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Other than being told its a signal issue, how do you determine that? IoT crap rarely, if ever, actually communicates with the user about error conditions. You u
by crankylinuxuser 7y ago
Other than being told its a signal issue, how do you determine that? IoT crap rarely, if ever, actually communicates with the user about error conditions. You usually find out shit 'no workey' after the fact.
There's a lot of articles and twitter feeds. Go look up the "Internet of Shit". There's a reason why it's called that.
And Zipcars are no exception, evidently.
- oh_sigh 7y agoThis isn't internet of shit though...is an iPhone shitty if you can't use cell services when you don't have cell service?
- Nextgrid 7y agoIt’s obvious that a phone won’t work without signal. It’s not (yet - and hopefully will never be) obvious that a car rental service requires cell signal to function. If this limitation can’t be worked around and they still decide to go ahead with operating the service then they should advertise this limitation prominently. Until then, the customer should be compensated (your rental car letting you stranded is definitely an issue and can cause non-negligible monetary damage to the user), not banned.
- oh_sigh 7y agoI can see maybe it not being obvious to a random member of the public. Maybe they thought their card somehow had all the data it needed. But I guess I just expected more from someone who posts on hacker news.
- mcguire 7y agoIs an iPhone shitty if you can't use it at all if you don't have cell service? Is a car shitty if it leaves you stranded due to a known issue?
- oh_sigh 7y agoIt would only leave you stranded if you lock the keys inside the car, and expect the zip card to open it back up for you. "Locking keys in car" is a well known failure mode of cars, and it is entirely OPs fault.