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Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us? (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Do you think that being able to fiddle with your seat position for minutes on end is any way insufficient? Will you ever come close to actually using that feature?

If you answered those with "no", then any extra weight and cost is too much. If you answered with "yes" then get a massage chair and leave the poor car be a car. Feature set follows function.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Adding this functionality will:

    Require more IO, add complexity to any wiring harnesses, make repair or replacement more difficult. This all increases cost, probably more than a mass-produced seat motor used by other manufacturers.

    For weight and cost, a proper design would have been negligible. Why do you think every other car isn't made this way if it comes down to cost?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Require more IO, add complexity to any wiring harnesses, make repair or replacement more difficult.

    None of those: In modern cars you just plug those things into the CAN bus. One connector.

    Why do you think every other car isn’t made this way if it comes down to cost?

    Most cars don't have seat adjustment motors. And as to others that have that functionality being able to operate it continuously: [citation needed]. Remember these are off the shelf German car supply parts, you'll find the exact same hardware in, say, a BMW.

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