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Subscription based options and features comming to new cars.

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Tom45:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 12, 2021, 11:31:25 am ---There is the threat the 2 cents per km electric vehicle tax will rise over time.

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Anyone that thinks that it wouldn't rise over time probably still believes in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

MK14:

--- Quote from: brian_mk on December 12, 2021, 01:54:05 pm ---God help us all!
If it's anything like Adobe CC then every time there is an update, many cars will crash.

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Too late, already happened (or rather similar, probably a server update), see here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306


--- Quote ---Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker's app.
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--- Quote ---Dozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles.
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So many drivers couldn't get into their cars (Teslas), for an hour or so, because of server problems (possibly an update somewhere).

wraper:

--- Quote from: MK14 on December 12, 2021, 05:12:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: brian_mk on December 12, 2021, 01:54:05 pm ---God help us all!
If it's anything like Adobe CC then every time there is an update, many cars will crash.

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Too late, already happened (or rather similar, probably a server update), see here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306


--- Quote ---Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker's app.
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They couldn't open their car from a phone. Key cards and fobs still worked. If you are dumb enough to only bring a smartphone (even though it may discharge, break from falling, whatever), tough luck.

MK14:

--- Quote from: wraper on December 12, 2021, 05:15:23 pm ---They couldn't open their car from a phone. Key cards and fobs still worked.

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Which in many cases, were many miles or hundreds of miles away, safely kept at home. Because they thought, they wouldn't need them.

Analogy:
Everyone should have a backup of all their data. But not everyone does, if their data suddenly disappears, many people would be caught out.
Hence (similarly), not all drivers will have read the user manual and/or have a spare key thing with them. So they got locked out of their cars.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on December 12, 2021, 12:17:30 pm ---"You will own nothing and be happy..."

This is yet another of those paradigm shifts intended to create a culture of "subscription for anything" that is intended to capture audiences that simply never knew anything different. Do this for enough years (i.e., decades) and you have a "new normal".

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Yes, this is something I think I've already mentioned... but in the end, this new trend slowly leads to abolition of private property (except for those that actually reap the benefits of this model), which is an horrible mix of communism and capitalism at its peak. The worst of both worlds.

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