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European Teslas to have built-in Rdio
- benologist 13y agoSource: http://gigaom.com/2014/02/06/rdio-teams-up-with-tesla-for-its-first-automotive-integration/ http://gigaom.com/2014/02/06/rdio-teams-up-with-tesla-for-it...
- jamesbritt 13y agoThis feels like the crapware that gets bundled on some phones.
- gagege 13y agoI was gonna say, "but Rdio is free and ad supported now", but yeah, still feels like "Free* 1000 AOL minutes!"
- daigoba66 13y agoIt's nothing new. It's been going on for _years_ with Sirius XM, even on luxury cars.
- timdorr 13y agoHave you used the Tesla music system before? I use Slacker extensively in the car, and it's entirely skinned to match the car interface. I have no commercials or ads in my streams and the only branding is a small logo in the corner of the music display (which I don't have to have on screen to use). It's not an "app" in the typical sense, just a service that powers the music player. I would expect it to operate much the same way with Rdio. You'd buy the ad-free plan ($9.99/mo vs $3.99/mo for Slacker) and get the same experience.
- jamesbritt 13y agoHave you used the Tesla music system before? No. Can you install your preferred streaming music sources, such as Grooveshark or Pandora or Last.fm? Can you remove all signs of Slacker if you decide you don't want to be bothered with it?
- jamesbritt 13y agoRather than downvote, perhaps someone could answer the questions. I'm genuinely curious how things are set up in a Tesla. I've not used one so I don't know what options are provided. Weird that asking how something works pisses people off.
- revelation 13y agoTheres no 'Rdio App' in the car, it's just another provider in the music library (along there with your phone or USB stick), and it uses the normal controls and interface. That's how Slacker support works, anyway.
- Nux 13y agoI hope Tesla won't bundle crapware you can't uninstall.
- valtih1978 13y agoElectric Cars Will Help to Kill the Planet https://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/electric-cars-wont-save-the-planet/ https://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/electric-cars-w... I am very in consent with the outrage that William Rees dares to disseminate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv0OY6LyuE#t=450 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv0OY6LyuE#t=450
- dylandrop 13y agoWill they fix the problem? Certainly not. Are they a step in the right direction? Almost certainly yes. The main problem with cars I see is that they're inefficient as opposed to mass transport (as Rees seems to suggest in the first article). Additionally, by suggesting that they are the solution, this creates a false sense of security in people having "done their part" to save the planet. For example, if I recycle, that's good, but it hardly means I've eliminated my carbon footprint. However, where I disagree is that I believe developing these technologies -- engines that can run more efficiently on electricity -- are inherently useful to us building a more sustainable future. If we're able to build electric tractors, boats, ambulances, ATVs, etc. built on top of this technology, then that is no doubt useful.
- valtih1978 13y agoI had to come up with the aspect of sustainablity because it is of utmost importantance in the postoil we have entered whereas it remains outside the mainstream, as opposed with the topic (the electric car), which are deceptevly sold as a synonym of sustainablility, whereas it is opposite because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox There is also one problem with your recycling analogy. Recycling is always a good thing (after Reduce and Reuse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_hierarchy#How_the_hierarchy_works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_hierarchy#How_the_hierar..., of course), no matter what. But, relaying on automobiles is not. The automobile is the source of evil - itproduces antisustaibale environment, aka "urban sprawl" www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPS1y81b1Bw
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- ape4 13y agoWow a CEO talking to users. What good idea.