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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
submitted 8 months ago by absquatulate to c/technology
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] phoneymouse 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Why would anyone sign up for that? Now you have your car payment AND the fucking subscription? Makes no damn sense. What happens when they inevitably shut down their cloud servers that keep your access to the features in the car turned on? You never own the thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the moment you to have to break the law to own the stuff you bought. Audi A3 jailbreak

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What law do you break? I know it won't be plausible for the general public because of warranties and all that.

And some copyright things or something else will prevent repair shops from jailbreaking it for you.

But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

[–] TheControlled 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nothing. And if they tried, you could sue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

>But what would prevent you legally from jailbreaking your own car?

the digital millenium copyright act of 1999

[–] TheControlled 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't protect corps from you doing it privately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it makes bypassing drm a felony

[–] TheControlled 1 points 8 months ago

If that was true, in the courts, then every jail broken iPhone user is a felon. Maybe that's true, maybe not, it doesn't matter because it's unenforceable and the govt doesn't give a fuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

No one would sign up for that, but I bet that car maufacturers will make it the only model available. As for the shutting down of servers: something something small print