Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions and all

Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by kovac on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:04AM (#27013549)

I was thinking the same too. Even for myself, I just own a laptop and a smart phone. If I could get rid of the phone I would.

No smart watches, home automation devices, wearable fitness devices, none. I've used some of them at one point or another and in hindsight, while they did bring some benefit (mostly convenience), I found their privacy, financial, environmental costs to be just too high to justify the marginal benefits.

Give me a minimal Linux machine and the vibrant Linux community where we fix each others' issues and I'm a happy engineer and a human being :)

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by bsenftner on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:56AM (#27014033)

Phones have become our ever present little snitch that tells the overlords every physical place you go, every place you surf, everyone you call, and the ambient conversations it picks up from people speaking near it. How we got here is called convenience, and the overlords know how to work that angle endlessly.

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by spicybright on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:59PM (#27017870)

You can't deny the utility of a modern phone is high despite this.

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