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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So how does the car know if your subscription is valid?

Is it going to be like Microsoft when every so often your subscription is a deactivated until you can validate it again?

So your car will need to have constant connectivity to wifi or at least reconnect each day/week/month to confirm the subscriptions are still active?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, they have a cellular data connection.
It pays for itself, because the car manufacturer can sell the driving data to insurance companies.
And now it's used to make sure your brakes subscription is up to date

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago

Yup and Toyota and all the other major companies have been selling your data since 2018. Some even earlier.