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But they're going to argue that custom firmware is bad "for safety". And they're not necessarily wrong, especially if they deliberately make an entangled mess where safety-critical control systems share code paths with their spyware.
Which won't be allowed into any EU city within a decade or so. And between maintaining a Battlestar Galactica style old timer and reverse engineering a future modern car, I'll probably enjoy the latter more.
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Hermes 1 year ago
ohh, yes, 100%! I was also thinking about this - I would say for start - a new car with root access might be enough? 🤔 We will be able to turn off all annoying features, yet get a comfort of a well developped vehicle... nowadays we still can buy cars made before 2015: without a simcard, but I am sure those will get banned soon... especially in EU.. 😢
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I want a car that does not have all the fancy features, no wifi, no 2g, no bluetooth, no GPS... A big roomy drivable box that doesnt fail me. Is that too much to ask? Something like this, but not as old.... Dont want to spend the rest of my life replacing car parts... Althoug thinking about it, the thought is kind of romantic... image
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Chucky 🫂 1 year ago
Anyone building open source car software running on our beloved Linux?
I agree that this is one area, where going low tech is a good choice. You aren't loosing any important functionality.
The only non-nonsensical counterpoint I’ve come across is later models may be rated as safer than older models.
Now that I think about it, it might be worth upgrading tires, brakes, and perhaps fit a rollcage inside. That might put you ahead of anyone else on the road in terms of safety 😆
I have a list of stuff that I need with opensource software: - car - robotic vacuum cleaner - robotic lawn mower - dishwasher - washing machine - fridge - AC units .... Nowadays I either have to buy old/cheap dumb device without any features or have some spyware gadget that spies on me and sells my data...
I see Jeeps and Jeep-like Isuzus that don't have all the "smart" stuff