>There's a reason they all now need digital service books which are locked to their partnerships.

This is honestly one of my biggest fears about the modern auto repair situation. Previously it was fairly common to eventually find service manuals for sale second hand after enough time had passed. Or someone would scan and dump them online. Then it turned into waiting for PDF's to leak from dealership CD's.

Now with having them locked down to dealership tablet pc's I worry they will never hit the public.