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[UPDATE: fake] They made his car "cease & desist" (lemmus.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sundray@lemmus.org to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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UPDATE: Busted by the Verge, sorry everybody. Fuck.

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Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.

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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assuming this is real, I don't see how this is legal? There's no way Tesla would win in court under any sane judge. If they bought the car outright and fully own it (i.e. didn't lease it from Tesla), then that is the car owner's property.

I'm fairly certain that it won't go before a judge. If Tesla doesn't have a forced arbitration clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration_clause in their contracts I would be truly surprised.

The manufacturer can't, effectively, sabotage your property without consequence.

I don't own a Tesla and dont have access to a US contract, but it wouldnt be far fetched that there's something in there about Tesla reserving the right to use a kill switch at their discretion.

I truly hope this is not real,

You and me both. But we live in a stupid timeline, and I can no longer tell what's outrageously real and what's rage bait.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't own a Tesla and dont have access to a US contract, but it wouldnt be far fetched that there's something in there about Tesla reserving the right to use a kill switch at their discretion.

In any sane country, one of the hundreds of consumer protection laws would have a judge laugh as they threw it out.

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago

any sane country

USA has left the chat

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

In any sane country

Yes, which is why I explicitly mentioned the US. Do this shit in Europe and there would be hell to pay.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

There hasn't even been a new privacy law at the national level since the 1980s.