@MollyNoise Doesn't BMW let you control the heating of your seat by paying a subscription?
Seriously, this stage of Capitalism sucks
@Ozmopolitan yes, this reminds of some vague memory i have of early computing where features built into machines (iirc high end servers for companies) were unlocked in the field by technicians.. but even then i think it wasn't a recurring fee
@MollyNoise Just wild when they now block something that could even affect the security. Can't imagine that it's safe to make acceleration slower than expected by other drivers
@Ozmopolitan car-features-as-a-service is such a fucked idea, if this stands i truly wonder what is next
that its (still?) legal for coffee pod machines to reject "unofficial" pods is deeply fucked (obv im against them in general due to the waste)
@MollyNoise I can understand media subscriptions. They make sense but hardware that blocks a feature you have already purchased it's awful.
I mean I opened my NES and destroyed by accident a pin of the lockout chip after hitting it with a screwdriver a couple of times and closing the NES again.
I hope the owner of hardware in that something prevents any kind of use similar accidents.
@Ozmopolitan yeah, god, it would be awful if some open source people figured out how to bypass all these built-in restrictions and people could just use their cars 😨
wrt media subscriptions, while they in some cases might be good, w platforms like Spotify, its a way of getting artists to basically build a platform which takes most of the money 🙃
I'd rather if people pirated my entire discog and some sent me 5eur on kofi , would pay better
@Ozmopolitan sorry, yes, of course you already know this
@MollyNoise Yeah, it must be a real struggle for small artists.
That said... I really hope that these extremely creative people come up with more and more obscure platforms and devices to store their music on... I want to get an excuse to buy an 8-Track 😉