Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.

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    3 hours ago

    This is such a weird hill to die on for someone who claims to be pro-consumer

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      You make it sound like football team loyalty.

      I am pro-fairness, not pro-consumer. I don’t think the consumers are justified in their entitlement in this case.

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        Ah my bad, despite having been coerced into a transportation economy that forces us to purchase multi-thousand dollar machines, I forgot to consider if we’re asking too much of automotive manufacturers when we request to not pay a premium for comfort that literally costs them nothing since they already sold it to us.

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          You wouldn’t have a warm seat anyhow if they only installed the seat for prepaid customers but it is possible that those customers would pay more because it would cost more to make two sets of cars. Or four sets if optional fancy suspension is done that way, or eight sets if you include digital radio, or sixteen if…

          Much of the cost is R&D, not just the physical item.

          Do you think all music should be free because it is already online and you downloading an album doesn’t cost the artist even one cent?