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BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove (carbuzz.com)
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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I'll admit having your logo on the screws is, in itself a neat idea, not a good one, but I see why it's cool. making it propertary and control the production of who can remove it, is a terrible idea. and looking at it's design, it seems trivially easy to make a screwdriver for it.