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If their business model is broken, it's their problem. You bought a car, paid for the car, and that car has heated seats. Now they want more money for using hardware you already bought, paid for and received. I would understand if they had recurring costs with your heated seats (like they do with eg. a music streaming service or something like that), but nope, they sold you the hardware and now are blackmailing you f…
You paid for a car with non-functional heated seats. You got a car with non-functional heated seats. I agree that if people figure out how to easily enable those seats they have a problem. Because now they are getting less payment for those seats (as some people are using them without paying). But that doesn't make it wrong to sell you a car with non-functional heated seat hardware. > blackmailing you They aren't bla…
Re: Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features
#761You bought a car with functioning heated seats, where the manufacturer intentionally implemented a lockout system, so you can't use them unless you pay. This is like buying a house with an extra room, but the door is locked until you pay. Yes, you own the house, you own the room, you can break the lock, but if a shitty timing chain breaks within the warranty period, the fact that you broke the lock on that room will cause the manufacturer to complain and not want to fix the timing chain because you supposedly voided the warrantly.