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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] 42 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

Why would anyone sign up for that? Now you have your car payment AND the fucking subscription? Makes no damn sense. What happens when they inevitably shut down their cloud servers that keep your access to the features in the car turned on? You never own the thing.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Ah yes, the moment you to have to break the law to own the stuff you bought. Audi A3 jailbreak

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    What law do you break? I know it won't be plausible for the general public because of warranties and all that.

    And some copyright things or something else will prevent repair shops from jailbreaking it for you.

    But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Nothing. And if they tried, you could sue.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    >But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

    the digital millenium copyright act of 1999

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

    That doesn't protect corps from you doing it privately.

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