Good fucking ridiculous
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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That’s a big giant “no shit” from me.
I just wonder how much of a market there is in fixing these issues for consumers. As in, giving people FULL ownership of their own cars...and to hell with ridiculous corporate "laws" like the DMCA.
Good. Wtf
"How do you know that people hated the heated seat subscription?"
BMW, if they were honest: "Ummmm... Jailbreaks? A lot of them? It's impossible to enforce it because of them"
For once the car modding community got a giant W against a car maker
The gaming community could learn alot from BMW owners: when companies charge for bullshit services don't pay for them and the company will stop doing it.
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Did anyone ever try splicing some wires to provide direct power supply to the heating elements? Then again, I wouldn't put it past BMW to make this brick the car due to "hEaT pIrAcY"
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Good!
I drive a car from 2000, it runs great, no spyware, no features in my car that I can't use, all I need to is add Bluetooth to the radio and its perfect. I don't really need a screen in my car to tell me basic information the dash gauges already tell me.
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Toyota is doing this sort of thing too...
Every car manufacturer will. $$$ is the final decision maker, and the more that are doing it the less bad press matters cause it's not like the consumer has a choice
While petrol is an old form of subscription from car manufacturers and fuel stations