thecodeassassin

How do you see the trend of car parts being custom made for specific VIN numbers developing? Do you think people will just take this lying down?

Good take. I hope people will continue to see electric cars as regular cars and won't stand for this. In the future we won't have a choice and I feel that if we don't stand up for our rights now then all the cars going forward will be completely locked down.

I know switching from ICE to EV is technically a paradigm shift but in reality it shouldn't be. The only real thing that's different is in how the energy is stored and converted. It's still an object that's used for transportation. At least with a smartphone you can argue that it wasn't as powerful before and thus couldn't be used as a full blown computer. Right now most phones are faster than most desktops were 10 years ago but people have gotten accustomed to the lack of freedom. I say we don't let it get that far, I say we fight tooth and nail to get these kind of consumer unfriendly practices die as soon as possible. Time will tell of course, but I for one will not take this one lying down.