> The better question is why would someone buy a computer that is so user-hostile it requires "activation"?
It's user hostile but owner friendly.
> Imagine buying a car that requires activation from the manufacturer, and they could permanently disable it at any time if someone stole it.
I would absolutely buy that car. If you want it now, you can purchase OnStar [0] which proves that enough people want it. "Once law enforcement confirms your vehicle has been stolen, our Advisors use GPS to help authorities find your vehicle. But that’s just the beginning. When it’s safe, we’ll work with authorities to remotely slow it down.* And with Remote Ignition Block™,* we can also remotely prevent a thief from restarting your vehicle."
Tech geeks tend to assume everybody wants to live in anarchy. I absolutely think every car should have a remote slower to eliminate the risk of most car chases.
> Tech geeks tend to assume everybody wants to live in anarchy.
The tone I get here is that tech geeks assume we want to live in a civil society, where one can plead their case and see Apple unlock the device when one has shown they have legal ownership and possession of it.
But, if the story is telling the whole story, anarchy is what we are living in. Apple just goes off and does its own thing without recourse.
If you really want, there are devices you can install to do this yourself and self-host the infra for (minus the mobile data), not sure how well they work with fancy modern cars, but they exist.
> I absolutely think every car should have a remote slower to eliminate the risk of most car chases.
I can't wait to be pulled over literally by an angry cop who doesn't care about where they choose to stop my vehicle, and if it's safe for me or not, or deliberately chooses to do stop in a concealed spot for reasons that won't be good me.
It's user hostile but owner friendly.
> Imagine buying a car that requires activation from the manufacturer, and they could permanently disable it at any time if someone stole it.
I would absolutely buy that car. If you want it now, you can purchase OnStar [0] which proves that enough people want it. "Once law enforcement confirms your vehicle has been stolen, our Advisors use GPS to help authorities find your vehicle. But that’s just the beginning. When it’s safe, we’ll work with authorities to remotely slow it down.* And with Remote Ignition Block™,* we can also remotely prevent a thief from restarting your vehicle."
Tech geeks tend to assume everybody wants to live in anarchy. I absolutely think every car should have a remote slower to eliminate the risk of most car chases.
[0]: https://www.onstar.com/services/stolen-vehicle-assistance