[43920]

If Tesla (or any other company) can show that your modifications actually affect their ability to provide the services as designed, then sure, they shouldn't be required to provide them. But as long as the modifications I make don't actually affect the car's ability to operate, I don't see any reason why that should allow them to deactivate unrelated services.

[jjeaff]

There is also more important things at stake that make it very shortsighted and petty on Tesla's part to deny service.

Microsoft understands this which is why they offer updates to known pirated versions of their software.

Making things difficult for a few pirates is less important to them that making sure things stay secure. They also don't want a bunch of windows systems out there, slow due to viruses mucking up their reputation.