If you haven’t already heard, BMW’s R&D teams have been busy “innovating.” Unfortunately, they aren’t focusing on the things that actually matter—like stellar engine performance or the legendary driving dynamics that gearheads love. Instead, the C-suite execs decided that the best use of their engineering budget was to design a proprietary security screw specifically intended to prevent BMW drivers from fixing their own cars.
Is there no ublock “captcha whitelist” around, for anything but default blocking mode?
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is what happens when leadership now chase stock price over value to customer.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This has been true with BMW and all German car companies since the 90s. Service costs are now ingrained in the business plan.