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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

They make it go through an app and a cloud service on purpose these days so they have an excuse to upsell you on a subscription.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Why would you buy anything that requires and app, let alone a car? I haven't bought a new car in a while, but if it requires and app, I'm not buying it. I bought a pergola, and originally they said I could use an app to turn the lights on. But I made them install a switch instead. Maybe consider unlinking your life for important/expensive purchases?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Because if literally every new car on the market is doing it, you don't have much of a choice.

    (Okay, sure, you could resolve to drive old cars forever -- and that's what I do -- but let's not pretend that's possible for everyone. Even if people were willing and able to accept the maintenance/reliability/safety tradeoffs, which many are not, there simply aren't enough old cars for everybody to drive one.)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    There are a lot of 2026 cars that don't require a phone app. They may have other shitty internet connectivity features, but they dont' require an app. And the next time I buy a car i will 100% not be getting one that requires a phone app.

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