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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And to sell to the station owner when their proprietary hardware breaks. Oh what am i saying, they're all service contacts these days. So more expensive service conrtacts and the ability to shut them down for non-payment

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Were the old ones not the same...?

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Were the old ones not the same…?

The contracts? Pumps? Im kinda talking out my ass here but currently there's no ability to shut down the pumps themselves as far as i understand it (in l understanding coming from being a cashier at one once. The touchscreens outside just process the customers payments. Without those they can still be run from the other system inside. The pumps are not connected to Wi-Fi.

My hypothetical assumes more and more control left to the touchscreen outside i guess, and i ran with it. If it doesn't make much sense then just reread my first sentence ;)

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The conversation was about locking in the owners to their expensive proprietary pumps as a reason for switching to this new style, and I was asking if lock-in was actually a new thing or not. Otherwise the comment doesn't really make a lot of sense in context.

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