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   Peter Cohen (flargh@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:45:22 JST Peter Cohen

   • Cory Doctorow

   "Investors love the sound of a “software-based car” because they understand that a gadget that is connected to the cloud is ripe for rent-extraction, because with software comes a bundle of “IP rights” that let the company control its customers, critics and competitors:" - @pluralistic, on Fisker's final fuckups.

   https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-10-10-software-based-car-based-37fff5c043c3

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     Robert James (fulner@social.mojo.fyi)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:45:19 JST Robert James

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
     @vfrmedia I have worked in automotive software for 23 years, and I could not agree more.
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     Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:45:20 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • billy joe bowers-AVP
     • Demiurg

     @demiurg @billyjoebowers @flargh @pluralistic worst part of this is brakes (particularly ABS) are often already dependent on embedded systems but the standard of engineering is high for obvious reasons. But introducing "techbro" culture into this industry risks more subpar software and motorists being used as test resource as "code can always be updated online"

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     Demiurg (demiurg@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:45:21 JST Demiurg

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • billy joe bowers-AVP

     @billyjoebowers @flargh @pluralistic Exactly! Either a bug kills you or your subscription for your brake expired, due to an invalid credit card. \m/

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     billy joe bowers-AVP (billyjoebowers@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:45:22 JST billy joe bowers-AVP

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @flargh @pluralistic

     Software based, or software laden, is one of the main reason why I will probably never buy another new car.