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by dmqctx 2072 days ago
What use is location based information to a repair shop? Is it simply that opening up this dealer-only content to 3rd parties will in turn share the location data? I can't see any benefit in sharing location specific info to a shop. Why not have the bill insulate that type of data...walled off, for dealer and owner only to access.
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jrumbut 2072 days ago
Of no use to them, but perhaps a valuable thing they can sell to others (insurance companies, marketers, spies, etc).

I'd really rather my car not gather that much data to start with. My phone provides all the mobile compute and navigation (and privacy invasion) I need. I don't think historical telemetry data of any kind is going to deliver extra value to me, the car owner. Every extra feature in a car is just another thing that breaks.

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b112 2072 days ago
This. This, this, this.

Worse, it doesn't give you extra value, it detracts value. It's info about you, out of your control, yet unlike gmail, which is free, you've paid cold hard cash to be tracked.

I think what we need is just an "everything" bill. If you pay ANYTHING for the hardware, then you control EVERYTHING.

The full stack. You can't sell it, the code isn't yours, but by rights you get the full dev kit for the entire OS.

This is the only way forward. The only way to stop all spying, show everything malicious being done to end users, and ensure I can repair anything borked down the road.

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b112 2072 days ago
Amusing, IMMEDIATE downvote by closed-source advocates.
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nkurz 2072 days ago
More likely, it's your phrasing and typography that is causing downvotes rather than your ideology. Using capitals for emphasis violates the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html), and for many people, starting with repeated this's pattern-matches to a low quality comment. You might ask yourself if your style is conducive to the message you are trying to convey.
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b112 2072 days ago
Hmm.

I have my doubts re: reason, for it wasn't excessive, but point taken.

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dmqctx 2070 days ago
I don't give two flying farts how you chose to punctuate or emphasize your comment. I fully appreciated it and agree with it a lot. Unsure why downvoted as well. (Also new here, so will make note of rules).
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