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Won’t be long before they have 5G chips in and that isn’t your choice anymore. Kindles have done that since 3G, cars have started doing that, Tesla trains AI on
by jodrellblank 5y ago
Won’t be long before they have 5G chips in and that isn’t your choice anymore. Kindles have done that since 3G, cars have started doing that, Tesla trains AI on all owner driving data, VW new electric (ID3?) will be their first with a mandatory perma HQ connection, IIRC.
- feanaro 5y ago> Won’t be long before they have 5G chips in and that isn’t your choice anymore. Kindles have done that since 3G How do these things work? Do they have a contract with a phone service operator in each country in the world for unlimited data, or what?
- ravel-bar-foo 5y agoThe device company usually has a bulk data contract with a large telecom. It isn't unusual for IoT device companies to end up as minor telecom providers themselves, buying bandwidth in bulk and reselling it to consumers.
- mavhc 5y agoKindle with 3G was great, free internet globally. Never once showed me an ad, and most Kindles didn't have it. When that day comes buy a monitor, or hack the firmware. You can always break off the aerial.
- ravel-bar-foo 5y agoCell phone connections don't need to use aerials anymore. The antennas in smartphones are often planar arrays or square-ish fractal antennas. From the outside they literally look like little boxes or squares. The casual mechanic might have a hard time distinguishing them from a chip.
- novok 5y agoI don't think you can buy a kindle with a cellphone radio anymore, and the ones that had them cost extra.