I had a big long post but all this talk about ecutek vs open source needs to stop in this thread. It has nothing to do with the subject at hand. This thread just got derailed.
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Originally Posted by jamesm
this is just another case of a common problem. honestly i feel bad for them, i doubt they're out to upset their customers. imagine that on top of that, all of this old workload that is bogging them down returns them nothing. that money's long been spent. this is why i always argue that the model is broken. free updates for life is not a sustainable business model.
free base maps, with a la carte updates for a fee. you have to couple workload to revenue. there's nothing wrong with being swamped, as long as your making money the whole time. it is correct that the ecutek model just doesn't support this because of the licensing cost and the fact that no one else can tune your car. you're literally married to your ecutek tuner, for better or worse (usually worse in my experience), unless you don't mind paying a bunch out of pocket again.
i wish nothing more than for tony to transition to using an open platform and make this all work under a new model. he's the best tuner we have if you believe the internet. i'm close by and having tune issues, i'd love to run his tune instead but i'm not going to marry the guy for it  . |