[petterroea]

This is a great excuse to also ensure the legality of third party reverse-engineering as a legitimate and reasonable reaction to the unavailability of official support. I believe EU law already to a certain degree supports this.

Just look at the situation Fisker Ocean Car owners are in at the moment - the company has gone bankrupt, and their fate is in the hands of whoever buys the assets. eSIMs may not be paid for, and there is no guarantee there will be an online service for the cars to phone home to in the future. Some features - like the sunroof - won't work without it.

[lynx23]

Ha, be glad its just a car. I know a true story about the first woman in my country to go through the process of getting a bionic eye. Long story short, she got it. Forward a few years, and the company that built it goes bust, leaving her without support for a technical implant that was experimental at best, meaning, had a lot of issues. Yes, a articular Lem short story comes to mind, although just tangentially related. We're entering a truely scary time.

[theaussiestew]

Sounds like the plot of Deus Ex Human Revolution. I hope we don't go into that future.

[graeber_28927]

The sunroof needs to phone home to work?

[throwaway48476]

https://insideevs.com/news/725463/fisker-ocean-owners-bankru...

Apparently, isn't the future great?

[robin_reala]

But… what happens if you drive out of coverage? Someone must have said that at some point during the development?

[Sharlin]

Probably was admonished for asking inconvenient questions.

[moogly]

Luckily it doesn't really matter. At that size, it's at most a 400 W panel, so the energy it produces is rather negligible.

It was always a "just because we can" feature.

[oblio]

Unless I'm mistaken, "sunroof" in this context doesn't mean solar panels, it's means that big sliding hatch in the roof of the car.

[moogly]

Oh what the... I hesitate to use the word "sense" here, but it does make sense if operating the "dog windows" requires a cloud connection, as stated. So all of "California Mode"?

How even in the whole what...

[usrnm]

"Good enough for the MVP"

[NorwegianDude]

Welcome to 2024, I guess. Let's hope it won't start raining while it's open and there is no coverage, lol.

Next year the brakes might require a round trip to the data center too, so I guess we should start to account for network latency when braking. /s

[cchi_co]

Sounds like a good idea that can end the problem with discontinuation of official support

[petterroea]

It's not like people should expect or be entitled to people spending their free time providing a community replacement. But it often happens anyways, so why not protect the people who do it?