There are electric cars built by corporate oligarchs that are not Nazis. More disconcerting you missed that memo.
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watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 months agoIn my defense, my 13 year old car died earlier this year and I needed a new car fast. I was completely unaware these systems had gotten as bad as they have until after I bought it.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 months ago
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
It depends on the manufacturer. My Hyundai infotainment system is great. The only problem I have is that it likes to randomly connect my wife’s phone instead of mine.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Hey friend, you are not the one who needs a defense, IMO-- You’re just the end user caught up in the nonsense. Enjoy your new car as best you can, and just make decisions that make the most sense for you.
oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 8 months ago
I figured we’re not going to have much choice in the future. We’ll be driving cars under End User License Agreements that already send tons and tons of data about us back to the manufacturers.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
As much as I love technology, I hate the way it is being used. Car companies don’t make enough money selling cars so they need to collect and sell driver data? It’s dystopian.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They make plenty of money, they just want more money
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Capitalism requires obtaining more capital than ever every quarter or you’ve failed as a company. They’re getting to the point they have to violate the customers privacy in order to chaise ever growing profits
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Capitalism only works in a growing company in a growing market. Once you’re reached a plateau it maxes out your client base you can’t go any higher other than artificially.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What’s funny is that that only really applies to publicly owned companies where anyone can own shares of the company.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But thats rhe name of the game, enough is never enough.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In US, maybe. But in EU things are already regulated enough that this can be avoided to a degree. It’s not there yet, but EC doesn’t like shit like this. We already have GDPR and forced separate warranties for hardware and software, ensuring you can fuck around with the latter without voiding warranty on the former. But at some point I fully expect some manufacturer to give you a kill switch from GSM modem and call it a feature, then everyone else will follow.