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This is already being done by moet major brands these days. They can only withhold luxury features like heated seating for now, but who knows when they take away basic features such as radio, replace it with a Spotify app, and demand a special subscription to listen tk music in your car.


Want to drive without this awful music? 10$

I see ransomware coming to cars.


Why awful music when it could be ads?


"Please pull over and watch this message from our sponsors to continue your journey"


I was trying to look up a Tesla special case (where upgrading the infotainment unit removes the radio unless an additional $500 upgrade is purchased) and learned that several EV manufacturers have already removed AM radio because electric motors interfere with that frequency range.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/business/media/am-radio-c...

"Carmakers noted that drivers can still stream AM radio on apps and not all electric vehicles have dropped it."


Removing hardware features is fine by me. Selling hardware features that can't be used, and rent-seeking with them, is user-hostile.




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