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One wonders why the automaker's can't just charge a reasonable monthly fee for 1. tracking where you left your car parked, and 2. remote-locking your car. I wou
by lambdasquirrel 3y ago
One wonders why the automaker's can't just charge a reasonable monthly fee for 1. tracking where you left your car parked, and 2. remote-locking your car. I would vastly prefer that to playing games with our data, or trying all these gimmicks like charging for extra acceleration.
- gnicholas 3y agoWhen my iPhone disconnects from my car (even one without CarPlay), it remembers the car's location.
- PlunderBunny 3y agoProvided you have paired the phone with the car's bluetooth (I think).
- adrr 3y agoI just leave an Airtag in my cars. Always know where they are.
- gnicholas 3y agoAlso useful for tracking your car in case it's stolen.
- wrs 3y agoIt’s not an either-or thing. If I understand our new Chrysler van correctly, they charge a monthly fee (which doesn’t even seem particularly reasonable) for (1) and (2) and they’re collecting a bunch of data to sell as well. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find an ad on the screen for some new subscription climate control feature or something.
- PeterStuer 3y agoThey already know where you parked your car. The fee would be for sharing that info with you. But then the sheeple would wake up to what BMW tracks, so it's a classic espionage dilemma.
- GordonS 3y agoHasn't BMW being doing exactly that for several years now? I'm sure their strangely named "Connected Services" offered this for £10/m or so, around 10 years back.