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We need to have ownership our own products again. This needs to be enshrined in law.
will 2024 finally be the year of Linux on the car?
It already is. If the car has a monitor, it’s probably running Linux as a base.
I found a horrible finding recently. There are some critical infrastructure like power gens that run windows 10 in their hmi
shit like this should be illegal. the hardware is already there, why pay wall it. or, if it gonna do that, make the product cheaper without the features
They’ll just claim that the base price is n + 5000 and you get it for n because the features are disabled.
but in practice it’s the opposite. electric cars have set the precedent that cars being serviceable only by the manufacturer is OK. ICE automobiles are on their way to being banned in a decade or two. that’s a huge opportunity for automakers to bring practices like these to the wider market, and policy makers will defend them because it’s hard to say “yes to electric cars, but only if …”
The fact that I’m forced to buy a car just to participate in modern life, but then not really own that car is infuriating. I’d rather just have functioning public transit, not this abomination of capitalism that electric cars seem to herald for us.
why pay wall it
Because money!
So much evil. Just so much. And it’s expanding, exponentially. Where are the evil levels going to measure at, in another 15 years. I’m too old (cbf learning) to make a meme, but I see lilo and stitch, but over stitches face is all currently existing corporations, and that drawing of the bad levels she drew.
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no car should connect to the internet, ever.
Not the first to do this, but that doesn’t make it okay.
Here’s an idea… When they tell you that on the showroom floor, tell them you’re not interested in such shenanigans, and walk out. It worked against BMW, and it’ll work against Mercedes too
Wrong slogan, you need the EA Sports one: It’s in the game.
You wouldn’t download a car, more horsepower
You paid for the motor, now let’s talk about the using the motor fee, the brakes fee, the windows fee, the turning the radio on fee, the turning the radio off fee, the turning the radio to something other than ABBA fee, the airbag subscription fee and any other thing we can get you for while you happen to be over this particular barrel.
I risk it won’t take long for someone to crack it.
Now I’m definitely not getting an electronic car.
There are plenty of good electric cars. Don’t buy one with subscription features.
Do you know the market? What would you consider to be the cheapest good option?
It depends on your country, your budget, your definition of good, and your driving needs.
A second hand Nissan Leaf or Chevy Bolt are more affordable, but don’t suit everyone’s needs.
An MG4 is a great budget new car, but can be out of some people’s price range.
A Polestar 2 is a comfortable option from a manufacturer who cares about the environment.
A Porsche Taycan is a performance car for a fraction of the price of a petrol supercar.
Why would anyone buy that?
When literally every car manufacturer does it and does it on something that is technically a luxury, but most people have already got used to (like heated seats or apple carplay). The public has long revealed that they have basically no immunity towards these sorts of high level collusion tactics. And the government agencies meant to stop it seem to think it only counts if all the car manufacturers met in some sort of ‘let’s be evil’ conference to plan it out, instead of, you know, just copying off what everyone else is doing.
They’re starting this off on the EQS which are usually bought by people less sensitive to money. For them, $1200 for more power will be an afterthought and they’ll pay it. That will get it entrenched before they push it down the stack.
They announced that “feature” Nov 2022. The PR was disastrous so it might not end up being implemented at all.
Seriously this kind of behaviour is just bs. Anyways the piracy gang will always find modders. Why why do the bs in the first place.
