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There is a direct line from "DRM In Music" to "You Now Subscribe To Your Car", via "Using Third-Party Toner Is Against The Law"
@pikesley TIL about the exciting frontier of "Software defined silicon", aka Pay As You Go chips.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4060771/intel-introduces-pay-server-chip-service
@ldodds I'm not even angry. I'm slightly in awe at the naked avarice here tbh
@pikesley "please upgrade to complete this calculation"
@ldodds We are very much living in Cory Doctorow's future
@pikesley it is a Sirius issue.
@pikesley Read an article yesterday about a new electric Volvo and how some of its features "won't be turned on until next year" even if you buy one today and it broke my brain ever so slightly. It's a fk'n car, FFS.
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) @pikesley The ultimate pinnacle of capitalism - you only have access to use what you buy for as the manufacturer chooses to let you - has been coming by increments over the last 30 years.
John Deere tractors. Speakers that only work as long as the manufacturer is in business. TVs that have a 7 year fixed life time (or less) of mandatory software updates. Software and/or firmware licence subscriptions.
The writing has been on the wall for ages.