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Tesla Norway fitted a 4G modem in my 2015 Model S unasked and free when the Norwegian telecoms providers started decommissioning 3G. They just tacked it on to

Tesla Norway fitted a 4G modem in my 2015 Model S unasked and free when the Norwegian telecoms providers started decommissioning 3G. They just tacked it on to the work order when I took the car in for some unrelated work.

brianwawok 5y ago
Right. Tesla service has been good for a lot of people. I’ll take this while the hacker news Luddites try to find some euro car with manual windows they can “own”
- lpcvoid 5y ago
  Why are you hostile to the idea of owning what you paid for, and being against the never stopping train of companies who want to extract rent from you?
  - dntrkv 5y ago
    Because it’s a classic HN overreaction. Most of the cars sold today don’t have anything that would be remotely disabled. This thread literally started from someone being removed from a beta due to them being fired. It has nothing to do with Tesla disabling some paid feature. It’s just classic HN FUD that pollutes literally any thread about anything car related. It’s tiring.
  - taneq 5y ago
    It's not uncommon hereabouts to be all in on the everything-as-a-service-and-customers-have-no-rights mindset. Which is fine, I guess, for a fart button app but I'm not so excited about it leaching into my critical infrastructure (software OR hardware).
nunez 5y ago
Meanwhile, our nearby Ford dealer didn't even know when our service appointment was, didn't send a confirmation when I originally scheduled it, and forgot to tell me that the date I was scheduled for wouldn't work because they didn't have the part and that they would need to "hold the car" while waiting for it to arrive. Trying to find another dealer to schedule this with is a pain, because they all have different websites and use different schedulers. Needless to say, we haven't replaced this modem yet, and I am now wanting more than ever to replace that car with another Tesla.

brianwawok 5y ago

Right. Tesla service has been good for a lot of people. I’ll take this while the hacker news Luddites try to find some euro car with manual windows they can “own”

lpcvoid 5y ago
Why are you hostile to the idea of owning what you paid for, and being against the never stopping train of companies who want to extract rent from you?
- dntrkv 5y ago
  Because it’s a classic HN overreaction. Most of the cars sold today don’t have anything that would be remotely disabled. This thread literally started from someone being removed from a beta due to them being fired. It has nothing to do with Tesla disabling some paid feature. It’s just classic HN FUD that pollutes literally any thread about anything car related. It’s tiring.
- taneq 5y ago
  It's not uncommon hereabouts to be all in on the everything-as-a-service-and-customers-have-no-rights mindset. Which is fine, I guess, for a fart button app but I'm not so excited about it leaching into my critical infrastructure (software OR hardware).

nunez 5y ago

Meanwhile, our nearby Ford dealer didn't even know when our service appointment was, didn't send a confirmation when I originally scheduled it, and forgot to tell me that the date I was scheduled for wouldn't work because they didn't have the part and that they would need to "hold the car" while waiting for it to arrive. Trying to find another dealer to schedule this with is a pain, because they all have different websites and use different schedulers. Needless to say, we haven't replaced this modem yet, and I am now wanting more than ever to replace that car with another Tesla.