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Originally Posted by Waiter21
TeJay,
.... Sadly, perfectly good products will become obsolete for the simple reason you will not be able to purchase a controller board, at any cost .
Example: 50 years from now when my grand children are rebuilding that mint condition 2017 Chevy Corvette, they will not be able to get it running because they will not be able to find an ECM.
I would LOVE to see a law to protect the consumer against software adolescence. i.e. 10 years after a manufacture no longer supports a product, they must release any software and firmware for that product into Public Domain.
...The old Megasquirt FI is child's play compared to what ECMs control today. I'm absolutely amazed at the integration that I see on new vehicles.
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Interesting perspective, and more than a bit worrisome.
Planned obsolescence is alive and well, and progressed far beyond imaginable, say, from the 1980s.
In the past, I read that the original Henry Ford figured out that they were building some components of their Model A's/T's such that they never wore out. People would go to junk yards and get their parts rather than buying new ones.
SO, Old Man Ford started making them cheaper so that they would not last forever. NOT THAT THAT WAS A BAD IDEA.
I have a half-hope that the present younger generation, and follow-on ones, will be able to break the ECU codes and reconstruct the controlling programs when the cars become obsolete.
But, personally, not my problem. Won't live that long.
What is bothersome is that today's $600-700 "most advanced" cell phones will sell for $50 on EBay in about 2 years or less.
I think you might see the thread of my thinking as it might apply to this particular F53 case.