Changing brake pads requires subscription.....

The enshittification of everything continues apace.

AudioShockwav said:

Yep, see attached article

Apparently You Need Permission To Change Your Own Hyundai Ioniq N's Brakes | Carscoops

An EV owner says he couldn’t even change his own brake pads, reigniting the Right to Repair debate in the electric era

www.carscoops.com

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The owner says the software requires a $60 weekly subscription, a $2,000+ approved hardware adapter, and a constant internet connection for authentication. Even then, it reportedly doesn’t work properly on newer models.
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I want me some of that!!



Is there no end to the craziness?

Brother DXer said:

It there no end to the craziness?

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This could all be solved by people asking questions before buying. Society seems to be either too passive or too stupid to ask the important questions, so it will continue on for a while longer. If people want the right to repair, they need to stop buying things from companies that make repair difficult.

Here's a great example of companies controlling the right to work on equipment. This has been an issue for the past decade for farmers.

I just went thru a episode of not being able to buy a new Anti Lock brake module for my 2004 Ford Expedition because Ford doesn't offer them if it is older than 10-15 years. My garage man tried 4 used ones before he got one he could get to fit and work. And that required some kind of Ford Programming Fee that cost $120.00 This computerize auto stuff is going to kill the little guy. But I will say I'm getting better than 1.7mpg better than I ever did before and I haven't really driven it much yet so it might pay off in the end. Another case of the Poor Boy Woos.

Louis Rossmann discuss this in a video other day.

brandon7861 said:

This could all be solved by people asking questions before buying. Society seems to be either too passive or too stupid to ask the important questions, so it will continue on for a while longer. If people want the right to repair, they need to stop buying things from companies that make repair difficult.

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I agree, unless consumers start ask questions and quit buying products that are anti right to repair, this crap will only get worse. The appliance industry is already pulling similar crap by adding hidden RFID strip on water filters to try and force you to buy their expensive filters. The trick is to move the RFID strip to the aftermarket filter.

Repo87 said:

Louis Rossmann discuss this in a video other day.





I agree, unless consumers start ask questions and quit buying products that are anti right to repair, this crap will only get worse. The appliance industry is already pulling similar crap by adding hidden RFID strip on water filters to try and force you to buy their expensive filters. The trick is to move the RFID strip to the aftermarket filter.

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Louis is a great guy, he went through this when he had a shop that repaired Apple tablets and computers. Apple gave no support to third parties, and Louis had to reverse engineer a lot of things. Apple was forced by law to provide parts, so they made repair shops subscribe to get it and things were priced so high that it would never be profitable.

Farmers are going through this with John Deere, and I think they are worse than BMW.

Vote with your wallet, but too many people don't. They don't work on their own cars and really have no idea about this. So we will get what the market bares.

I drive a 2000 Ford Ranger with a 5 speed and a 2.5 "Pinto" engine. A simple old engine with modern fuel injection is the best of both worlds, I plan on getting 20 more years out of it. If they don't outlaw gasoline first...