It reads to me like: “this app does the same thing as our app therefore they must have copied our code; there is no other possible explanation”. Cool story, bro. I hope the developers will fight back but that takes lots of money.
Comment on Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool
UniDestroyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This doesn’t make any sense. API requests are not proprietary.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 year ago
So what? They have more money, they decide what is legal or not.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep, this looks like a blatant abuse of the DMCA by Mazda. Either Mazda is engaging in scummy behavior or they need better lawyers. Either way, it makes me want to never buy another Mazda.