▲ 505 ▼ When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 months ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world 214 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (5 children) I guess I assumed we were talking new or newer cars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (3 children) Oh, we definitely were. If you don't want something connected to the cloud, your options are: buy from a very small company build yourself something, kitcar style buy something from 20 years ago Everything else is a rolling data vacuum permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I feel the same way about the new cars which is why I'm still driving a 2012. I genuinely have no idea what I would get if I wanted something newer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, I love my 2015 Sonic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago I'm rocking a 2006 VW Polo. Thing's a beast. Almost no power, endless tiny things wrong, but I got pushed off the road by a cement pump truck...and I mean...yeah it was "written off" but only because popping the dents and repainting it would be more than it's value. Most of what's gone wrong I've been able to fix myself for less than £100, and going to my friend's place to use his garage and big jack. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago I've had to pick a new car in the last year. I chose a 2012. fuck new cars. fuck their headlights. fuck their spying. fuck their complexity. fuck their non-ownership. fuck their cost. fuck their bloated sizes. fuck their blind spots. fuck their driver assistance that interferes with my control of the vehicle. fuck their touchscreens that are absolutely useless in sunlight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (3 children) Oh, we definitely were. If you don't want something connected to the cloud, your options are: buy from a very small company build yourself something, kitcar style buy something from 20 years ago Everything else is a rolling data vacuum permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I feel the same way about the new cars which is why I'm still driving a 2012. I genuinely have no idea what I would get if I wanted something newer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, I love my 2015 Sonic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago I'm rocking a 2006 VW Polo. Thing's a beast. Almost no power, endless tiny things wrong, but I got pushed off the road by a cement pump truck...and I mean...yeah it was "written off" but only because popping the dents and repainting it would be more than it's value. Most of what's gone wrong I've been able to fix myself for less than £100, and going to my friend's place to use his garage and big jack. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I feel the same way about the new cars which is why I'm still driving a 2012. I genuinely have no idea what I would get if I wanted something newer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, I love my 2015 Sonic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago I'm rocking a 2006 VW Polo. Thing's a beast. Almost no power, endless tiny things wrong, but I got pushed off the road by a cement pump truck...and I mean...yeah it was "written off" but only because popping the dents and repainting it would be more than it's value. Most of what's gone wrong I've been able to fix myself for less than £100, and going to my friend's place to use his garage and big jack. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, I love my 2015 Sonic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago I'm rocking a 2006 VW Polo. Thing's a beast. Almost no power, endless tiny things wrong, but I got pushed off the road by a cement pump truck...and I mean...yeah it was "written off" but only because popping the dents and repainting it would be more than it's value. Most of what's gone wrong I've been able to fix myself for less than £100, and going to my friend's place to use his garage and big jack. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago I've had to pick a new car in the last year. I chose a 2012. fuck new cars. fuck their headlights. fuck their spying. fuck their complexity. fuck their non-ownership. fuck their cost. fuck their bloated sizes. fuck their blind spots. fuck their driver assistance that interferes with my control of the vehicle. fuck their touchscreens that are absolutely useless in sunlight. permalink fedilink source parent