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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by matheusmoreira on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:28PM (#38199762)
> As phrased, you're just making any features that use network connections illegal.

Just as planned.

Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:04PM (#38201051)
You do see how proposing banning maps with traffic updates tanks the whole concept, right?
Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by treyd on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:39PM (#38201247)
Why can't I just use my phone for this?
Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by deadmutex on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:26AM (#38202450)
I think the issue is that some people have different preferences.
Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by nulbyte on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:24PM (#38201177)
I wouldn't want this built into my car. The list thing I want is to pay yet another fee for something I already have. I'll stick to plugging my phone into the vehicle for this feature.
Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:46PM (#38201284)
> wouldn't want this built into my car

I wouldn’t either. But I don’t think that means I should mandate my preferences be extended to all by banning the damn thing.

Simpler: mandate a network kill switch that doesn’t unnecessarily compromise functionality. (You would have to be creative about anti-theft tracking functions. But this is solvable.)

Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by littlestymaar on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:54AM (#38202264)
> You do see how proposing banning maps with traffic updates tanks the whole concept, right?

You have it on your phone already, the car has no reason to have its own, with its own network connection.

Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by goodlinks on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:52AM (#38203008)
This could still work, just not have data.

Something can be functional but useless

Edit, or rather.. functional but unused

Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by m463 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:19AM (#38203196)
You can turn this off right now with tesla maps.