▲ 738 ▼ Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) In Europe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) And if available in Europe, do you think that information will not appear elsewhere? Mazda is not going to create a separate API for them alone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Content providers already block access to content based on locale. It won't be hard to have a flag in the API that turns off functionality based on the callers location. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) And if available in Europe, do you think that information will not appear elsewhere? Mazda is not going to create a separate API for them alone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Content providers already block access to content based on locale. It won't be hard to have a flag in the API that turns off functionality based on the callers location. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Content providers already block access to content based on locale. It won't be hard to have a flag in the API that turns off functionality based on the callers location. permalink fedilink source parent