How aware are you that end-user liscense agreements are intruding upon your life? that software companies increasingly want to dictate to the consumer how their product can be used?
consumerist.com said: -Cars work because software tells all the parts how to operate -The software that tells all the parts to operate is customized code -That code is subject to copyright -GM owns the copyright on that code and that software -A modern car cannot run without that software; it is integral to all systems -Therefore, the purchase or use of that car is a licensing agreement -And since it is subject to a licensing agreement, GM is the owner and can allow/disallow certain uses or access.
this is a summary from http://consumerist.com/2015/05/20/gm-that-car-you-bought-were-really-the-ones-who-own-it/
and believe it or not, the legal argument from this can be traced back to Nintendo trying to stop bootleg games from running on their original NES in the 80s.
there are other examples in your life of the direction companies want things to go.
Microsoft is converting Windows 10 from a software into a service for you computer, completing an action they've wanted to since Windows XP and compulsory activation.
If Windows is a service instead of an actual product, they gain ridiculous amounts of power over the end user's handling of their computer.
If your car is a service....
