vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1765arrow-down19cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah, the Chinese manufacturers are out to make money, and at least we know what to expect from them. Besides, being profitable usually means making a better product than your competitors.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoGASP! You mean… Proper capitalism!?
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 day agoOkay there’s a ton of spyware in the car, but - just . . don’t . . . connect it. Or whatever.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoAnd you think ICE cars don’t have spyware these days?
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI dunno, ICE cars weren’t on my list to start with. I assume.
minus-squareBenchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoI suspect you know this, and your post is sarcastic. But just in case: Most cars have their own embedded SIMs nowadays. They’re already connected. You can’t disconnect them.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoNo, I haven’t bought a new car in many many years. That’s absolutely unacceptable. I would have the dashboard pulled out in minutes. Wherever the modem is, it wouldn’t be there for long.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoHahahah, fuse go brrrr. Jokes aside, they probably shut off the car if it can’t phone home within a certain time period.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoThat’s equivalent to buying a subscription to a car. I would never buy that car. That’s koo koo bananapants unsane. Of course, I don’t have a facepals account either so - what do i know.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYeah. I have a car that has telemetry. Sucks for privacy, but if I was going to commit a crime, I would just ******************************************************************************, use the system to obfuscate the data.
minus-squareoakward@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoWhich of them are you talking about?
Yeah, the Chinese manufacturers are out to make money, and at least we know what to expect from them.
Besides, being profitable usually means making a better product than your competitors.
GASP!
You mean… Proper capitalism!?
Okay there’s a ton of spyware in the car, but - just . . don’t . . . connect it. Or whatever.
And you think ICE cars don’t have spyware these days?
I dunno, ICE cars weren’t on my list to start with. I assume.
I suspect you know this, and your post is sarcastic. But just in case:
Most cars have their own embedded SIMs nowadays. They’re already connected. You can’t disconnect them.
No, I haven’t bought a new car in many many years.
That’s absolutely unacceptable. I would have the dashboard pulled out in minutes. Wherever the modem is, it wouldn’t be there for long.
Hahahah, fuse go brrrr.
Jokes aside, they probably shut off the car if it can’t phone home within a certain time period.
That’s equivalent to buying a subscription to a car. I would never buy that car. That’s koo koo bananapants unsane.
Of course, I don’t have a facepals account either so - what do i know.
Yeah. I have a car that has telemetry. Sucks for privacy, but if I was going to commit a crime, I would just ******************************************************************************, use the system to obfuscate the data.
Which of them are you talking about?
Yes
Right.