I do not buy or recommend buying anything for long term use, especially no
tools, interfaces and instruments used for work, that has no exact schematic,
service manual and open source drivers (for computing equipment). That includes
most tools and some other related things (like specialized device pogrammers
used for production or prototype making). For 'consumer' devices, I do not care.
The reasons are obvious, especially since many tool-type devices require
explicit modification before or while they are used to make or test things with
them. No data means no buy. Bad reviews wrt. inter-operability with open source
tools means no buy. The only recourse is good reviews wrt. see above.

I do not know what class an OBD device falls in. I guess one could say it is in
the 'closed black box consumer device' class because another compatible
exchangeable device would also have an OBD plug and an USB plug and go between a
car and a computer. I cannot guess for you. But the attitude of tool users
towards tools that break down and cannot be inspected/repaired is that they are
'c**p'.

Peter


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