The Bosch eBike Flow App wins the CES Worst in Show award for Enshittification!
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@iFixit we probably won't make business with Bosh anytime soon, regarding this kind of practice (out of other stuff)
with @Shifti_SC in our R&D, open software and hardware is more and more a "requirement" than a incentive
@iFixit Additionally, even when we do not suggest that Bosch might abuse their powers (which they are still likely to do at some point), they can just break repairability of your bike out of pure indifference at some point when they shut down the pairing server infrastructure. When *they* say your bike components are EOL, your whole bike becomes EOL when even used parts cease to be usable for repair.
( @pluralistic of course knows this )
@schmittlauch @iFixit @pluralistic
What surprises me is that they're not using the (real) issue of e-bike battery fires as their lead excuse. Of course a dodgy rebuild of an existing battery becomes more attractive when a decent 3rd party replacement isn't an option