Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Toyota Made Its Key Fob Remote Start Into a Subscription Service

quote [ Subscription-based features are taking over the automotive industry—and now they're coming for your key fob. ]

Smiling while I’m cruising, Toyota Corollin
[SFW] [business] [+5 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT]

Comments

ComposerNate said @ 10:50am GMT on 14th Dec [Score:2]
When possible, live where/how you need not own a car, it and the suburban sprawl requiring it being a huge expense environmentally and financially, so wherever you may instead walk, bicycle, e-bicycle, public transport, the occasional car rental for holidays, etc.
slaytanik said @ 2:12pm GMT on 14th Dec [Score:1 Informative]
Unfortunate that my city is mostly no longer horse-friendly
the circus said @ 4:14pm GMT on 15th Dec
I had a whole rabbit hole of thought recently after hearing that in WWII Britain encouraged people to eat out because economies of scale made it a much more efficient way to feed people. That got me thinking why is aid to the poor only provided for non-prepared food? Imagine how cheaply people could live and save up for something different if their living situation didn't require a kitchen or cooking? Make the economies of scale for feeding people ubiquitous, tax free or subsidized even, and you also eliminate like half the need for wasteful commutes.
C18H27NO3 said @ 5:22pm GMT on 15th Dec
I believe Jose Andres, the famous chef, is doing exactly that in countries hit by natural disasters.
Hugh E. said @ 9:25am GMT on 16th Dec
SNAP benefits are a tax-money laundering to BigAg. That's why.
C18H27NO3 said @ 5:25pm GMT on 15th Dec [Score:2 Underrated]
Everyone should be prepared. This is what the future is going to be all about. You won't be able to own anything. Only rent, and the top 10% will own everything. Including you. Because if you don't pay the subscription, you die. This is just a more direct approach than the smoke and mirrors we have today in regard to purchasing your life.
the circus said @ 9:13pm GMT on 15th Dec [Score:2 Underrated]
I keep banging on about how we've just about fully returned to an aristocrats and serfs world, literally, and I keep getting booed for saying so.
steele said[1] @ 10:05pm GMT on 15th Dec
I've been calling it a Conglomeration Nation for years.
HoZay said @ 6:51am GMT on 14th Dec [Score:1 Underrated]
sonsabitches
steele said @ 2:54pm GMT on 14th Dec
hellboy said @ 3:09pm GMT on 19th Dec
Where's that Balls Nasty mod when you really need it?

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