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| amyk:
People have been stockpiling and restoring vintage vehicles for a long time. I don't expect that to stop either. |
| MyHeadHz:
Aside from the arguments already mentioned, wouldn't that simply mean that the original buyer still has ownership of the software? I imagine there is more to this story, like maybe the original buyer decided to buy another Tesla vehicle and transferred the license. (Surely Tesla wouldn't just kill the license and make them buy a second license if they get another Tesla...) |
| Stray Electron:
--- Quote from: MyHeadHz on February 09, 2020, 04:19:08 am ---Aside from the arguments already mentioned, wouldn't that simply mean that the original buyer still has ownership of the software? --- End quote --- I don't know. Do you still "own" the license to every version of Windows that you ever bought? If so, of how much use have they been? --- Quote from: MyHeadHz on February 09, 2020, 04:19:08 am --- I imagine there is more to this story, like maybe the original buyer decided to buy another Tesla vehicle and transferred the license. (Surely Tesla wouldn't just kill the license and make them buy a second license if they get another Tesla...) --- End quote --- What makes you think that Tesla wouldn't "kill" the old license and make you buy and new license along with the new car? (And make the buyer of your now used car buy another license?) MicroSoft does it all of the time. Go read your license agreement, it clearly states that it is only for one machine. "I imagine there is more to this story, like maybe the original buyer decided to buy another Tesla vehicle and transferred the license. " If that was the case, then why did Tesla transfer the car to the dealer with the "licensed" features still operational? If it was a matter of a license, then the features should have been deactivated the moment that the license was transferred to another vehicle. NO excuse; since since Tesla did have the car in their possession and since that could dis-able the features remotely. Never underestimate the GREED of companies like MS and Tesla! |
| Red Squirrel:
I don't like this idea at all, that there is essentially DRM on a car. If I buy a piece of hardware I want it to be mine, and controlled by me, and I don't want anyone to be able to start changing or disabling stuff on it. If the car has the physical capability of doing something, then don't take that feature away just because I'm not paying even more money. I already paid for the hardware that allows that feature to work. I dread that this will becoming the norm over time. It's one of the reasons they are pushing 5G so much as the goal is to make everything IoT including cars. They are already doing this with consumer IoT stuff like home automation and security, that is just the start. People just accept having to be at the mercy of a 3rd party (and in some cases pay a fee per month) for the product you bought to work. The only way I think this is remotely acceptable is if the product is free. But even then, me personally I'm not a fan of renting, I want to own, and I want to fully own. |
| thinkfat:
Oh, OK, I get it now. It's not a car, it's a phone! And the autopilot is an app! Yes, now it all makes sense! :palm: |
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