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yuicebox · 11-21-2013, 08:54 PM

@Circuit Motorsports

I completely understand your concerns. If I were you, I'd be cautious to risk my custom tunes being openly shared also. That's your job, and I understand that.

The two things I want to address are as follows:

1. If you provide me with a locked tune and I feel compelled to flash back to my stock tune, or to a different tune (say from 93 octane to e85 and back), I will have to visit the shop. You can counter by saying "oh we can tune flex fuel" but that's not my point. Locking a tune isn't just about protecting your intellectual property. It restricts the mobility and utility of the end product. If I could buy a tune from you and put it on my vehicle-locked Openflash Tablet and then switch back and forth between it and other unlocked tunes, I would be happy to pay for a locked tune. @shiv@vishnu - Can you tell me how your "tuner package" would affect this idea?

2. I could be wrong, because this is my opinion, but I personally don't think there's a big market for illegally shared, custom tunes from "big name" tuners. These tunes are typically designed for the specific vehicle and the specific mods, so there's not a huge benefit to sharing them with other people. Also, I like to think (possibly falsely), that the tuning community respects the notion of of intellectual property. I just don't see people running highly aggressive tunes that they downloaded from the internet that weren't even set up for their car. You could end up blowing up your engine because you stole an aggressive tune from a person who lives in Florida and you live in Colorado. Run to lean and blow your engine, that sort of thing. I just don't see REAL tuning enthusiasts being interested in sharing custom tunes illegally, and those are the people who buy custom tunes to begin with. Racers and performance junkies are typically more focused on having a leg up on the competition and having the best tune, rather than giving the "the best tune" away.

I get why you don't want to offer tunes to OFT customers, but I think you're really missing out on a market that's just begging for custom tunes, and who would be happy to pay and hesitant to share.

So that's my opinion. Thank you for taking the time to read it.

Respectfully,

Alex

11-21-2013, 08:54 PM	#131
yuicebox Banned Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 217 Thanks: 171 Thanked 145 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	@Circuit Motorsports I completely understand your concerns. If I were you, I'd be cautious to risk my custom tunes being openly shared also. That's your job, and I understand that. The two things I want to address are as follows: 1. If you provide me with a locked tune and I feel compelled to flash back to my stock tune, or to a different tune (say from 93 octane to e85 and back), I will have to visit the shop. You can counter by saying "oh we can tune flex fuel" but that's not my point. Locking a tune isn't just about protecting your intellectual property. It restricts the mobility and utility of the end product. If I could buy a tune from you and put it on my vehicle-locked Openflash Tablet and then switch back and forth between it and other unlocked tunes, I would be happy to pay for a locked tune. @shiv@vishnu - Can you tell me how your "tuner package" would affect this idea? 2. I could be wrong, because this is my opinion, but I personally don't think there's a big market for illegally shared, custom tunes from "big name" tuners. These tunes are typically designed for the specific vehicle and the specific mods, so there's not a huge benefit to sharing them with other people. Also, I like to think (possibly falsely), that the tuning community respects the notion of of intellectual property. I just don't see people running highly aggressive tunes that they downloaded from the internet that weren't even set up for their car. You could end up blowing up your engine because you stole an aggressive tune from a person who lives in Florida and you live in Colorado. Run to lean and blow your engine, that sort of thing. I just don't see REAL tuning enthusiasts being interested in sharing custom tunes illegally, and those are the people who buy custom tunes to begin with. Racers and performance junkies are typically more focused on having a leg up on the competition and having the best tune, rather than giving the "the best tune" away. I get why you don't want to offer tunes to OFT customers, but I think you're really missing out on a market that's just begging for custom tunes, and who would be happy to pay and hesitant to share. So that's my opinion. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Respectfully, Alex