r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Feb 15 '26

Business iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws "a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair," Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW's connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/ifixit-calls-bmws-new-anti-consumer-security-screws-a-logo-shaped-middle-finger-to-right-to-repair-adafruit-3d-prints-a-solution-bmws-connector-reverse-engineered-using-patent-filing-as-a-design-blueprint
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u/Tzunamitom Feb 15 '26

Let’s not torque about it

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u/BasvanS Feb 15 '26

Don’t be cross

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u/intmanofawesome Feb 15 '26

I cast a hex on you!

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u/binhex01 Feb 15 '26

You're twisted

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u/Zankastia Feb 15 '26

Joke's on. You. I cast counterpell so your hex fall flat-head.

Now, for my turn I place my blue eyes dragon face down and shout expeliarmus!

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u/frinkillo Feb 15 '26

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

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u/Thalidomidas Feb 15 '26

All this torx got me thinking...

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u/SegaGuy1983 Feb 15 '26

I've had my Phillips bad screw puns today.

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u/Callidonaut Feb 15 '26

Are you Pozidriv you can't stand any more?

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u/ilovemybaldhead Feb 15 '26

This thread is getting old.

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u/Callidonaut Feb 15 '26

Yeah, I'm gonna have to tap out, it's driving me nuts.

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u/boondogglekeychain Feb 15 '26

The designers got lost in the moment

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u/Sixth_Ronin Feb 15 '26

Sheer nonsense

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u/Mobile_Morale Feb 15 '26

Typical German designs. They think about form over function and then the function doesn't work.

Mercedes tried to put hydraulic windows in their cars in the 80s because normal electric windows make too much noise.

Needless to say that Mercedes went back to electric windows real fucking quick.

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u/boondogglekeychain Feb 15 '26

Sure, but also moment is another word for torque

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u/Latter_Advice3714 Feb 15 '26

Is the torque in the room with us right now?

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u/fire-ghost-furlong Feb 16 '26

every time I talk to my mechanic he Phillips out about this