Adafruit: From Ultimate Driving Machine to Ultimate Rent-Seeking Machine: The BMW Logo Screw Patent.
If you haven’t already heard, BMW’s R&D teams have been busy “innovating.” Unfortunately, they aren’t focusing on the things that actually matter—like stellar engine performance or the legendary driving dynamics that gearheads love. Instead, the C-suite execs decided that the best use of their engineering budget was to design a proprietary security screw specifically intended to prevent BMW drivers from fixing their own cars.
Until they force you. Like how pretty much all new housing developments have oppressive HOAs now.
I am so happy to live in a non-HOA neighborhood…
The day when the only options are subscription based cars will be the day jailbreaking your car is as common as jailbreaking an iphone.
It’s a choice to live there. And you have a choice on how you spend your money. No one is holding a gun to your head making you buy a shitty car.