Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash
Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash
Automakers are increasingly obsessed with turning everything into a subscription service in a bid to boost quarterly returns. We’ve noted how BMW has embraced making heated seats and other fea…
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What is really happening is your car has hardware features that are being disabled, and you have to pay extortion money for the criminals to not disable them. It's ransomware as a service.
So the question is, who wants to buy from a company that is running ransomware as a service?
The question is, what alternative are we going to have, if all auto makers start doing this?
I just want a vehicle made like they used to be made. No computer chips and physical handles I have to turn to get the window down. An entire vehicle I can fix myself when things break down.
It shouldn't be a hard ask, but here we are... Overly complex shit, with many features no one needs.
No computer at all? Gonna have to track down something with a carburetor and hope it still runs. The newest you're gonna find is a 1991 Oldsmobile.
It's a wish, not a "where can I find it" thing.
It would be nice if the option was made available.
Not a car, but you can buy a new Suzuki DR650 that has a carburetor. At least in 2023.
You know the war that's being fought by developers against YouTube?
Now imagine that same energy directed towards car companies.
I guarantee you the moment this becomes a thing, there will be jailbreaking and a whole industry dedicated to making sure people know how to get all the benefits that their car has installed but not enabled.
Because if buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing.
Buy base model ones that don't have all that shit anyway and install aftermarket?
It's already installed