At this pace, I’ll either never change my car or will never buy a car again.

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    8 days ago

    Not really, they’ve all had telemetry for probably 20 years.

    The cars with satellite radio are even worse (which isn’t saying much, since they put modems in cars about 20 years ago)

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      My 2016 doesnt have a modem. It has a Sirus radio…but sirus operates one way and has no way to communicate back.

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        8 days ago

        My Japanese export 2016 doesn’t either. Aside from the fact that we flashed the head unit with custom software, there’s nothing for it to connect to in my country anyway.

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      But i think its exploded how intrusive the car factory’s are. Just because its a “new” tech, and the politics struggle to control it, or maybe don’t wanna, because they also need the data. I want to buy a new car, e vehicle, but I haven’t done it yet because of the privacy concerns. It feels like nobody, in my country, cares about it.