[malwrar]

And it’s why I won’t buy a Ferrari.

Half joking, of course, but seriously I think this sort of design choice just reinforces the idea that the manufacturer, not the buyer, owns the product. Locking the hood closed, the symbolic innards of your car, isnt the only way to build a car safely. I fear moves like this will just further alienate people from the tech they rely on.

[sho_hn]

I know exactly what you mean: I'm fond of pointing out that I probably wouldn't be a software engineer today if the computers I grew up with had been as locked down as an iPhone. It only sort-of works in a world that today also features a Raspberry Pi, but is not sustainable on its own. In my brain I refer to this as "educational sustainability" somehow (then again, isn't all education motivated by sustainability of civilization and culture?), but I'm sure smarter folks have discussed and given this a better label.

That said, luxury sports cars are an oddball market with non-obvious concerns and economics. A lot of the limited production run cars these restrictions apply to are essentially too valuable to actually drive. They're collectors' items, or acquired as speculative goods that will increase in value. It may be that making them more "tamper-proof" is in a strange way in the interest of the buyers.