Tag: right to repair

Copyright Office exemption makes McDonald’s ice cream machines repairable

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

McDonald’s always-broken ice cream machines might finally get easier to fix. That’s because the US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment — including the ones that make your McFlurries.

Copyright Office exemption makes McDonald’s ice cream machines repairable

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Copyright change removes exclusive McDonald’s ice cream machine control from Rockton company

The center of the Rockford resident’s frustration sits miles away from the W. Riverside Blvd. McDonald’s: Taylor Company. The manufacturer assembles and manages the infamous machines in Rockton.

Auto Makers Are Selling Data On Your Driving Habits To Your Insurer Without Properly Informing You

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from the I-can’t-drive-55 dept

Last September, Mozilla came out with a privacy study indicating that the auto industry was the worst tech industry the organization tracked. Mozilla found that not only does the industry hoover up a ton of data from your use of vehicles, it collects and monetizes most of the data on your phone. Often without transparency or adequate safeguards:

“All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label — making cars the official worst category of products for privacy that we have ever reviewed.“

Auto Makers Are Selling Data On Your Driving Habits To Your Insurer Without Properly Informing You

Someone tell Rep. Mike Gallagher that China is buying our data! /s

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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Here’s the thing: most of these companies haven’t genuinely changed their stripes. They just know that the bipartisan popularity of these reforms make it impossible for them to continue actively opposing them. So what they’re doing is lending their support for state laws, provided said laws exempt most of the key industries engaged in the dumbest behaviors.

BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

from the sorry-seatbelts-are-extra dept
Wed, Jan 11th 2023 05:22am – Karl Bode

Last year BMW took ample heat for its plans to turn heated seats into a costly $18 per month subscription in numerous countries. As we noted at the time, BMW is already including the hardware in new cars and adjusting the sale price accordingly. So it’s effectively charging users a new, recurring fee to enable technology that already exists in the car and consumers already paid for.

BMW Further Embraces Making Basic Features A Costly Subscription Service