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German carmakers and suppliers want to create a shared open-source platform (www.heise.de)

submitted 2 months ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does that mean we can finally rip out all the privacy violating software and hardware?

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No they just want their own privacy violating software

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yuck.

Wish any company would build electric vehicles without that in.

[–] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Privacy costs money. There are companies that retrofit gas cars into electric ones without making them into trackers on wheels. You can also buy EV kits and do it on your own.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

Oh, neat! Thanks, we had been wondering this!

[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is planned to certify the open-source processes and ensure compatibility with existing standards such as Autosar

🤮. Anything that touches autosar is/will be complete trash

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is Autosar?

[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Its a bug collection of standards thats meant to make software more modular. The modularity ends up being so complex though that actually using the modularity ia a PITA