3 ms·
> Carmakers’ approach may not resemble planned obsolescence so much as “planned improvements,” McDonald said—making older hardware incompatible with software up
by smarm52 2y ago
> Carmakers’ approach may not resemble planned obsolescence so much as “planned improvements,” McDonald said—making older hardware incompatible with software updates or other new functions.
Or they may just move to the "leasing" model, where you pay a subscription to have your war work. Then, if you miss a payment, it locks you out and returns to a distribution hub, like some Tesla's have done.
- Always42 2y agoC is not very close to W
- gumby 2y ago“Sorry, Colonel. Nice tank you’ve got here. It’d be a shame if it caught fire, wouldn’t it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0_r4PDyCs&t=1m31s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0_r4PDyCs&t=1m31s
- m463 2y agomight be autocement. (I learned early on to turn off all that stuff on my phone, so if I mistype, I can probably figure out where my fingers were and what I meant)
- eurleif 2y agoWait, are you saying that some Teslas have driven themselves back to a distribution hub when a lease payment was missed?
- smarm52 2y agoRight, I saw it on Reddit first, but here's something from HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30145971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30145971 and https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/29/please-make-a-dumb-car/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/29/please-make-a-dumb-car/
- eurleif 2y agoWell, Techcrunch needs to stop printing nonsensee, then. That's not real.
- josephcsible 2y ago> Then, if you miss a payment, it locks you out and returns to a distribution hub, like some Tesla's have done. No such thing has ever happened.