So far there’s subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

  • @phoneymouse
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    9 months ago

    Why would anyone sign up for that? Now you have your car payment AND the fucking subscription? Makes no damn sense. What happens when they inevitably shut down their cloud servers that keep your access to the features in the car turned on? You never own the thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      79 months ago

      Ah yes, the moment you to have to break the law to own the stuff you bought. Audi A3 jailbreak

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        What law do you break? I know it won’t be plausible for the general public because of warranties and all that.

        And some copyright things or something else will prevent repair shops from jailbreaking it for you.

        But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

        • @TheControlled
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          19 months ago

          Nothing. And if they tried, you could sue.

          • HACKthePRISONS
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            19 months ago

            >But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

            the digital millenium copyright act of 1999

            • @TheControlled
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              19 months ago

              That doesn’t protect corps from you doing it privately.

                • @TheControlled
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                  19 months ago

                  If that was true, in the courts, then every jail broken iPhone user is a felon. Maybe that’s true, maybe not, it doesn’t matter because it’s unenforceable and the govt doesn’t give a fuck.

    • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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      49 months ago

      No one would sign up for that, but I bet that car maufacturers will make it the only model available. As for the shutting down of servers: something something small print