In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in it ?

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldEnglish
    873·
    10 months ago

    The only problem with services as a subscription is THE FUCKING IDIOTS THAT PAY FOR THEM

    If nobody fell for shit like that, manufacturers would drop it like boiling diarrhea

    • cerulean_blue@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      10 months ago

      This is true.

      Go and buy a car from a manufacturer who doesn’t insist on subscriptions… whilst you still can!

      • antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Something like the XBUS seems like a good choice. They seem to focus on the important and practical stuff, and I can’t find any information about any sort of related subscription.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
        131·
        10 months ago

        This is where capitalism is thriving because people are dumb

        Fixed. It thrives on human stupidity and laziness

          • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
            52·
            10 months ago

            It would be reasonable if what that app did was anything that actually needed internet servers to work. Why not just pair up the phone with the car, ad-hoc like you could with a PSP, or any sort of peer-to-peer between car-phone, and call it a day? Oh, right, because then you can’t create a service you can charge monthly for.

            That people are willing to pay for effectively a remote temperature control and shutdown timer, that does not need to be an internet service to work properly, can and should be dunked on.

              • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                It’s for office workers or inner city dwellers in cold regions. They can start their car which is in the parking garage blocks away. It makes sense and it costs money to run.

                Theres nothing wrong at all with this. At all. Image is FUD

          • youmaynotknow@lemmy.mlEnglish
            21·
            10 months ago

            Because you actually believe you didn’t already paid for about 5 years of the service when you paid for the car? Human stupidity and laziness is the accurate reason for manufacturers doing this.