In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in...
Having worked in the industry at that time, there were 2 main reasons they did it like that
batteries were quite unreliable and failed often
mfgrs couldn’t afford to have one year warranties and send out field replacement units for a battery
And the reasons they stopped doing it…
batteries got better
battery contact failure was higher than battery failure.
replaceable batteries compromise waterproofing
I think they should still be replacible, but they should have better connectors that are sealed off from the rest of the device. It costs a tiny bit more to do that engineering though.
Yeah. That’s actually the “fuck you” part, as in, I’m not returning. As it is, I rarely eat out, partially for this reason, partially because inflation is painful.
I don’t know if it’s even borrowing, really. If you borrow my drill, I can’t use it. If you torrent a movie… Like… You’re seeding, and more people can use it!
I hope someday we'll find a way to pirated a car (lemmy.world)
In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in...
Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I feel like I’ve been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god
Why the hell did that stop (lemmy.world)
Flight sim people are on another level (startrek.website)
Venus by Tuesday (lemmy.world)
Why is such a tunnel needed? (media.mas.to)
I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.
ummm not this time... (lemmy.ca)
Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)
LOL....
Spices too (lemm.ee)
New Flashcard for Nintendo Switch. Team Xecuter might be behind it. (youtu.be)
I apologize if this video has already been posted here. I did a rudimentary look through the posts of the past few days and couldn’t see it.
Can we have Darmok? (startrek.website)
Actually I quite enjoyed this episode, but “Tucker gets stranded/abducted” is the centre square on Enterprise Bingo