▲ 841 ▼ Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000 (electrek.co) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blissingg@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You might not understand what homebrew in a software sense is then full stop. Homebrew in software just means not commercially made/backed. GNU/Linux and plenty of other open source projects that power your modern life and the internet started the same way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Homebrew software is unofficial/non-commercial software for systems which were originally set up with proprietary software (like gaming console or in this case car OSs). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blissingg@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s the definition for games consoles specifically, I know you pulled it from wiki :) Every computer that comes preinstalled with windows also falls under your definition though as does any Mac. Linux was also developed for or spurned by a system that was proprietary and only for educational purposes MINIX. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Homebrew software is unofficial/non-commercial software for systems which were originally set up with proprietary software (like gaming console or in this case car OSs). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blissingg@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s the definition for games consoles specifically, I know you pulled it from wiki :) Every computer that comes preinstalled with windows also falls under your definition though as does any Mac. Linux was also developed for or spurned by a system that was proprietary and only for educational purposes MINIX. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blissingg@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s the definition for games consoles specifically, I know you pulled it from wiki :) Every computer that comes preinstalled with windows also falls under your definition though as does any Mac. Linux was also developed for or spurned by a system that was proprietary and only for educational purposes MINIX. permalink fedilink source parent