alt Hacker News>I feel like I have a good idea how EV owners feel right now. (We have a Prius.)
The difference is that you don't own your EV, it is a computer on wheel. Any firmware update like Tesla has done in the past and features are no longer available.
That is totally opposite of homelab, you have full control, you flash firmware that gives you full control over devices.
I am hard core Linux user, my wireless access point runs Linux, my router is a Sophos baremetal running OPNSense/FreeBSD Unix. My 3D printer is DIY running Debian Linux.
That is the best thing about homelab, nobody can take it away from you, you own everything, it is yours and yours only.
"The difference is that you don't own your EV, it is a computer on wheel. Any firmware update like Tesla has done in the past and features are no longer available."
Yeah, I think that's right.
I only thought in one dimension: reliance on corporate controlled high density existing infiltration of fossil-fuel delivery infrastructure. Which is worthless if the price is occasionally exorbitantly volatile or might even run into zero supply issues.
Another equally important dimension is: that EV car might just be a puppet, and not you running the puppet.
I'm pretty sure the Prius doesn't phone home (2015), but I admit that I've not gone deep into it.
I can't stand this thing I just did in this comment where I tried not to sound like an AI. I might have to give up short comments entirely because I can't generate enough context for authenticity credibility. <= It's a fact, and that right there sounds like AI to me now.