▲ 275 ▼ Buying a new car has become unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. The auto industry is worried (www.nytimes.com) submitted 5 months ago* by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) EU mandates an SOS call function as well, so a data connection is also basically mandatory. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children) Is it though? I don't suppose I know the EU situation, but at least in the US, cellular towers are supposed to accept an emergency call regardless of anything like a SIM susbscription, so if the car doest uses a cellular modem to dial emergency ervices, the car wouldn't necessarily actually need a subscription active. Maybe it doesn't work that way in EU, but it seems like it should be the case that a mandatory emergency call function shouldn't carry a subscription burden. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* The moment you spend the money putting in a cellular connection that can make a call (SOS) and be connected to a mic and speaker system, you start asking how can we recoup that cost. We already have a backup screen mandated by law. We can show maps on it and stream music from their favorite music service! You can put that extra stuff behind a paid sub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Most will have an active subscription even if you aren't using it, because it's cheaper to have basically a bulk subscription service than to administer single accounts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children) Is it though? I don't suppose I know the EU situation, but at least in the US, cellular towers are supposed to accept an emergency call regardless of anything like a SIM susbscription, so if the car doest uses a cellular modem to dial emergency ervices, the car wouldn't necessarily actually need a subscription active. Maybe it doesn't work that way in EU, but it seems like it should be the case that a mandatory emergency call function shouldn't carry a subscription burden. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* The moment you spend the money putting in a cellular connection that can make a call (SOS) and be connected to a mic and speaker system, you start asking how can we recoup that cost. We already have a backup screen mandated by law. We can show maps on it and stream music from their favorite music service! You can put that extra stuff behind a paid sub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Most will have an active subscription even if you aren't using it, because it's cheaper to have basically a bulk subscription service than to administer single accounts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* The moment you spend the money putting in a cellular connection that can make a call (SOS) and be connected to a mic and speaker system, you start asking how can we recoup that cost. We already have a backup screen mandated by law. We can show maps on it and stream music from their favorite music service! You can put that extra stuff behind a paid sub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Most will have an active subscription even if you aren't using it, because it's cheaper to have basically a bulk subscription service than to administer single accounts. permalink fedilink source parent