Most people are just going to flash on firmware someone else did.

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      3 days ago

      The moment software comes in, much easier to lock people in.

      i’m almost with you (and i get the point you’re making) but my little shitbox from the 80s that i love, she had a tiny computer under the seat. i think it managed the lights and emission system or something.

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        2 days ago

        They had really got the locking people in down to an art like they so now. It was a more innocent time, computer wise. Now, if it’s not open, basically assume they are doing something bad.