I see they're taking notes from Apple.
That's shitty.
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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I think they just patented it because the system rewards patent trolls with thousands of patents, even if they have no intention to ever use said patent.
This is unpractical and will cost them more (replace all the tooling, rethink supply chain) than it will supposedly make them (rich customers would go to official repairs anyway, and poor customers will just get a copy from aliexpress)
This is what happens when leadership now chase stock price over value to customer.
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BMW driver's can't even change a tire in my experience.
Is there no uBlock "captcha whitelist" around, for anything but default blocking mode?
radical innovation. proprietary screws. un-standardization. de-industrialization.