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Comment by misterderpie | original | Claude Code and Codex reverse engineered my 1994 Jeep's ECU over a $3 Arduino [video]
[−]misterderpie · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:28 UTC · link
Sad to hear. I am not a car owner, but lived in the EU for most of my life. The consumer market owes quite some consumer rights to the EU, so I guess all we can do is hope that they'll eventually crack down on these measurements again.
[−]abletonlive · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:56 UTC · link
> The consumer market owes quite some consumer rights to the EU

Let's be clear that it's just incentives. If the EU economy was based on creating companies and new products there would not be as many incentives for consumer "rights" there.

[−]PorciiVorbesc · 2026-11-15 Sun 19:01 UTC · link
> The consumer market owes quite some consumer rights to the EU

Not for car owners/consumers in the EU. Auto makers and dealers get away with a lot of shady shit fucking over their customers in the EU all the time.

Like sibling said, there are incentives to regulate stuff that has no impact on EU businesses, shit like USB-C or replaceable batteries, but they won't touch the auto industry to mandate easier repairs and less lock-downs.