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- AstralPath@lemmy.caEnglish2 hours
Cars didn’t need apps in the 1900’s and they sure as hell don’t need them now.
- anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish7 hours
Change it from they block GOS to they spy on you. Get it in front of as many people as possible. If they get huge negative press they’re more likely to change.
- ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish2 hours
They literally murdered millions and were in the press about it. I think they don’t care about headlines anymore.
- frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish8 hours
This is highly misleading. Hopefully there’s a link in the article to the original report on the GrapheneOS forums, where they talk about the app update breaking it on multiple platforms, not just GrapheneOS. It does not appear to be a block.
- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish8 hours
It’s probably just using googles play integrity, that tends to break apps in pretty much in everything that isn’t stock manufacturer android.
- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 hours
It doesn’t need it, it will drive just fine without app connection, but it provides convenient remote access and control capabilities.
- FatVegan@leminal.spaceEnglish4 hours
My first car was a 1992 honda civic. As time went on and cars cot more modern, i yearned for a more modern car. Infotainment seemed like so much fun, all thr convenient knick knacks and gizmos.
Now, unironocally my dream car is my 1992 honda civic from back in the day
- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish4 hours
90s Civic or Miata has been my dream forever, I’m with ya.
Two pieces of modern tech, though: security and sound.
90s Civics were notoriously easy to steal, so I’d definitely want something to prevent that.
When I was younger, I’d always dreamed of having a nice sound system in my car, but could never afford to do it. Now that I have a car with a super nice sound system and a sub, I can never go back. No “infotainment” BS tho, just gimme a standard deck. USB support is nice, but an aux jack is all I really need.
- FatVegan@leminal.spaceEnglish3 hours
In my civic i installed a “killswitch”, which was just a hidden switch to turn on the fuel pump. Not really sure how much that would prevent theft in the real world, but i think it was hard enough to find that someone trying to steal the car would rather give up than spending more time on this car. I had a pretty good sound system, which i wouldn’t need anymore. Infotainment is super overrated, my dream setup now is just something that mirrors my phone
2 hoursWe had an old manual Ford Escort that we had drilled the ignition out of and put a switch in instead. No one figured it out without us telling them (friends family borrowing). Ours wasn’t even really hidden, just unexpected… thieves rarely want to spend extra time and effort on unexpecteds.
- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish8 hours
Well there’s always buying an old beater or a classic and restoring it. But you’d have to go more than 40 years back to find cars that are entirely without digital components.
- 6 hours
That would not even be legal on today’s roads, at least in EU for new vehicles.
- 17jGuFCOn89iY@lemmy.worldEnglish7 hours
It’s the one modern feature I wouldn’t want to give up. Cooling my car down before I get in it without having to walk out to it is very nice.
- ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish7 hours
Infotaiment system. It integrates your audio library, your maps, contacts and other apps seamlessly. You get current traffic info, automatic updates and huge app library (for example CoMaps and many apps for public chargers). Integrated infotamiment system were left far behind years ago.
- boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish7 hours
You get all that through android auto. The manufacturer app is for when you’re not in the car.
- ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish6 hours
Oh, I thought we’re talking about android auto. If this is the specific car app it’s a different story, yes.
- 11 hours
Class action for unilaterally modifying the agreement about feature access after the fact and to the detriment of the consumer.
- pimat@feddit.orgEnglish11 hours
How are all these governments and companies managing to enshitify everything? Yet, when it comes to real problems like world hunger, child poverty, and exploitation, no one even blinks an eye.
- tonyn@lemmy.mlEnglish2 hours
The thing nobody is willing to admit is if free food and shelter for everyone becomes a thing, the population would explode. Every system in nature needs a balance. Any organism, animal, living thing, humans included, will increase in population until the limit of resources is hit. We have no natural predators so our population is limited solely by the resources we have access to. Feeding everyone would actually increase the problem of trying to feed everyone.
- Talcosis@lemmy.zipEnglish1 hour
Time is a resource, and in the modern world where near-full time parental involvement is assumed, it would effectively limit reproduction.
Matter of fact, it is entirely possible that is a significant part of why birthrates keep declining.
- 9 hours
No one makes short term profit off of solving world hunger, so it doesn’t get solved. 🙈
- antbricks@lemmy.todayEnglish6 hours
They can make safety, fuel efficiency, usability, and comfort improvements AND enshittify things too! These are complicated machines.
Holy crap I miss old times 2013 when nobody was even bothering and all bootloaders was unlocked by default no play integrity just do what u wanna do with ur own device
Well, a lot of apps didn’t work very well back then either. As in this case.
- mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
i want a car with zero touchscreen. Heck, even no reverse camera - older folks have been driving just fine for years with just the side and rear mirrors. 3 pedals.
I’ve never needed one, therefore they are a waste of money.
I’ve also never needed anti-cancer drugs, wtf are we doing there
- 6 hours
It helps if you’re drunk, keeps you from tensing up during the crash.
- matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish8 hours
Sounds like the upcoming Slate. But it’s more of a pick-up platfom. I hope they keep going and extend their product line.
- LostCarcosan@lemmy.todayEnglish4 hours
At least it’s supposed to be a smaller truck, about the size of an SUV, if I remember right.
The title makes it sound intentional. The reality is because they added a security feature that verifies the integrity of the OS. Only to make it work on other OS they have to manually add it, but the number of users is so small that they don’t even think about it. This was Google’s intention when adding it.
- matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish8 hours
Their intent was to block third party app, not GOS specifically. GOS not working is a side effect.
Why blocking third party? As said below: to force the use of privacy invasive apps, and collect more data.
Now they will change course only if they suffer from a sufficient backlash. And that needs to be painful enough to deter other car makers from doing the same.
- tirateimas@lemmy.ptEnglish10 hours
Decisions that nobody understands. What do they have to gain with this?
- 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish6 hours
I dunno if this is a rhetorical game we play with ourselves in our heads but whether it’s or it isn’t, we know exactly why they are doing it and we have for many years.
Your car has an active cellular connection whether you pay to rent time on it or not and it transmits your location, an ID number, usage habits including driving controls, music preferences, and possibly keywords spoken while in or near the vehicle, to the manufacturer. They relay that data to the government who uses it to learn who you associate with and when and where, and they sell it to your insurance company who monitors you for risky behavior, and they also sell it to advertisers who also profile you to device what the best things to try and sell you will be.
- lokalhorst@feddit.orgEnglish8 hours
Why would they let people in who don’t want to share their data? They can’t make money out of you. So they try to force an OS on you that has spying enabled by default. And if you don’t comply, then fuck you nerd.
- black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 hours
Is there really a ton of overlap between people privacy-conscious enough to install graphene on their phone and people who care so little that their car has an app?
- WereCat@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
Basically all new cars have an app, you don’t have a choice if you’re buying new
- 8 hours
My 2012 Toyota has an ‘app’ that I maybe tried once over ten years ago but haven’t used since. This is nothing new. It is called “Toyota Entune”
- WereCat@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
Well, I have Corolla and I use the app mainly in winter to start the car and unfreeze front and rear windows. It’s quite convenient
