Mazda's $10 Subscription For Remote Start Sparks Backlash After Killing Open Source Option | Carscoops
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Right-to-repair advocates believe that car owners should have full ownership of the technology embedded in their vehicles
  • Step 1: Kill a free open-source app with a bogus DMCA takedown
  • Step 2: Sell the same feature as a $10/mo. subscription.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20749171

  • Lightor@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yeah I don’t get this at all. It’s like asking “who’s going to pay for all the shipping costs for the materials”, you. It’s baked into the price. A super light API call is fractions of a cent. They are getting bonuses in the millions, they can swing it.