PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

L4sBot · 7 months ago

PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

@merc · 7 months ago

I don’t know about cars, but John Deere tractors can be remotely disabled by the company.

They were “bragging” about this in the early days of the Ukraine war, saying that they were locking down tractors that Russians were trying to take out of Ukraine. But, the fact they can do that means that if they don’t like some random farmer in Iowa, they can also remotely disable his tractor too.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

I’m kinda surprised that there was a single Ukrainian tractor that wasn’t rooted and still under the control of John Deere. Trying to restrict a Slav’s right to repair is about as impossible as trying to restrict an Italian’s right to complain about food.

@merc · 7 months ago

Who knows how honest John Deere were being in their claims about the tractors. But, they did claim that they were able to disable the tractors remotely, as if that were a feature.

But, it’s true, I’ve heard that when American farmers want to repair their own John Deere tractors, they tend to use Ukrainian firmware.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

That’s actually very dangerous. They can fuck with our food supplies whenever they want to.

@merc · 7 months ago

Yeah, but they have a good thing going, and wouldn’t want to risk it by doing something that will get laws changed.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

I’m pretty sure Apple has something similar. You don’t technically own the device because the software it’s packaged with doesn’t belong to you.

This means they could brick your phone and you have no right to complain.