Comment on VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoAnd to sell to the station owner when their proprietary hardware breaks. Oh what am i saying, they’re all service contacts these days. So more expensive service conrtacts and the ability to shut them the duck down for non-payment
ripcord@kbin.social 6 months ago
Were the old ones not the same...?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Were the old ones not the same…?
The contracts? Pumps? Im kinda talking it out my ass here but currently there’s no ability to shut down the pumps themselves as far as i understand it (in l understanding coming from being a cashier at one once. The touchscreens outside just process the customers payments. Without those they can still be run from the other system inside.
My hypothetical assumes more and more control left to the touchscreen. If it doesn’t make much sense then just reread my first sentence ;)
ripcord@kbin.social 6 months ago
The conversation was about locking in the owners to their expensive proprietary pumps as a reason for switching to this new style, and I was asking if lock-in was actually a new thing or not. Otherwise the comment doesn't really make a lot of sense in context.