Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription - Owners can now subscribe to boost the power of their car… for a fee - Kotaku In Action 2

Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription - Owners can now subscribe to boost the power of their car… for a fee (www.autoexpress.co.uk)

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Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription | Auto Express

Owners can now subscribe to boost the power of their car… for a fee

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– NotCreativeName 3 points 309 days ago +3 / -0

Only the diagnostics are standardized. If you want to tune or perform coding you would have to reverse engineer the computers/bypass any applicable DRM(like certain infotainment features in VW cars like CarPlay have DRM checks to see if an volkswagen stealership activated it)

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