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Unfortunately, like the real cancer, it has too many forms and too many causes to have a simple way of eradicating it. And unlike the real cancer, nobody is ser
by smsm42 5y ago
Unfortunately, like the real cancer, it has too many forms and too many causes to have a simple way of eradicating it. And unlike the real cancer, nobody is seriously investing into fixing it. Maybe some kind of paradigm shift is required to make the approach of "we hold data about you that you need hostage so we could sell you stuff and control your behavior" no longer acceptable. After all, you wouldn't accept if the car dealer would be the only one who had access to your car mileage or maintenance records, and would only tell you any information about it after you listened to the sales pitch. People would be grabbing torches and pitchforks if that happened. But for other businesses the same behavior is seen as OK.
- pixl97 5y ago>car dealer would be the only one who had access to your car mileage or maintenance records So yea, I have the next billion dollar idea. The gas gauge app. $3.99 a month to know how much farther you can travel. Also, we remove the gauge from inside the car.
- technothrasher 5y agoI wish I thought you were joking. With subscription services now needed to remotely start your car, we're almost there.
- bsenftner 5y agoShhhh... seriously; GM and others from the car industry might get the idea and actually implement such a travesty.
- Nextgrid 5y agoAny car that has a screen could have a built-in diagnostic tool displaying all the trouble codes, live data from sensors, etc. The computer behind the screen already has access to said data as it's connected to the various data buses. But yet even in 2022 the best we can do is "service engine soon" and getting more information than that requires an expensive visit to the dealership.
- smsm42 5y agoI think there are apps that could read OBD-II codes? Though usually they're kinds cryptic and fixing them often beyond what an average motorist could do.