atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Car toys is just gonna take in the bucks. These car manufacturers are thinking they can charge a subscription fee when car toys will plug in a little doohickey they just makes your heated seats work.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Car toys is just gonna take in the bucks. These car manufacturers are thinking they can charge a subscription fee when car toys will plug in a little doohickey they just makes your heated seats work.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cartoys will get a dcma notice and be sued into closing.
They only exist because paid features is still rare. Once real money is on the line, they’ll be sued or even jailed like the gaming modchip developers.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I doubt that. If they can put an aftermarket car alarm, remote start, or radio in your car they can put a different module in to enable heated seats. Car manufacturers really do think they’re gonna stop this from happening but in reality we already have this for a bunch of car related accessories.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They will encrypt the heaters’ connection to the car. Breaking encryption is a dcma violation. Aftermarket can replace the entire seat but that’s very expensive.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And I bet I could wire the heated seats to work without even needing to take a Tesla to car toys. Heated seat circuits aren’t that complicated. It’s a heating element mat, maybe a motor and fan if you have cooled seats as well. You don’t need software. You need a toggle switch and a thermistor.
trafficnab@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Modchips are an incredibly niche product, millions and millions of people will seek out how to break the law to get free heated seats if subscription services become widespread
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Heated seats use a heating element which just needs power and ground. They can’t encrypt that.