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[-] db2@lemmy.world 212 points 4 months ago

Oh look, another reason not to buy BMW, I'll just add it to the other 456788656752 reasons.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 74 points 4 months ago

The problem is that once one manufacturer starts doing this, they'll all do it, so you won't even have the option of buying a new car without a subscription.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 4 months ago

I'm so gonna install Linux on my future car

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 65 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

'What do you mean the car is missing a driver?? Im sitting right here!'

[-] Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In Lemmy, Linux is always the answer.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago
[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

It probably already runs Linux, just hack it

[-] Damage@feddit.it 11 points 4 months ago

I'd sooner hack the car

[-] gh0stcassette 3 points 4 months ago

I’m glad my current car is a 2015 Mazda. It’s recent enough to have a touch screen and Bluetooth, but not so recent that it’s got an LTE/5G radio that can phone home and let them sell my driving data to insurance companies or force subscription payments on me. When I get my next car in a decade or so, hopefully I can import a cheap Chinese EV that’s either easy to jailbreak, or doesn’t have any of that bullshit included.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh look, another reason not to buy ~~BMW~~ a CAR

[-] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Yeah I'll just sprout wings and fly everywhere.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Please do if possible.

Seriously tho, was it so hard to understand that i was pointing out that all big car companies are starting to do this?

If this is a reason not to buy a BMW then its a reason not to buy any modern car. Which it is imo.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

The problem is a huge number of cars were removed and destroyed which would otherwise have been in the used market. It's a big reason why even used cars are priced so high. Buying used isn't what it used to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System

And they want to do it again not because it helped anyone get a car but because it let them make the prices so stupidly high.

I agree that new cars suck but they're removing the stocks of used cars that would be worth buying at any price and at our expense.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 months ago

Agree with that yep, its also already been shown years ago that modding used cars into electric cars is totally doable, economic and saves fuckloads of resources. Same thing happening with tractors too btw. Lots of farmers are buying up old tractors because they can actually repair them on site when they break down. With modern ones they have to wait for some asshole from john deer to come in with a debugging laptop to do the exact same thing for lots of money and downtime.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

a NEW car

ftfy then

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While this is completely true, it's a bit tone-deaf. Fuck cars, but many people barely have a choice because their public transport consists of a handful of busses that come once an hour and nothing is close by.

As an aside, I spend a whopping total of about $1/day (edit Australian $, so less USD) on maintenance and electricity for my electric cargo bike. I go about 17 km each way to work and the funny thing is it's only about 10 mins longer than driving, lol

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Imagine a bus coming once an hour... try only twice a day for the entire county... early morning and late night.

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

💀 where is this?

.... Re-read before I sent. I thought this said country, lol.

Yikes, why even have a bus at that point?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah i know many people dont really have much of a choice, see the thread nex to your comment. I was more intending to talk shit about modern cars that all seem to have this shit.

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

I love my bmw plug in hybrid. I don’t see myself ever paying for a subscription though. Maybe if it comes with pizza, but even then it’s unlikely.

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