- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.zip
- Step 1: Kill a free open-source app with a bogus DMCA takedown
- Step 2: Sell the same feature as a $10/mo. subscription.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20749171
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20749171
I have two issues with Mazda here:
You cannot copyright an API. They took down a foss project by using false copyright pretenses.
That one I actually agree with, almost. Demanding infrastructure for free is unreasonable. It’s just that the feature is artificially locked to said infrastructure. It didn’t need it in the past.
Also that infrastructure is already being used to steal all you data anyway. Not paying the subscription doesn’t disconnect it.