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Post #At7wmVQRoxfdiOjski by [email protected] |
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A lawsuit filed in February accuses Tesla of remotely altering odometer values … |
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Post #At7wmVpGKhWIxMLhQm by [email protected] |
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The suit was filed by a California driver who bought a used Tesla with 36,772 m… |
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Post #At7wmWBwyLfU5ixonI by [email protected] |
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In short order, his car's odometer had rolled over the 50k mark and Tesla i… |
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Post #At7wmWYdbzofE5Zw9o by [email protected] |
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This isn't Tesla's first dieselgate scandal. In the summer of 2023, the… |
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Post #At7wmXXFycJ0G5wLdw by [email protected] |
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Drivers with range complaints were put through to "diverters" who'… |
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Post #At7wmXtEett1MGDttw by [email protected] |
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Iinstead, they'd have to leave a message and wait several days for a callba… |
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Post #At7wmYFDLBT2SQVS9w by [email protected] |
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Instead, they'd just *pretend* to have run the diagnostics and claim no pro… |
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Post #At7wmYaq2mlTXUcirg by [email protected] |
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For example, if you stop paying the monthly subscription fee that entitles you … |
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Post #At7wmYwoj4LUdeuH7g by [email protected] |
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For example, if you miss a payment on your Tesla, it can lock its doors and imm… |
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Post #At7wmZJrLOmFn7gg2S by [email protected] |
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But whether disclosed or secret, both kinds of downgrade depend on the genuinel… |
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Post #At7wmZgXz2vQvUInOy by [email protected] |
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Obviously, most of us prefer to have the final say over how our computers work.… |
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Post #At7wma2WfKVS1eaLey by [email protected] |
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In a state of nature, this is how computers work. To make a computer ignore its… |
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Post #At7wmaOVLc5T7ortuy by [email protected] |
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And sure, that software might be able to withstand the attempts of normies like… |
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Post #At7wmakq0Zx4F5JjjE by [email protected] |
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Despite the word "copyright" appearing in the name of the law, it'… |
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Post #At7wmb6ogrX5LFbHzE by [email protected] |
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So if you want to modify your Tesla - say, to prevent the company from cheating… |
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Post #At7wmbSROSpWQJiYgy by [email protected] |
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That's why you can't just buy reliable third-party printer ink - revers… |
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Post #At7wmboQ4kPXWU06wy by [email protected] |
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This is true whether you own, lease or merely interact with a product. The chan… |
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Post #At7wmcB6iOYieqcEJU by [email protected] |
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Or, you know, bricking your car. The defunct EV maker Fisker - who boasted that… |
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Post #At7wmcY9KizToJOdEG by [email protected] |
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Enshittification's observable symptoms follow predictable patterns: first, … |
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Post #At7wmctm2KHutNVtw0 by [email protected] |
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Twiddling is key to enshittification: it's the method by which value is shi… |
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Post #At7wmdFkibrvzXnSC0 by [email protected] |
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Sure, a driver might *claim* that their odometer is showing bad readings, but t… |
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Post #At7wmddVIIrrBCuQDI by [email protected] |
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But as soon as the observer goes away, the computer returns to its nefarious wa… |
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Post #At7wme0Bvx12JZWXZo by [email protected] |
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Cars are among the most demon-haunted products we use on a daily basis. They ar… |
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Post #At7wmeMWausdQpyNO4 by [email protected] |
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These are the "legitimate" ways that cars are computers that ignore t… |
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Post #At7wmei9IWB4Vu5e5o by [email protected] |
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Now, perhaps you could wield this power wisely, because you are in possession o… |
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Post #At7wmf4TxU2fdAXTu4 by [email protected] |
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These alien invaders are xenoforming the planet, rendering it unfit for human l… |
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Post #At7wmfQSdlcgjKp2A4 by [email protected] |
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Why did countries agree to pass these laws? Well, because they had to, or the U… |
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Post #At7wmfmRK3ChpV6aQ4 by [email protected] |
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That goes double for Tesla: rather than merely complaining about Musk's Naz… |
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Post #At7wmg8Q0KmivfO8g4 by [email protected] |
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Not only would this tank Tesla stock and force Musk to pay back the loans he co… |
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Post #At7wmgWsXOLo9Wpfns by [email protected] |
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*. Catch me … |
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Post #At7wmh10jMSBeyvjlo by [email protected] |
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Image:Steve Jurvetson (modified)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tesla_M… |
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Post #At85FFPzDMR26Gjtsu by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic baffled at how many people I knew in tech bought these cars and sh… |
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Post #At85FFY8j2xOVYYPaq by [email protected] |
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@abraxas3d @pluralistic I bought a used one a few years ago (when Gated Rat was… |
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Post #At8m9Hi64kgjV5c61g by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic And changing odometer readings is a federal crime:https://www.nhts… |
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Post #At8m9HqbZ7UfvTatHs by [email protected] |
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@Ehay2k @pluralistic Technically this is not changing the odometer, but the sig… |
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Post #At8pKIZxUB7LF6kZhw by [email protected] |
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@Ehay2k @pluralistic Sorry, but only actions committed by political opponents o… |
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Post #At8pKIhP2V4XcCEWJM by [email protected] |
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@ericmacknight @Ehay2k @pluralistic if they did this, I doubt they only did it … |
