Enshittification on another whole level
Comment on Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 months ago
The businesses are launching a joint venture to develop platforms for “software-defined vehicles.”
Big oof.
asbestos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Yay, subscriptions for everything! Car as a service! What’s not to like?? 🤮
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 months ago
So I just need to run an Ansible playbook and my sedan turns into a pickup truck?
mortalic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Isn’t this more or less what Tesla did?
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 months ago
I don’t know if they were the first, but they’re one of the most notorious offenders.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 months ago
VW has been doing it for years anyway.
Multiple features of their infotainment are there but softlocked out, the engines on the more powerful trim levels aren’t different or tuned, it’s just a different ecu map, etc.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 months ago
I have observed that myself with the infotainment system of my 2017 Golf Alltrack, but when did they start software derating their engines? My understanding is that there’s nothing much to be gained from an aftermarket ECU tune unless I switch to premium gas and the more powerful Golf models have other real differences like bigger turbochargers.
fluxion@lemmy.world 4 months ago
With the entire vehicle constructed from IoT components
crawancon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
that sounds just awful
markon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You Lemmy drones to are the same as the Reddit ones thinking they smart but no one here smart including me because I posted this comment
weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Yeah we’re all stupid, except VW and their software-defined cars. Should we cease to exist now?
fossphi@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Do you disagree with something?
crawancon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
People are stupid no matter the domain/platform/social media they interact on.
except me. im like smart and stuff.