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>>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.

>>madrox+Wa
Mazda is likely jealous of BMW for charging monthly for seat heaters, OSS tools to control the car threaten that.

>>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.

>>salzig+8f
Too late, BMW was already in our blindspot when we bought a new car. Just like how no one reads the newspaper retraction, no one sees you walk back a bad decision once they've written you off. So don't make dumb decisions in the first place, even if it's "just to see if it sticks".

As a result of the BS in TFA, I'd put Mazda in the same corner, except they were never a contender because they don't build cars that I might buy (well, okay, maybe a Miata).