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archomrade@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I don’t give a shit about the bells and whistles they’re adding to cars and the infotainment systems. I am absolutely LIVID that they are starting to lock bits of hardware (or the complete functionality of that hardware) behind subscription paywalls. If i ever buy a car and discover they’ve locked the heated seats behind a monthly fee, i’m tearing the infotainment system out of the fucking dash and leaving it on fire in front of the dealers house.

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MrGooglyPants@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
In the future I can totally see black market auto shops that specialize in bypassing all the bullshit paywalls that restrict your car from functioning the way it should to begin with.

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- itsJoelle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yup. I worked as a locksmith for a decade there that reproduced immobilizer keys that were ‘dealer only.’ My tool allow me do all sorts of wild shit that was outside my field of interest – but resetting/setting the door panels on Fords was super nifty.
  
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- visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There already are: I’ve bought a regular remote start (the car came with subscription cellular remote start) and a little box to make my auto start-stop setting persistent.
  
  I checked into those things before buying. I guess that’s the world we’re in now.
  
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