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• prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah man, can’t wait to be sharing the road with people running custom ROMs on their 2 ton death machine. People are well known for being responsible in situations like that.

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  • pandacoder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Quite frankly why the hell should I trust any publicly traded automaker to flash quality software?

    Some of them have a track record for quantifying the cost of fixing an issue versus cost of settling lawsuits for that unfixed issue killing people.

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    • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would I trust an unaccountable rando with the same thing? One has a brand they need to uphold, and are liable for any kind of damages caused by their firmware.

      When Joe Shmo crashes his modded Honda Civic into a crowd of people, who’s going to pay for the damage and lawsuits, etc.?

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    because roadways are so safe and free from accidents as is.

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    • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right, exactly. We don’t need more.

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  • Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People do already. It’s called tuning. I drove a car I custom tuned myself for 3 years…

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  • spez_@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Skill issue?

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