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1. madrox+Wa[view] [source] 2023-10-23 21:12:20
>>heshie+(OP)
I can only imagine Mazda's stake in this is that the OSS project is doing something that Mazda would like to monetize. Otherwise why limit a project that's making people fell better about their car purchase?

The worst thing to happen to home automation was companies trying to lock customers into their ecosystem without greater interoperability.

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2. sliken+Hb[view] [source] 2023-10-23 21:16:27
>>madrox+Wa
Mazda is likely jealous of BMW for charging monthly for seat heaters, OSS tools to control the car threaten that.
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3. salzig+8f[view] [source] 2023-10-23 21:37:36
>>sliken+Hb
BMW doesn't anymore: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/bmw-feels-the-heat-stops-c...

Looks like the pain was big enough.

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