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I’ll never buy a vehicle that requires cloud connectivity for anything. Not a problem!
Replying to @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Well, most cars don’t REQUIRE it, but most cars lose features if it doesn’t have network connectivity.
Good luck finding a car made after 2020 that doesn’t have at least one or two features that require the Internet to function.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
I’ve never seen a car like this. Mine was made in 2021 though so I must have caught the last ship car out lol. What kind of things do cars even use the internet for? I’m struggling to imagine it
Replying to @Zarobi@aussie.zone
Remote start, lock/unlock doors, HVAC, windows, and alarm for basics.
Replying to @sorghum@sh.itjust.works
All things that have worked just fine on cars for like at least a decade before the internet was ever invented. You are describing the exact functions of a key fob. They can even open the truck without the Internet!
Replying to @khepri@lemmy.world
Off topic, but I noticed your username…China Mieville fan by chance?
Replying to @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
Beetle fan hahaha. Maybe I had just watched The Mummy or something before picking that one years and years ago
Replying to @khepri@lemmy.world
Oh wow I haven’t seen that movie in a while.
Replying to @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
Well go revisit that , it is peak 90s overblown comedy action schlock, which is objectively the best genre of movie lol, and I’ll go read Perdido Street Station which sounds dope.
Replying to @khepri@lemmy.world
That’s a good starting point. Mr. Mieville’s works are weird amd dark but well written.
Replying to @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
So true! It’s been a while since I’ve read any of his stuff. The last book of his that I read was The City & the City. Weird and fun and interesting all wrapped up together.