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People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...::People are dissatisfied with the technology in their cars, according to a new survey from JD Power. They especially don’t like the native infotainment systems.

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[-] MrGooglyPants@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

In the future I can totally see black market auto shops that specialize in bypassing all the bullshit paywalls that restrict your car from functioning the way it should to begin with.

[-] visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

There already are: I've bought a regular remote start (the car came with subscription cellular remote start) and a little box to make my auto start-stop setting persistent.

I checked into those things before buying. I guess that's the world we're in now.

[-] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. I worked as a locksmith for a decade there that reproduced immobilizer keys that were 'dealer only.' My tool allow me do all sorts of wild shit that was outside my field of interest -- but resetting/setting the door panels on Fords was super nifty.

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