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Yeah, the "can't get into my car" is either trolling, not near his car, or maybe the old roadster had a different way of handling this. I can't connect to Tesla from the app, but I just walked to my car and was able to open the door just fine.
Simple, people probably leave the keycard at home ?
Ooof, this thread is going to quickly become a source of midunderstanding and falsehoods. I implore everyone to read this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29283262
The people locked out of their cars will be so relieved to learn a random engineer on the internet thinks they just don't understand. It's an outage, you might not be impacted, but people are.
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
Ooof, this thread is going to quickly become a source of midunderstanding and falsehoods. I implore everyone to read this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29283262
The people locked out of their cars will be so relieved to learn a random engineer on the internet thinks they just don't understand. It's an outage, you might not be impacted, but people are.
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Who makes an app to unlock the car when you're carrying the key? You could also run out of car charge, but youre not worried about that, both you can just look at the gauge. My phone battery lasts all day, and the internet is rarely down; but servers on the other hand...
Because people lose keys, and they lose phones, but the chances of losing both at the same time are quite low. An app is a great backup to have.
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Tesla also says to have your backup keycard on you at all times.
Im not a Tesla owner so i didnt know this, but i beg to ask whats the point of using your app to unlock if you're carrying your key already?
So, you carry the keycard in your wallet in case your phone dies or it is stolen or whatever, you can still get in and start your car. But 99.999% of times you just walk up to your car and start driving without unlocking, or turning a key, or anything like that.
So the car requires a remote connection to work? It took me long as heck to find a quality non-smart TV because I didn't want the lack of control, programmed obsolescence and shitty-ness of smart TV software. I wonder if I won't be able to have a proper quality car really owned and controlled by me in the future. EDIT: Ok, so it seems it supports a Keyfob. Then all is good.
Why can’t you buy a smart TV and not connect it to the Internet?
So the car requires a remote connection to work? It took me long as heck to find a quality non-smart TV because I didn't want the lack of control, programmed obsolescence and shitty-ness of smart TV software. I wonder if I won't be able to have a proper quality car really owned and controlled by me in the future. EDIT: Ok, so it seems it supports a Keyfob. Then all is good.
It does not require a remote connection to work. To unlock the car with your mobile app does though. I am curious what you mean by a proper quality car since all cars have governors which limit your speed or have computers in them that prevent you from fixing things yourself. Though I do agree with you that I wish these restrictions were lifted, I doubt it will ever happen. Only way is either building your own car or…
What I dislike is companies putting unnecessary, unsafe, crappy software that's full of tracking/spyware in their products. This is common with SmartTVs and lots of things in the smart/IoT space. I've seen the damage done and I just dislike the lack of choice and want to vote with my wallet.
So the car requires a remote connection to work? It took me long as heck to find a quality non-smart TV because I didn't want the lack of control, programmed obsolescence and shitty-ness of smart TV software. I wonder if I won't be able to have a proper quality car really owned and controlled by me in the future. EDIT: Ok, so it seems it supports a Keyfob. Then all is good.
Why can’t you buy a smart TV and not connect it to the Internet?