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BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove (carbuzz.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 36 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Exactly, this whole article is stupid and I kinda like the little fasteners.

I'll buy a set of these screwdrivers for $10 and put them in my speciality tool drawer and call it a day.

No problems here.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    From the standpoint of anybody reasonably handy, we all know we can buy tools. Any time I see a discarded or abused tool I'll salvage it just because I know I can grind or channel out the head to make custom drivers. That's not the problem.

    It's that the company is going to use this as a play to illegally monopolize and stifle competition.

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