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Originally Posted by rumatt

Taking this to the extreme doesn't work. At some point it turns into "All software should be free because it doesn't cost you anything to give it to me."

Not at all. You sell me hardware with certain features disabled without a software key. Until yesterday, the DMCA said I can't pick the lock. Today, I can. I don't need any additional software from you.

If you don't want me to use your hardware, don't sell me your hardware.

A less extreme case is selling server software with a license based on how many CPUs you're running. Want more processing power? Pay us money and we'll enable you to spawn up more copies in parallel. This happens all the time.

Completely different scenario and not covered in the right to repair ruling.

I think Tesla will be fine in this regard... but I'm usually wrong any time I try to predict anything, so...

I'm just waiting for JST (who, unlike me, will probably read the full thing) to tell me that conclusions about it are wrong. So, there!