A pirated car would just be a more free way to access the $10k/yr pay wall you live your life behind. Car-dominant infrastructure is vendor lock in.

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Remote start has been around for well over a decade and did not require internet or a subscription. If you just subscribe and use the feature then clearly the neccesary equipment for remote start is already installed and you paid for that equipment regardless if you use the subscription service.

    • LovesTha🥧@floss.social
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      8 months ago

      @FireRetardant @n2burns Remote start can mean different things. I’d hope a subscription based one was via a server and works where normal direct RF fobs wouldn’t (like from another country).

      If it is just direct RF based remote start that shouldn’t be a subscription.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        So what happens when your car has no cell service? Or you don’t own a phone that supports the app? The only use case I can see is long distance remote start but I’m struggling to determine why someone would reasonably need that.

        The only reasons they went away from RF is to justify subscriptions and further push the smart device trend where everything can connect to your phone.