• jabjoe
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    7 months ago

    They are “too big to fail now”. If they pop now, the ruins will be bought quickly. The car won’t be allowed to brick. But it is good to highlight the issue that modern car need to be independ of the existence of manufacturers servers. I’d go further and regulate that it must be documented protocols and you must able to change the servers used if you choose.

    Same with any computer, if you don’t have admin, you don’t own it.

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      7 months ago

      too big to fail

      That’s a good point, it’s just as likely (to my cynical mind) that the U.S. govt would just bail them out to the tune of hundreds of billions

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      7 months ago

      Someone will step in and pick up the ashes. Question is will it be a company or the government.

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        7 months ago

        How would non-American consumers feel about the US government controlling there cars? Not sure all American consumers would be happy with that either. Why it’s OK for a company to have that power over your car is another issue…

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          7 months ago

          I wouldn’t think the government itself would intervene. But possibly a government assigned entity so all those owners aren’t left high and dry.

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            7 months ago

            I think even without government sweeteners there would be plenty of buyers.