> You can “own” a vehicle all you want, that doesn’t give you the right to fuck with its odometer or catalytic converter.
Sure it does.
This entire attitude is what's scary about software, actually. See, back in the ye olden days, no one disputed your right to remove the catalytic converter on a vehicle you purchased.
It was no longer legal to drive and if you were caught you could get fined. But you absolutely had the right to do it.
But now with software, there's enough control that 3rd party entities are dictating with 100% success what an owner can do with the vehicle. And you're defending it as right.
Sure it does.
This entire attitude is what's scary about software, actually. See, back in the ye olden days, no one disputed your right to remove the catalytic converter on a vehicle you purchased.
It was no longer legal to drive and if you were caught you could get fined. But you absolutely had the right to do it.
But now with software, there's enough control that 3rd party entities are dictating with 100% success what an owner can do with the vehicle. And you're defending it as right.