Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their key fob for remote start

Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by ceejayoz on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:16PM (#29544056)

The alternative in cold, old batteries was an unexpected shutoff of the device.

https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/20/apple-statement-iphone-perfor...

> Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.

They fucked up not notifying people when it's happening, but technologically the feature itself is entirely the right call. (You can also turn it off, and accept that it'll just die randomly if you do something CPU intensive in the cold.)

Regardless of which setting you choose, there's hardly a monthly fee for it.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by dkonofalski on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:31PM (#29544229)

They did notify people. It was just in the patch notes that most people don't read.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by ceejayoz on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:33PM (#29544259)

That's not "when it's happening"; I think the new approach they've taken of a dialog popping up is far more transparent and user-friendly. I've gotten used to patch notes saying stuff like "Every week we fix bugs and add improvements!"

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by dkonofalski on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:05PM (#29557728)

How is that not "when it's happening"? I would agree that they communicated that change better but to say that they didn't communicate it when it happened is false.

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