"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
11/14/2013 at 14:39 • Filed to: None
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"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
11/14/2013 at 14:39 • Filed to: None | 1
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013…
Guess I'll just have to get an E30 and keep it running for the rest of my life. This is horse shit...
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 14:44 |
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And certain game studios are getting away from this tech, go figure.
PRBot II
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 14:45 |
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This is huge.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> PRBot II
11/14/2013 at 14:46 |
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Fuck everything about it.
davedave1111
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 14:48 |
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Oh look, the EFF making a mountain out of a molehill. Well, actually this is more like making a mountain out of a patch of flat lawn that could potentially contain a molehill but doesn't.
If you lease any car, and stop paying the lease fees, what happens? That's right, they come and take it away. Funny, that.
dogisbadob
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 14:50 |
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Oh man, so I guess I can't pirate that Lambo now?
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davedave1111
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 14:53 |
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Nah, fuck the EFF spin. It's actually quite a good idea. Have a look at this, even if it is marketing stuff:
http://renault.co.uk/cars/electric-…
The battery leasing is pretty cheap - £70 a month - so if you're in a situation where you can't pay that, you're also in a situation where you ought to be selling your £10k+ car and driving something cheaper.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> davedave1111
11/14/2013 at 14:54 |
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So what happens when a car manufacturer decides it's no longer going to maintain the authentication servers? Or if the servers go down... I'm sorry but I don't think there is any up side to having your car need to authenticate in order to run.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> davedave1111
11/14/2013 at 14:59 |
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Sounds awesome. Running the risk of bricking your car if you ever decide to tinker with it or if you take it to a shop and they bork something.
Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 15:05 |
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The fuck? Fuck DRM
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davedave1111
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 15:14 |
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They won't be allowed to do that while they're still leasing batteries to people. Might as well ask what happens when BMW turn up to remove the car you've paid outright for. It's just not how things work when you have a contract.
In any case, the idea that there's some sort of authentication going on doesn't seem to make any sense, or to be supported by anything Renault have said.
If you're going to be leasing, and you plan to pay what you owe, you should hardly object to something noninvasive that will help minimise the amount you're paying to cover other people's nonpayment.
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davedave1111
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 15:15 |
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Eh? How? If the battery stops working, they replace it. That's kind of the point of the leasing system, because Renault can't really say how battery life is going to work out long-term.
I can't imagine what kind of tinkering you'd try to do, but in any case you're not allowed to do that to a lease car whatever kind of powertrain it has.
The Transporter
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
11/14/2013 at 16:33 |
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Your car: yet another item in the long list of things you don't really own even after you've paid for it.