Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoCloud connected cars are essentially what happens when companies refuse to admit smart phones are superior for 99% of the stuff they want their car to do, and the other 1% is subscription bullshit.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 months ago
Nah they’re using that cloud connection to spy on you and make money on the backend by selling your data.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Also to be able to disable certain functionalities of your car if you don’t pay a
monthly ransomsubscription.Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not in the EU they’re not.
Legally they can’t and if they do it and get caught the fines are proportional to their Worldwide Revenues.
streetfestival@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Bless the EU