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fury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

How is the 3G sunset not solvable by just swapping out a modem module for an LTE or 5G one and maybe installing some new modem firmware? A lot of cars are running a Linux kernel under the hood, so I’d think it’s pretty well swap and go

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boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Ah, if only car hardware was modular and standardized… And if you had access to your infotainment system beyond touching the pretty buttons…

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- fury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Imagine something as outlandish as user serviceable infotainment systems. Like they used to have in the old days. I’m hanging on by a thread to my basic 2014 car which still has a double DIN slot I can put my own system into…some day
  
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- pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Are these buttons in a room with us right now
  
  Give me my buttons back
  
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jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I think the question is not if it’s solvable, but ‘who pays for it?’ and ‘who can be held accountable if things go awry?’

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- fury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  The company that didn’t see the 3G sunset coming, I would think. I know auto moves slow, but damn…4G was out for what, 4-5 years before development likely started on the 2019 model year?
  
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  - jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’d think so too, but (I assume) you and I don’t have a small army of lawyers and lobbyists on retainer.
    
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