Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:04PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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> 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
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> 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.
Just as planned.