Personal safety systems as a service.
What's next? Air as a service? Don't pay and we'll turn off your oxygen?
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My mother, an asthmatic, jokes that Air is already a subscription service π
"which include unlimited warranty"
Are they expecting people to periodically test the device to verify it's working? This kind of thing is going to be a one shot deal, or at least needing a overhaul after use to be functional again.
Subscribe and 'test' afterevery ride, get new gear for free?
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That's gotta be illegal, isn't it LITERALLY EXTORTION to lock a REQUIRED SAFETY FEATURE behind a paywall?
Imagine if the Fire Extinguisher at your workplace had a fucking credit card slot next to it.
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Wait so I am pretty sure thatβs not allowed by safety regs? They could get sued pretty badly for this unless I am mistaken.
I assume it's an aftermarket device and not a part of the vehicles safety regulations or mandatory on a bike. Probably bypasses anything that would get them in trouble.
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Sorry grandma, you didn't pay for your oxygen tank subscription; we are turning off the taps
The only problem with services as subscriptions is the people that are stupid enough to buy them
Mate of mine said it was controversial but the subscription is to opt into their telemetry feedback system and improve the algorithm via firmware updates. When they go off when they shouldn't you're gonna have a bad time. He did not mention the remote bricking part, yikes.
I stumbled across this article when I saw this post. Not great, but not quite as bad as this post would lead us to believe. ππ» (Also, subscription based services suck)
https://jalopnik.com/this-dystopian-biker-airbag-crash-vest-only-saves-your-1846823791
I've known about this for a while and it's just been mundane to me. It never struck me how stupid it is until now.
Just buy the bungee corded one with the pull string that they make, that's probably better anyways.
I'm not even outraged by this stuff any more. If you're ok with subscription models it's your own fault.
It is outrageous because if a sufficient number of people accept this bullshit, it becomes a viable and profitable business model and every provider moves into it. Basically people like me who run away from subscriptions like the devil end up without a choice.
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Klim could save a lot of bad pr by just blowing the airbag anyway and sending a bill for the remaining value of the vest after the fact.
But then you're just financing a vest and that's not a fancy buzzword that makes the c-suite cream their pants.
I use a 350β¬ manual airbag vest that was tested quite well