Re:Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powe...
by closetohome on Friday February 21, 2020 @04:08PM
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Whether the restriction is reasonable or not is up for debate. The issue is that they created a vehicle that only works within a specific geographic area, then failed to document that area or warn users that it existed.
You unlock the car with your phone over your data connection and not with a key. Losing the data connection is the equivalent of losing the key. You may not like it, I know I don't, but that's the downside of doing it this way (just like it's a downside to have a physical key because you can lose it too).
I have no doubt that the developers warned management of the risk of doing it this way, they accepted the risk.