Within 20 years we went from being able to buy new radios for our cars from best buy to having every part VIN-locked and non-replaceable
It's not hard to see where it will go next:
- Government surveillance technology
- Ads on the head unit
- Subscriptions to unlock basic features
- Locking joyrides to conserve energy
- Banning you from going to certain places
- Driving you to the police station if you disobey
The goal is that you will be controlled by the things you buy
People want computers, they just don't want to be at the mercy of them
If your ECU or TCU or whatever else can't tell you exactly what's wrong with your car, you're screwed and are at the mercy of the automaker for repairs
@Aut4rk@filpizlo@yo_swif I don't think GH stars are a good metric
But FWIW, Flipper Zero is powered by mJS and Espruino still powers a lot of IoT products like micro:bit