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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors'.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other...

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

with only a few exceptions for safety, like cars.

Safety means extra-flashable.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah man, can't wait to be sharing the road with people running custom ROMs on their 2 ton death machine. People are well known for being responsible in situations like that.

[–] pandacoder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quite frankly why the hell should I trust any publicly traded automaker to flash quality software?

Some of them have a track record for quantifying the cost of fixing an issue versus cost of settling lawsuits for that unfixed issue killing people.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why would I trust an unaccountable rando with the same thing? One has a brand they need to uphold, and are liable for any kind of damages caused by their firmware.

When Joe Shmo crashes his soft-modded Honda Civic into a crowd of people, who's going to pay for the damage and lawsuits, etc.?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

because roadways are so safe and free from accidents as is.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Right, exactly. We don't need more.

[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

People do already. It's called tuning. I drove a car I custom tuned myself for 3 years...

[–] spez_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago