• @SoupBrick
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    807 months ago

    I jailbroke my Mercedes and now it is 1,000,000x better!!!

    [Image of YouTube thumbnail feat. YouTuber with mouth open pointing at car with matrix code in background]

    • PopShark
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      267 months ago

      The mouth open part is so common but why it just looks stupid and is now synonymous with clickbait

      • @[email protected]
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        167 months ago

        Yup. I comment and call their cringiness out, especially if it’s an older person who shouldn’t be acting 8 while providing any kind of educational material (last one was fixing something on a car engine).

        • @[email protected]
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          167 months ago

          By doing so you are engaging with the content which is exactly what the clickbait is supposed to get you to do. Just block them and move on. Any engagment boosts their content.

  • milkytoast
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    567 months ago

    shit like this should be illegal. the hardware is already there, why pay wall it. or, if it gonna do that, make the product cheaper without the features

    • @[email protected]
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      187 months ago

      They’ll just claim that the base price is n + 5000 and you get it for n because the features are disabled.

    • @[email protected]
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      97 months ago

      but in practice it’s the opposite. electric cars have set the precedent that cars being serviceable only by the manufacturer is OK. ICE automobiles are on their way to being banned in a decade or two. that’s a huge opportunity for automakers to bring practices like these to the wider market, and policy makers will defend them because it’s hard to say “yes to electric cars, but only if …”

      • @[email protected]
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        107 months ago

        The fact that I’m forced to buy a car just to participate in modern life, but then not really own that car is infuriating. I’d rather just have functioning public transit, not this abomination of capitalism that electric cars seem to herald for us.

  • @[email protected]
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    417 months ago

    So much evil. Just so much. And it’s expanding, exponentially. Where are the evil levels going to measure at, in another 15 years. I’m too old (cbf learning) to make a meme, but I see lilo and stitch, but over stitches face is all currently existing corporations, and that drawing of the bad levels she drew.

  • iAmTheTot
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    167 months ago

    Not the first to do this, but that doesn’t make it okay.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    147 months ago

    Here’s an idea… When they tell you that on the showroom floor, tell them you’re not interested in such shenanigans, and walk out. It worked against BMW, and it’ll work against Mercedes too

  • KptnAutismus
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    127 months ago

    this is exactly why i will continue to drive my car, which is literally older than me. and if it ever breaks down, if possible, i will buy another toyota with no constant internet connection. i just don’t need that kind of extortion in my life.

    • @[email protected]
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      47 months ago

      I’m going to venture to guess that many folks will go the route of Cubans and continuously rebuild their old cars.

      • KptnAutismus
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        37 months ago

        why not? if the spare parts are available and people are willing to endure the horrible fuel mileage, let them.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          You can buy a lot of gas for the premium you’d pay but buying a brand new car.

          Every time I run the numbers to buy a new car vs keeping my 2014 Taco, the Taco wins, even with its abysmal gas mileage.

          • KptnAutismus
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            17 months ago

            now imagine that with a 20 year old car whose engine regularly gets 400k km and gets up to 40mpg (around 5-6L/100km). and did i mention that i paid 2000€ for it? why would i now spend 50-100k on an electric car that lasts 20 years tops?

  • qyron
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    97 months ago

    I risk it won’t take long for someone to crack it.

  • Alien Nathan Edward
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    7 months ago

    You paid for the motor, now let’s talk about the using the motor fee, the brakes fee, the windows fee, the turning the radio on fee, the turning the radio off fee, the turning the radio to something other than ABBA fee, the airbag subscription fee and any other thing we can get you for while you happen to be over this particular barrel.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          It depends on your country, your budget, your definition of good, and your driving needs.

          A second hand Nissan Leaf or Chevy Bolt are more affordable, but don’t suit everyone’s needs.
          An MG4 is a great budget new car, but can be out of some people’s price range.
          A Polestar 2 is a comfortable option from a manufacturer who cares about the environment.
          A Porsche Taycan is a performance car for a fraction of the price of a petrol supercar.

    • @[email protected]
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      117 months ago

      When literally every car manufacturer does it and does it on something that is technically a luxury, but most people have already got used to (like heated seats or apple carplay). The public has long revealed that they have basically no immunity towards these sorts of high level collusion tactics. And the government agencies meant to stop it seem to think it only counts if all the car manufacturers met in some sort of ‘let’s be evil’ conference to plan it out, instead of, you know, just copying off what everyone else is doing.

    • @[email protected]
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      37 months ago

      They’re starting this off on the EQS which are usually bought by people less sensitive to money. For them, $1200 for more power will be an afterthought and they’ll pay it. That will get it entrenched before they push it down the stack.