misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoOregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoCars have been home repaired since cars existed. It has never been a notable safety concern. Somehow it suddenly is?
minus-squareCar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoEven cheap cars now have hundreds of processors. Modules can throw errors, send the car into limp, or deactivate the vehicle entirely. Plus, emissions. It’s a different game now.
minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI’m sure that is what the car manufacturers claim.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoThis thread is literally the difference between someone who knows what they talk about getting downvoted because people don’t like facts and someone who doesn’t know they talk about getting upvoted because they appeal better to emotions. Social media has ruined us.
minus-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago“What could the overwhelmingly technically skilled audience of Lemmy possibly know about electronics repair and embedded programming?” Huh I wonder where the downvotes are coming.
Cars have been home repaired since cars existed. It has never been a notable safety concern. Somehow it suddenly is?
Even cheap cars now have hundreds of processors. Modules can throw errors, send the car into limp, or deactivate the vehicle entirely.
Plus, emissions.
It’s a different game now.
I’m sure that is what the car manufacturers claim.
This thread is literally the difference between someone who knows what they talk about getting downvoted because people don’t like facts and someone who doesn’t know they talk about getting upvoted because they appeal better to emotions.
Social media has ruined us.
“What could the overwhelmingly technically skilled audience of Lemmy possibly know about electronics repair and embedded programming?”
Huh I wonder where the downvotes are coming.