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Originally Posted by nioh_lbbm2
It's a control thing industry wide amongst al vehicle makes and sectors including construction and farming. They do not want the possibility of user serviceability. See John Deere for example. Can't even work on your own tractor
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I doubt that. It's illegal to force single source in Europe. Anti competition legislation is a thing. OE manufacturer's lost a big case about sharing WIS and technical specifications needed to service their products.
Probably more to do with protecting ever stricter emission legislation. What's the point of tightening down on emissions when users can disable all that with a 5 minute flash tune. I guess manufacturers need to be seen to be combatting that. Along with a number of reasons why you don't want people poking around your coding.