[salient]

It seems that with everything new technologies is going to allow in the future, we'll need a whole slew of new laws meant to stop abuses from both corporations and the government.

[gress]

Why do we need new laws? Surely if people don't want this, they won't buy the cars.

[jw_]

* Car manufacturers: "hey saying your car is no longer supported and locking out 3rd party batteries is a great way to drive new sales."

* All car manufacturers decide to do so

* Consumer: I would like to buy a non-DRM'ed car!

* Manufacturer: If you don't like DRM cars, don't buy one with DRM! BTW, they all have DRM!

* Consumer: :(

[gress]

That just means there aren't enough consumers who care about not having drm for it to be worth serving them.