Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob
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#2“You’ll own nothing and be happy”
https://web.archive.org/web/20200919112906/https://twitter.c...
Really taken to a new level
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#3Hmm doesn’t this inherently build in a general failure mode of cloud subscription validation going offline.
Seems like a great opening for aftermarket integration devices - like no subscription remote start.
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#4“You’ll own nothing and be happy” https://web.archive.org/web/20200919112906/https://twitter.c... Really taken to a new level
Yeah because belief is truth
Also Nostradamus was correct about the end of the world
Jesus turned water into wine
It’s almost as if humans have a track record of gullible belief and superstition about the truth embedded in their social ways
I have a MacBook and iPhone for work. My own imagination is quite fertile.
Except for the big utilitarian projects, I really don’t need other people.
If the grind is just to entertain people who lack creativity for themselves, meh.
Chasing stuff and experience was feeling a bit repetitive before covid. The space from people made me accept it.
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#5Title is missing a crucial word: remotely.
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#6Title is missing a crucial word: remotely.
The title does point out that remote start is with the RF keyfob your car came with. It's funny because cars have had that feature for years and never got a subscription or internet connectivity involved to use it.
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#7Toyota bet on hydrogen and lost. Now they're doing subtractive marketing on the remote controls which modern carmakers have eliminated altogether.
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#8This makes me happy to have an older car. I paid for it in cash. The fanciest tech on it is ABS and fuel injection.
I tried new cars recently, and they're tethered to the manufacturer by subscription services, short-lived tech, amd a dependency on dealerships.
It's weird to pay so much for something that is not yours.
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#9This concept isn't new. OnStar a third party service has been providing this for cars for a long time. I think a few vehicle manufacturers have bundled OnStar in the past, maybe Cadillac, Buick, GMC, maybe Chevy? I want to say there were others as well. They can remotely unlock or lock your vehicle, send medical and law enforcement to your location, detect if you were in an accident, do hands-free calling for help. Now I sound like one of their old commercials. OnStar handles key fobs remotely too.