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SecretDreamstoday at 11:50 AM1 replyview on HN

Need the "why not both?" meme here.

BYD and Tesla have the same ability to brick their cars anywhere. It's less a "weapon" and more a way to cripple a subset of people overnight if they so choose. A general major downside of "connected" products.


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2ndorderthoughttoday at 12:09 PM

Okay what gain does China or BYD or similarly, Tesla and the US get by crippling their customers products? It doesn't make sense except at the point of a ww3 scenario where China is an adversary. I don't follow the news too closely, but I see no inklings of that at least.

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