Automakers Try to BS Their Way Past ‘Right to Repair’ Standoff in Massachusetts

Re:Automakers Try to BS Their Way Past ‘Right to Repair’ Sta... by dsr_ on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:28AM (#36895036)

In my experience, people like the following remote features:

* Where's my car? Press the button, get a honk.

* Lock the doors. If they're powered, close themi first.

* Unlock the doors. If they're powered, open them afterward.

* Warm up the car, it's cold outside.

* Cool down the car, it's hot outside.

So that's five buttons on a remote, maximum. None of them require connection to infotainment systems.

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Re:Automakers Try to BS Their Way Past ‘Right to Repair’ Sta... by dsr_ on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:24PM (#36897032)

If I didn't care about discoverability, I could reasonably reduce that to:

* Lock button. Hold it down to get a honk.

* Unlock button. Hold it to get the car started; if the interior temperature of the cabin is outside a set range, warm or cool it appropriately.

Make one button big and round and smooth and bright, and the other one big and square and textured and dark.

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Re:Automakers Try to BS Their Way Past ‘Right to Repair’ Sta... by fragmede on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:50PM (#36898361)

That's easy enough for the salesman to tell the customer when they're looking at the car. Still need a button to open the trunk tho.

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