Subj : Re: BMW charging monthly for heated seats
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jul 14 2022 04:34 pm

  Re: Re: BMW charging monthly for heated seats
  By: paulie420 to Warpslide on Thu Jul 14 2022 02:34 pm

 Wa>> I wonder how long it will be before we see some auto manufacturer
 Wa>> take someone to court because that customer figured out how to
 Wa>> enable these features on their own without paying them.

 pa> Hopefully never - it seems the right to repair is coming along in our
 pa> country, altho it could move a lot quicker IMO... I wonder where hacking,
 pa> or 'breaking' a factory paywall would land in that whole scheme of things.

What would be funny is considering such functionality "broken" because you've 
purchased it but it won't work (unless you give them money).  The "fix" would 
be to find a hack or workaround to make it work without having to give them 
more money.

I almost feel like this kind of thing is extortion.  You bought it, but this 
feature won't work unless you continually give them more money..

Nightfox
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