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I wonder if they started building this API to comply with the newer Massachusetts right to repair law, then just made it public when the feds told automakers to ignore the Massachusetts law.

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That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this post and read the code a bit.

Also fuck the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for telling auto makers to ignore a very well intentioned state law.

Agreed. It was well intentioned, but I think it went too far by trying to prescribe the solution. Their 2012 law was much better written and it was easy for automakers to implement (I did the technical implementation for one automaker).

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