Mercedes EVs can go faster for $60 a month
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#2It won’t be my interest in saving the planet that stops me from buying cars, it’ll be bullshit like this. I want to own my car. I don’t want it to be connected (beyond acting as a hotspot) to the internet or to some central service. Have we not learned anything?
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#3There is a sense in which this can make sense, in that unlocking the power increases the chance of failure during warranty. So you pay to hedge against that. But we can be certain car makers will not be giving you the option to unlock this for free post warranty. The fact that you aren't given control of your car when you own it is pretty awful and a terrible trend.
I expect the trend will continue, I've not yet in my life seen a user hostile corporate power grab actually stop. oh well. eat arbys.
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#4Possibly the stupidest day-one DLC play we've ever seen.
>"Customers might see that as “a bit of a cheat,”
Because it is a cheat.
There is exactly zero chance this doesn't get bypassed and unlocked for free with the quickness. Better still though, just don't buy stuff from people willing nickel and dime you like that.
Pay real money for real things that you actually own. You will be happier this way.
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#6It won’t be my interest in saving the planet that stops me from buying cars, it’ll be bullshit like this. I want to own my car. I don’t want it to be connected (beyond acting as a hotspot) to the internet or to some central service. Have we not learned anything?
likewise. sadly people will still buy this shite, which in turn encourages manufacturers.
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#7There is a sense in which this can make sense, in that unlocking the power increases the chance of failure during warranty. So you pay to hedge against that. But we can be certain car makers will not be giving you the option to unlock this for free post warranty. The fact that you aren't given control of your car when you own it is pretty awful and a terrible trend. I expect the trend will continue, I've not yet in m…
The communist / capitalist symmetry is quite something.
In communism, the individual doesn't really own anything; the state just lets the individual use things as they see fit.
In our late-stage capitalism, the individual doesn't really own anything; the corporation just lets the individual use things as they see fit.
Re: Mercedes EVs can go faster for $60 a month
#8There is a sense in which this can make sense, in that unlocking the power increases the chance of failure during warranty. So you pay to hedge against that. But we can be certain car makers will not be giving you the option to unlock this for free post warranty. The fact that you aren't given control of your car when you own it is pretty awful and a terrible trend. I expect the trend will continue, I've not yet in m…
Aren't max speeds limited all the time on vehicles, with state mandated governors? I know some countries require them on all automobiles. Even the US requires them on ebikes.
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#9The old "Download more RAM" meme is feeling less funny and more prophetic these days
Re: Mercedes EVs can go faster for $60 a month
#10There is a sense in which this can make sense, in that unlocking the power increases the chance of failure during warranty. So you pay to hedge against that. But we can be certain car makers will not be giving you the option to unlock this for free post warranty. The fact that you aren't given control of your car when you own it is pretty awful and a terrible trend. I expect the trend will continue, I've not yet in m…
The communist / capitalist symmetry is quite something. In communism, the individual doesn't really own anything; the state just lets the individual use things as they see fit. In our late-stage capitalism, the individual doesn't really own anything; the corporation just lets the individual use things as they see fit.
I would not extrapolate a trend into a permanent change. Trends have a way of being fads or reversed