Seems like a great purchase, in terms of being able to utilize their data and the usage patterns of everyone on the app. Not sure how it will affect the end-user :-/
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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effects for the end user will likely the the same as with all other takeovers by big companies:
- lockdown of apis to prevent others from using the data
- development stops for functionality useful to competitors
- the only one who benefits is a rivian customer