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How would they even do that? A VPN is just a remote machine. Anything can be a VPN
And some including mullvad already accept payment in crypto, there will always be some dodgy VPN company in some dodgy jurisdiction that will take your BTC in exchange for an account. I don’t think that will stop them trying though
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Indeed it does, but Tesla is firm on my no buy list
Insane take for HN. It's either Rivian or Tesla. Zeekr is getting up there too, but Tesla is going to be leader for ages - most car availability, easiest to service, most hackable software, best in class privacy, tons of third party options.
I had a used 2016 VW Golf and it was a lemon. It would have an average of one serious problem a month. I finally gave up being a professional car maintainer and dumped it, taking a huge loss because it was effectively worthless on the car market despite only being 8 years old. Fun car to drive, but what's the point if it doesn't work reliably? I completely lost my trust for VW vehicles after that. Not surprising to m…
I've had VWs where the center console catches on fire whenever you turn on an indicator. (The obvious answer was to stick on some BMW badges so no one expects me to use indicators.)
I have no plans to buy a car but I'm curious: what is the sensible choice for technical people with a reasonable amount of money? I rent cars whenever I travel to the US and I've never not been pissed off by a car's software. If you live in a country that makes it practica/affordable and you don't need too much range, I wonder if buying an old car with a broken engine and paying someone to do an electric conversion i…
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Insane take for HN. It's either Rivian or Tesla. Zeekr is getting up there too, but Tesla is going to be leader for ages - most car availability, easiest to service, most hackable software, best in class privacy, tons of third party options.
Rivian barely exists. Their market share is a rounding error. Škoda Enyaq (yes, the one model) is outselling Rivian, the entire company, by a factor of two.
I'm sorry, but what? Why do cars need apps now?
Well, I didn't know it before I bought tesla (and have since sold it), but it's really convenient to pair the phone to the car and let it act as a key. I never had to worry about getting the keys, I just took my phone and it opened the doors. Also I have to say, setting charge times remotely is mighty handy, if one pays the market/pool prices for electricity which fluctuate from hour to hour.
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Been mostly interested in ev6. Just compared insurance cost and Polestar 2 was almost double. Born was also 50% more than kia ev4. Maybe different in the us if you are there?
No, located in Germany here.
The liability culture at companies like VW is delusional, and they are deeply uncomfortable with software. They are suffer from individual departments and groups having individual authority and no drive to collaborate. Hence schizophrenic policies.
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I recently saw a reportage about emergency call-takers. As you watch them work you'll notice they get an automatic call from the crashed car long before any human calls them, presumably from that modem. I'm not arguing that the modem should be mandatory, or that you shouldn't be able to control what it does. But forcing car vendors who want to built in a modem to make this modem do an automatic emergency call by defa…
This is already sorta-kinda the case, and it is leading to a lot of issues right now. The eCall functionality isn't exactly trivial, and due to its safety use there are probably some rather strict regulations around it. In practice this has led to many car manufacturers opting to use dedicated off-the-shelf modules for them, which are completely separate from all the connected infotainment stuff. However, early modul…
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That’s terrible. Means I better drive my old Ford long enough for them to fix that ridiculous regulation.
I don't see them fixing it, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if they doubled down and restricted the cars speed according to the local limits.
There's a precise spot where the camera picks up a speed sign, every single time. There is no speed sign at all there. It must be some AI hallucination.