Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions and all

I don't want my car to be a software platform. I want it to be like my microwave. It might have software, but software is only incidental to its operation. I do not want to tweet from my microwave. I do not want ads in traffic. This is non-negotiable for safety reasons alone.

I don't care what I have to do to attain that. If that means replacing the radio. I will do it. If you brick my car if I don't have a Manufacturer Approved radio, I will go rebuild some grandfathered antique car.

It is only a matter of time before there are jailbreaks and free / open source car operating systems.

For related 'food for thought', see Cory Doctorow's "Car Wars" which combines car software hacking with self-driving vehicles for a unique near-future sci-fi story.

Edit: downvotes? Instead, you could respond with why you disagree and we can have a discussion.

Do you think there will not be jailbreaks? It has been happening with John Deere tractors: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-...

This is very, very bad.

Music and TV subscriptions? Not great (I want to buy something once and own it), but at least those are luxury purchases.

Cars? Not ok - that's critical for me (and many others) to get to my job (bad public transit in the area), groceries, etc.

> “You can easily see a major backlash to all this,” said Gartner analyst Michael Ramsay.

I wonder how one can maximize that potential backlash, so as to cut this terrible idea off as soon as possible.

> I do not want ads in traffic. This is non-negotiable for safety reasons alone.

I know it’s what you want but is it preventable? What’s the difference when today there are LED screens across the intersection you are trying to navigate that are intensely bright and displaying moving images? I’d argue that dimmer images in the car would be less distracting. However we appear on track to get both these dismal options. I won’t be buying a car with build in advertising, but given the frequency I change cars, this isn’t really any change.

"You will own nothing and be happy"