After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…
After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…
Can’t happen soon enough. Personally, I’d wish this would go much further and would allow every device to be flashable, with only a few exceptions for safety, like cars.
There’s also a certain irony that certain other places will go to bat for right to repair, and then turn around and say “Actually, I want to live in a walled garden.”, not realizing that these are two sides of the same coin.
No. There are three main bullshit arguments being used by lobbyists actively making the world a worse place by fighting against this type of legislation.
All three are demonstrably used in hearings to convince legislators to not sign right to repair bills into law. And all three are absolute bullshit.
Replacing the brakes on your own car is not generally seen as introducing safety risks, so why would software be any different? The only things that actually make cars safe are competent drivers (wether flesh and bone, or digital) and proper manufacturing (so no malfunctioning during use).
There is a reason full self driving is not legal in most places worldwide, and likely won’t be for a very long time. We’ve seen too many examples of software fuck ups and the legal responsibility in case of an accident is still a difficult part of the equation.
If we’re able to integrate full infotainment systems into cars, and all kinds of AI gadgets for driving assistance. We should be able to make cars safer even if the software is user servicable.
No more gatekeeping bullshit.
Good point.
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TIL, thank you. Edit has been made.
Safety means extra-flashable.
Yeah man, can’t wait to be sharing the road with people running custom ROMs on their 2 ton death machine. People are well known for being responsible in situations like that.
Quite frankly why the hell should I trust any publicly traded automaker to flash quality software?
Some of them have a track record for quantifying the cost of fixing an issue versus cost of settling lawsuits for that unfixed issue killing people.
Why would I trust an unaccountable rando with the same thing? One has a brand they need to uphold, and are liable for any kind of damages caused by their firmware.
When Joe Shmo crashes his soft-modded Honda Civic into a crowd of people, who’s going to pay for the damage and lawsuits, etc.?
because roadways are so safe and free from accidents as is.
Right, exactly. We don’t need more.
People do already. It’s called tuning. I drove a car I custom tuned myself for 3 years…
Skill issue?