UPDATE: Busted by the Verge, sorry everybody. Fuck.
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Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.
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. The manufacturer can't, effectively, sabotage your property without consequence. I truly hope this is not real, and if it is, they bring this to court ASAP and get precedent to squash this type of insanity right off the bat. If Tesla gets away with this bullshit--again, if it's real--then other companies will very likely begin following suit.
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.
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.
any sane country
USA has left the chat
I don’t see how this is legal?
Oh, sweet summer child. This is the USA we're talking about. Potus shows every day that him being pissed off about something basically makes it illegal unless you have more money than him. It only follows that his subjects take his example.
There’s no way Tesla would win in court under any sane judge.
And more than half the legal system has been either replaced or intimidated into submission.
Sorry if I sound terminally pessimistic here. In January I still might have held out some hope for a peaceful solution, but by now it's clear: this country will collapse, one way or another. This is not sustainable, and there will be no peaceful transition of power. I mean they're already putting all sorts of measures in place to make sure they "win" the next elections. And even if Democrats could win somehow - what then? The country is already fucked up. IMO, beyond repair. It needs to be replaced.
I don’t feel bad for losers that bought Nazi cars and trucks. You should have known better. And people expect these people to go to space and not randomly kill people?
If I made a song about legs, they would no longer ride my bike? Nah, looks like bicycles are the "Linux" of the streets.
For those who don't know, this shit is protected by the freedom of speech
Yes, but they can retaliate with petty shit in this way. All freedom of speech means is that there are no criminal charges against him for doing this - the government isn't coming after him.
Free speech protects you from the government oppressing your speech, not a private corporation.
Be a shame if a truck on the side of the road containing highly volatile lithium ion suddenly got a bit hot
I thought this was proven to be fake along with the video the guy posted.
They have the actual C & D letter in the pic and there are numerous articles about it. I think it's on you to prove it's not real at this point.
Seems like a huge shot in the foot for Tesla, I mean, that's on character for Elon nowadays, but still, are we sure this is true and not some publicity stunt for this rapper guy?
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
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