• @SoupBrick@yiffit.net
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    777 months ago

    I jailbroke my Mercedes and now it is 1,000,000x better!!!

    [Image of YouTube thumbnail feat. YouTuber with mouth open pointing at car with matrix code in background]

      • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world
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        157 months ago

        Yup. I comment and call their cringiness out, especially if it’s an older person who shouldn’t be acting 8 while providing any kind of educational material (last one was fixing something on a car engine).

        • @Fosheze@lemmy.world
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          167 months ago

          By doing so you are engaging with the content which is exactly what the clickbait is supposed to get you to do. Just block them and move on. Any engagment boosts their content.

  • milkytoast
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    567 months ago

    shit like this should be illegal. the hardware is already there, why pay wall it. or, if it gonna do that, make the product cheaper without the features

    • @bleistift2@feddit.de
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      187 months ago

      They’ll just claim that the base price is n + 5000 and you get it for n because the features are disabled.

    • @colinA
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      97 months ago

      but in practice it’s the opposite. electric cars have set the precedent that cars being serviceable only by the manufacturer is OK. ICE automobiles are on their way to being banned in a decade or two. that’s a huge opportunity for automakers to bring practices like these to the wider market, and policy makers will defend them because it’s hard to say “yes to electric cars, but only if …”

      • @greenskye@lemm.ee
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        107 months ago

        The fact that I’m forced to buy a car just to participate in modern life, but then not really own that car is infuriating. I’d rather just have functioning public transit, not this abomination of capitalism that electric cars seem to herald for us.

  • @LavaPlanet@lemmy.world
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    417 months ago

    So much evil. Just so much. And it’s expanding, exponentially. Where are the evil levels going to measure at, in another 15 years. I’m too old (cbf learning) to make a meme, but I see lilo and stitch, but over stitches face is all currently existing corporations, and that drawing of the bad levels she drew.

  • iAmTheTot
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    167 months ago

    Not the first to do this, but that doesn’t make it okay.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    147 months ago

    Here’s an idea… When they tell you that on the showroom floor, tell them you’re not interested in such shenanigans, and walk out. It worked against BMW, and it’ll work against Mercedes too

  • KptnAutismus
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    127 months ago

    this is exactly why i will continue to drive my car, which is literally older than me. and if it ever breaks down, if possible, i will buy another toyota with no constant internet connection. i just don’t need that kind of extortion in my life.

      • KptnAutismus
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        37 months ago

        why not? if the spare parts are available and people are willing to endure the horrible fuel mileage, let them.

        • You can buy a lot of gas for the premium you’d pay but buying a brand new car.

          Every time I run the numbers to buy a new car vs keeping my 2014 Taco, the Taco wins, even with its abysmal gas mileage.

          • KptnAutismus
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            17 months ago

            now imagine that with a 20 year old car whose engine regularly gets 400k km and gets up to 40mpg (around 5-6L/100km). and did i mention that i paid 2000€ for it? why would i now spend 50-100k on an electric car that lasts 20 years tops?

  • Alien Nathan Edward
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    You paid for the motor, now let’s talk about the using the motor fee, the brakes fee, the windows fee, the turning the radio on fee, the turning the radio off fee, the turning the radio to something other than ABBA fee, the airbag subscription fee and any other thing we can get you for while you happen to be over this particular barrel.

  • qyron
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    97 months ago

    I risk it won’t take long for someone to crack it.

        • @18107@aussie.zone
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          17 months ago

          It depends on your country, your budget, your definition of good, and your driving needs.

          A second hand Nissan Leaf or Chevy Bolt are more affordable, but don’t suit everyone’s needs.
          An MG4 is a great budget new car, but can be out of some people’s price range.
          A Polestar 2 is a comfortable option from a manufacturer who cares about the environment.
          A Porsche Taycan is a performance car for a fraction of the price of a petrol supercar.

  • spiderkle
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    77 months ago

    They announced that “feature” Nov 2022. The PR was disastrous so it might not end up being implemented at all.