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The problem with this is that I think it plays on good nature of people. Ford right now says it's for leased cars but it feels like a step to normalize restrict
by xphos 4y ago
The problem with this is that I think it plays on good nature of people. Ford right now says it's for leased cars but it feels like a step to normalize restricting and milking people later on. It also open a whole new attack vector these companies are not ready to secure
- SoftTalker 4y agoYep. Like software, car manufacturers want a car to be something you subscribe to rather than buy. Also lets them continue to receive income from secondhand sales or ownership changes.
- JohnFen 4y agoThis is the biggest reason why I have zero interest in owning a new car.
- nothingneko 4y agoPublic transit for the win!
- JohnFen 4y agoI wish. Public transit exists here (our system even wins national awards), but it's terrible. To commute to work, for instance, would take over an hour, but I can bike the distance in under 20 minutes. So, bike for the win! Which, to be honest, isn't a huge lifestyle change for me anyway. I own and use a car when needed, but the bike is my primary transportation. It's faster, more convenient, and more pleasant under most circumstances.
- nothingneko 4y agoOur system wins awards too, it's ok but we have a huge problem with safety on trains
- 988747 4y agopublic transit already is subscription model: you buy a ticket for a ride, or the monthly pass. It is even easier to deny you access to some form of public transport already (think subway entry gates, or long distance trains where you cannot really avoid ticket check). All this follows Klaus Schwab vision for the mankind "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy".
- mfer 4y agoMake everything a SaaS then the majority own little to nothing and are dependent on the providers. Reminds me of the land barons.
- selcuka 4y agoEven buying a land is not actually "buying" it anymore. You just rent it with a larger downpayment and smaller annual payments, in the name of land tax.
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- gnicholas 4y agoYeah, I remember when I sold my Honda Civic in 2010 they charged a couple hundred bucks to transfer the extended warranty I bought. Why? Presumably because they could. If it was $15 to cover the cost of updating their computer system, fine. But hundreds? That's just extortion.
- yumraj 4y agoYup. Today Musk bans people from using Twitter, tomorrow (I know it's a Ford patent) he can ban people from their Tesla's if they piss him off.