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Elon Musk reveals Tesla software-locked cheapest Model Y, offers 40-60 more miles of range (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

proprietary software gives the developer power over their users.

Agree here, but that's a much larger issue than just this particular pricing structure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Is the artifical segmentation pricing structure possible without lockout software? Software has wide applications but in the end this is about freedom.

I would like an EV but I want an old dumb car converted as I don't want the modern car computing systems (unless there's one that runs a free OS).