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I don't buy it. Cars are far more dangerous and they've been mandated to be repairable for decades now.



Agreed, but the tide is shifting there, too. It's not a problem getting an off the shelf part for your vehicle. It's the software for that part that's the problem.

We already see phone manufacturers locking 'easily' replaceable parts to the rest of the phone in a way that the phone rejects the replaced part. As our cars gets smarter, look for similar tactics to be applied there.




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