That isn't what's happening. They're deciding what purposes the software is fit for. They aren't doing anything to actually prevent them doing it — They're not Apple — but they are stating that doing so is a violation of the license and therefore they can wash their hands of the liability.

China shined on WTO rules in nationalistically anticompetitive ways from day one. If you won't stand for it from Apple, why would you support it from China?

Careful, if you can't spell then your salary may be reduced below fifty cents.

Both things are converging on the same point, an inadequately cooled shiny slab with ARM cores that are crippled by a case design that doesn't adequately radiate heat and a battery that doesn't last the useful life of the device.

" This is outside Microsoft's decision making IMHO"

It isn't.

Dollars to doughnuts that this is however just a ploy to get more money.

Well, this was yet another 'tech" blog post so - no surprise that it's chock full o' silly ramblings.

Facts could upset me if they were upsetting facts, but you're not working with any so the question is irrelevant.

Ah, thank you - that makes much more sense!

Making the radio easily replaceable means requiring a specific form factor. But the trend has been towards devices with big screens and little depth, freeing up a considerable space behind the dash front and center. This makes it much easier to design the HVAC system.

"Consider the $10,000 deposit laws.. If you deposit $10,000 in cash, the bank has to report it to the IRS. Try depositing $9,999..... You think the IRS is going to remain blind to this?"

The law also explicitly calls out "structuring" transactions to avoid these transactions that will go over the reporting amounts.

We worked "with" them for decades, which turned out to be them taking advantage of us.

It's time to write a new story, and not fiction like yours.

Then you can have your kid move in with you.

Did you teach your kids to be shitheads like you? Bet you did.

False. There is no comparable setting without any known contamination.

The modules in cars with voltage regulators are shielded. The data buses are a real concern. However, they could also easily and cheaply be shielded. CAN also uses a differential signal on a twisted pair, which limits the noise.

Spoken like a guy who has never bought a compressor or a tire.
The compressors they give you with the car are trash. They are $10-$20 at wholesale. You can get a pretty decent compressor (that you would want to reuse) for less than the cost of one tire, at retail prices.
That's still not why they did it, of course. They DID do it for packaging reasons. Not having a spare means not having to have space for the spare. But they ARE saving money.